Georgia

Storm History: Stewart County, Georgia

165 episodes, 190 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Stewart 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
190
Deaths
1
Injuries
20
Damage
$4.8 million
Episodes
165

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
Tornado47120$1.7 million
Hail4000$64,000
Drought2600$2.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind1300$19,000
Tropical Storm1300$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Heat600
Flash Flood600$88,000
Winter Storm500$25,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Excessive Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)300
Heavy Rain200
Flood200
Heavy Snow200
Dense Fog200
Strong Wind200$6,000
Funnel Cloud100
Frost/Freeze100
Ice Storm100

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 Stewart County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Stewart CountyEvery warning in Stewart 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.