Georgia

Storm History: Quitman County, Georgia

118 episodes, 133 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Quitman 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
133
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Damage
$9.0 million
Episodes
118

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
Drought4300
Tornado2301$433,000
Thunderstorm Wind2201$77,000
Hail1300$6,000
Tropical Storm500$63,000
Flash Flood400$45,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$330,000
Excessive Heat300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning200$175,000
Flood200
Heat100
Heavy Snow100
Ice Storm100$1,000
Heavy Rain100
Winter Storm100$50,000
Frost/Freeze100$7.8 million
Winter Weather100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Quitman County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Quitman CountyEvery warning in Quitman 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.