Georgia

Storm History: Tattnall County, Georgia

247 episodes, 357 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Tattnall 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
357
Deaths
3
Injuries
18
Damage
$5.5 million
Episodes
247

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
Hail11816$111,000
Thunderstorm Wind11400$97,000
Tornado44212$4.2 million
Drought2300
Flash Flood2000$55,000
Tropical Storm1100$261,000
Heat500
Ice Storm400$3,000
Lightning300$750,000
High Wind300$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Flood200
Winter Storm200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Hurricane (Typhoon)100
Frost/Freeze100
Heavy Snow100
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 Tattnall County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Tattnall CountyEvery warning in Tattnall 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.