Storm History: Towns County, Georgia
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 42 | 0 | 0 | $423,000 |
| Hail | 27 | 0 | 0 | $495,000 |
| Winter Weather | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 24 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Tornado | 19 | 0 | 0 | $676,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 11 | 0 | 0 | $974,000 |
| Ice Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | $379,000 |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $9,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $17,000 |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $48,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2000
- Wildfire, November 11, 2016
- Tornado, September 16, 2004
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
- Hail, May 26, 2011
- Hail, May 20, 2006
- Tornado, March 29, 1997
- Wildfire, April 12, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2013
- Ice Storm, January 28, 2000
- Tornado, March 5, 2013
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- High Wind, March 20, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2005
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, May 5, 1999
- Hail, July 4, 2011
- Wildfire, April 17, 2009
- Hail, July 13, 2015
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 episode, newest first
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Drought, January 6, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 31, 2023
- Hail, July 2, 2023
- Hail, July 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Tornado, January 2, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 28, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Drought, May 1, 2017
- Drought, April 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 11, 2017
- Drought, March 1, 2017
- Drought, February 1, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Wildfire, December 1, 2016
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Wildfire, November 11, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Drought, July 1, 2016
- Drought, June 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2016
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Hail, June 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 1, 2014
- Hail, June 19, 2014
- Wildfire, May 4, 2014
- Wildfire, April 10, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Wildfire, November 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2013
- Tornado, June 13, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2013
- Tornado, March 5, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2013
- Wildfire, November 10, 2012
- Wildfire, November 3, 2012
- High Wind, October 28, 2012
- Wildfire, October 26, 2012
- Hail, July 4, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Hail, April 26, 2012
- Wildfire, April 12, 2012
- Strong Wind, January 12, 2012
- Tropical Storm, September 4, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Hail, July 4, 2011
- Hail, May 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Hail, February 28, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2010
- High Wind, December 24, 2009
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2009
- Wildfire, April 17, 2009
- Tornado, August 26, 2008
- Tropical Storm, August 21, 2008
- Hail, April 11, 2008
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2008
- High Wind, February 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 14, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- High Wind, April 16, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2007
- Flood, October 16, 2006
- Hail, May 26, 2006
- Hail, May 20, 2006
- Hail, May 13, 2006
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2006
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2006
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2006
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2006
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2006
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2005
- Tropical Storm, October 5, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 10, 2005
- Tropical Storm, July 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm, June 12, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2005
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2005
- Flood, February 21, 2005
- Winter Weather, February 2, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2005
- Strong Wind, January 22, 2005
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
- Tornado, September 16, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 16, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2004
- Drought, March 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2004
- Strong Wind, February 25, 2004
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2004
- Tropical Storm, July 1, 2003
- Tornado, May 5, 2003
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2003
- Drought, January 1, 2003
- Heavy Rain, October 6, 2002
- Strong Wind, September 27, 2002
- Strong Wind, September 26, 2002
- Tropical Storm, September 14, 2002
- Excessive Heat, September 3, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 2002
- Flood, July 23, 2002
- Cold/Wind Chill, May 18, 2002
- Hail, May 13, 2002
- Heat, April 16, 2002
- Drought, April 1, 2002
- High Wind, March 22, 2002
- Heat, March 15, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 26, 2002
- Dense Fog, January 30, 2002
- Heat, January 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow, 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
- Heavy Snow, April 17, 2001
- High Wind, March 20, 2001
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2001
- Heavy Rain, March 1, 2001
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2001
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 3, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2000
- Winter Storm, November 19, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2000
- Drought, October 1, 2000
- Hail, July 28, 2000
- Drought, July 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, June 7, 2000
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- Drought, May 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, April 9, 2000
- Drought, February 1, 2000
- Ice Storm, January 28, 2000
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2000
- Heat, August 1, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Heat, July 20, 1999
- Tornado, May 7, 1999
- Tornado, May 5, 1999
- Drought, May 1, 1999
- Winter Weather, February 23, 1999
- Sleet, February 1, 1999
- Winter Weather, January 31, 1999
- Winter Weather, January 6, 1999
- Ice Storm, December 24, 1998
- Tornado, May 7, 1998
- Winter Weather, February 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 1997
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Hail, July 4, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, June 1, 1997
- Tornado, March 29, 1997
- Ice Storm, January 8, 1997
- Hail, May 26, 1996
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 1996
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Tornado, February 13, 1991
- Hail, May 1, 1990
- Hail, April 28, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 1989
- Tornado, April 5, 1985
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.