Georgia

Storm History: Mitchell County, Georgia

260 episodes, 387 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mitchell 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
387
Deaths
17
Injuries
401
Damage
$224 million
Episodes
260

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
Tornado9417399$45 million
Thunderstorm Wind9202$685,000
Hail6600$440,000
Drought4700
Flash Flood4300$257,000
Flood1700$192,000
Tropical Storm900$8.0 million
Lightning500$130,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$161 million
Excessive Heat400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Winter Storm100
Frost/Freeze100$7.8 million
Winter Weather100

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 Mitchell County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Mitchell CountyEvery warning in Mitchell 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.