Georgia

Storm History: Twiggs County, Georgia

257 episodes, 322 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Twiggs 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
322
Deaths
3
Injuries
9
Damage
$9.1 million
Episodes
257

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
Hail9100$204,000
Tornado7729$5.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind4100$155,000
Drought3300$2.1 million
Flash Flood1510$22,000
Tropical Storm1200$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Heat700
Flood500$33,000
Heavy Snow500$10,000
High Wind400$931,000
Excessive Heat400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Winter Storm300$100,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)300
Heavy Rain200
Dense Fog200
Ice Storm200
Lightning100$5,000
Freezing Fog100
Frost/Freeze100

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 Twiggs County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Twiggs CountyEvery warning in Twiggs 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.