Georgia

Storm History: Long County, Georgia

187 episodes, 246 events since 1967

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Long County, Georgia: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
246
Deaths
3
Injuries
28
Damage
$2.6 million
Episodes
187

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail8300$69,000
Thunderstorm Wind7201$58,000
Tornado31327$272,000
Drought2300
Tropical Storm800$201,000
Flash Flood600$1,000
Heat500
Wildfire400$2.0 million
High Wind300$5,000
Excessive Heat200
Strong Wind200$1,000
Winter Storm200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Hurricane (Typhoon)100
Frost/Freeze100
Ice Storm100
Lightning100$1,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Long County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Long CountyEvery warning in Long County since 1986Every county in Georgia

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.