Georgia

Storm History: Towns County, Georgia

231 episodes, 247 events since 1985

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Towns 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
247
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$4.1 million
Episodes
231

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
Drought4200$423,000
Hail2700$495,000
Winter Weather2700
Winter Storm2400$30,000
Tornado1900$676,000
Heavy Snow1700
Tropical Storm1300$30,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Wildfire1100$974,000
Ice Storm1000$1.0 million
Heat700
High Wind700$379,000
Strong Wind500$9,000
Thunderstorm Wind400$17,000
Flood400$2,000
Excessive Heat400
Flash Flood400$48,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Hurricane (Typhoon)300
Heavy Rain200
Sleet100
Dense Fog100
Frost/Freeze100

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 Towns County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Towns CountyEvery warning in Towns 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.