Georgia

Storm History: Ware County, Georgia

252 episodes, 333 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Ware 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
333
Deaths
2
Injuries
21
Damage
$6.5 million
Episodes
252

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 Wind13621$2.6 million
Hail7300$38,000
Tornado72019$3.8 million
Drought1500
Flash Flood1000$40,000
Heavy Rain700
Flood700$16,000
Lightning401$20,000
Wildfire300
Funnel Cloud200
Hurricane (Typhoon)200
Tropical Storm100
Winter Storm100

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 Ware County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Ware CountyEvery warning in Ware 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.