Georgia

Storm History: White County, Georgia

355 episodes, 442 events since 1966

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in White 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
442
Deaths
6
Injuries
82
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
355

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
Tornado86476$22 million
Hail8500$745,000
Thunderstorm Wind4224$358,000
Drought4200$3.0 million
Flash Flood3402$523,000
Winter Storm2800$50,000
Winter Weather1900
Heavy Snow1600
Strong Wind1400$53,000
Ice Storm1300$1.2 million
Tropical Storm1300$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Heat700
Flood700$4,000
High Wind600$3.1 million
Excessive Heat400
Wildfire400$34,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Hurricane (Typhoon)300
Heavy Rain200
Sleet100
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 White County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in White CountyEvery warning in White 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.