Georgia

Storm History: Washington County, Georgia

251 episodes, 307 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
307
Deaths
2
Injuries
11
Damage
$9.5 million
Episodes
251

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
Hail8701$292,000
Tornado6009$1.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind3101$107,000
Drought3100$6.6 million
Flash Flood2500$289,000
Flood1400$31,000
Tropical Storm1200$150,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Heat700
Winter Storm600$100,000
Excessive Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)420
Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Snow300
Strong Wind300$58,000
Heavy Rain200
Ice Storm200
Dense Fog100
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 Washington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.