Georgia

Storm History: Terrell County, Georgia

170 episodes, 219 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Terrell 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
219
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Damage
$144 million
Episodes
170

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
Thunderstorm Wind6000$229,000
Hail4100$159,000
Drought4100
Tornado4001$8.2 million
Flash Flood1500$304,000
Tropical Storm400$1.1 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$116 million
Excessive Heat300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Flood200$10 million
Heavy Snow200
Strong Wind100$60,000
Ice Storm100$50,000
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 Terrell County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Terrell CountyEvery warning in Terrell 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.