Storm History: Telfair County, Georgia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Telfair 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
- 246
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $2.6 million
- Episodes
- 214
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 63 | 0 | 0 | $153,000 |
| Tornado | 46 | 1 | 3 | $1.0 million |
| Drought | 28 | 0 | 0 | $787,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 22 | 0 | 0 | $69,000 |
| Flash Flood | 18 | 0 | 0 | $129,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 16 | 0 | 1 | $168,000 |
| Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | $61,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $202,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- High Wind, September 6, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2005
- Tornado, March 3, 2019
- Tornado, October 30, 1993
- Tornado, April 9, 1998
- Tornado, November 2, 2015
- Tornado, January 2, 2017
- Tornado, February 6, 2020
- Hail, May 11, 2003
- Tornado, May 15, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2016
- Tornado, April 8, 1957
- Tornado, June 15, 1971
- Tornado, December 29, 1982
- Tornado, July 2, 1984
- Flood, February 4, 1998
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2005
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Flash Flood, March 19, 2003
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2023
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Hail, May 6, 2022
- Hail, June 5, 2012
- Hail, July 3, 2012
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Hail, May 21, 2010
- Hail, May 10, 2009
- Hail, May 17, 2009
- Hail, May 1, 2003
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 8, 1957
- Tornado, November 15, 1989
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Tornado, May 10, 2008
- Tornado, March 3, 2019
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Tornado, January 12, 1975
- Tornado, December 29, 1982
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, October 30, 1993
- Tornado, April 7, 2006
- Tornado, December 15, 2007
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Drought, January 13, 2026
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 26, 2024
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Tropical Storm, August 30, 2023
- Hail, August 8, 2023
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2023
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Tornado, October 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2022
- Hail, May 6, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Tornado, May 3, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 4, 2020
- Tornado, February 6, 2020
- Drought, October 15, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2019
- Hail, June 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2019
- Tornado, March 3, 2019
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 21, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, January 22, 2017
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Tornado, January 2, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2016
- Hail, June 17, 2016
- Hail, June 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2016
- Tornado, November 2, 2015
- Hail, July 10, 2015
- Hail, April 25, 2015
- Tornado, November 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2014
- Hail, June 6, 2014
- Tornado, May 14, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2013
- Tornado, December 17, 2012
- Hail, July 3, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 5, 2012
- Tornado, January 21, 2012
- Hail, October 13, 2011
- Tropical Storm, September 4, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Hail, July 27, 2010
- Hail, July 9, 2010
- Hail, May 21, 2010
- Tornado, May 2, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 13, 2009
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2009
- Hail, June 22, 2009
- Hail, May 17, 2009
- Hail, May 10, 2009
- Hail, April 13, 2009
- Flood, April 2, 2009
- Tornado, March 27, 2009
- Tropical Storm, August 21, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Hail, May 24, 2008
- Tornado, May 10, 2008
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Tornado, December 15, 2007
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 25, 2006
- Tornado, April 7, 2006
- Tropical Storm, October 5, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 10, 2005
- Tropical Storm, June 12, 2005
- Flood, March 27, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2005
- Flood, September 27, 2004
- Strong Wind, September 27, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 16, 2004
- High Wind, September 6, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2004
- Hail, July 15, 2004
- Drought, March 1, 2004
- Tropical Storm, July 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2003
- Hail, May 11, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Hail, May 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, March 19, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2003
- Hail, January 22, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2003
- Drought, January 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, December 24, 2002
- Heavy Rain, October 6, 2002
- Tropical Storm, September 14, 2002
- Flood, September 14, 2002
- Excessive Heat, September 3, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 2002
- Flood, July 28, 2002
- Hail, July 6, 2002
- Cold/Wind Chill, May 18, 2002
- Heat, April 16, 2002
- Hail, April 3, 2002
- Drought, April 1, 2002
- Flood, March 30, 2002
- Heat, March 15, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 26, 2002
- Dense Fog, January 30, 2002
- Dense Fog, January 29, 2002
- Heat, January 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2002
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2002
- Drought, December 1, 2001
- Heat, December 1, 2001
- Drought, November 1, 2001
- Heat, November 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 27, 2001
- Drought, October 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, September 26, 2001
- High Wind, April 3, 2001
- Heavy Rain, March 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2000
- Drought, October 1, 2000
- Hail, August 19, 2000
- Hail, August 9, 2000
- Hail, July 11, 2000
- Hail, July 7, 2000
- Drought, July 1, 2000
- Hail, June 26, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, June 7, 2000
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- Drought, May 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, April 9, 2000
- Drought, April 1, 2000
- Drought, February 1, 2000
- Hail, August 22, 1999
- Hail, August 19, 1999
- Heat, August 1, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Heat, July 20, 1999
- Flood, July 15, 1999
- Drought, May 1, 1999
- Hail, May 8, 1998
- Tornado, April 9, 1998
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Flood, February 4, 1998
- Flood, December 24, 1997
- Hail, November 1, 1997
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Hail, June 14, 1997
- Hail, June 1, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, June 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 1996
- Hail, July 25, 1995
- Tornado, May 15, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 1994
- Tornado, October 30, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 1993
- Tornado, March 31, 1993
- Hail, July 1, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 1991
- Hail, June 1, 1991
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, November 15, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 1988
- Hail, May 23, 1988
- Tornado, April 25, 1988
- Hail, August 1, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 1986
- Tornado, July 2, 1984
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, May 16, 1983
- Tornado, December 29, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 1981
- Tornado, March 18, 1981
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 1980
- Tornado, June 24, 1980
- Tornado, March 21, 1980
- Hail, June 22, 1977
- Tornado, January 12, 1975
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 1971
- Tornado, June 15, 1971
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 1970
- Tornado, April 8, 1957
More
Tornadoes in Telfair CountyEvery warning in Telfair 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.