Georgia

Storm History: Lowndes County, Georgia

343 episodes, 716 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lowndes 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
716
Deaths
5
Injuries
102
Damage
$679 million
Episodes
343

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
Thunderstorm Wind20904$891,000
Tornado144014$6.8 million
Hail11500$890,000
Flash Flood10510$6.3 million
Flood4800$7.3 million
Drought3900
Hurricane (Typhoon)20384$621 million
Tropical Storm1800$28 million
Lightning510$145,000
Excessive Heat500
Heat200
Winter Storm200$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Strong Wind100$5,000
Frost/Freeze100$7.8 million

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 Lowndes County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lowndes CountyEvery warning in Lowndes 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.