Georgia

Storm History: Wilcox County, Georgia

176 episodes, 197 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wilcox 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
197
Deaths
1
Injuries
11
Damage
$15 million
Episodes
176

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
Hail4202$804,000
Tornado3819$2.5 million
Drought2700$11 million
Thunderstorm Wind1400$13,000
Flash Flood1400$282,000
Tropical Storm1200$105,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Flood800$171,000
Heat700
Excessive Heat400
Winter Storm400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400
Cold/Wind Chill300
High Wind300$106,000
Heavy Rain200
Dense Fog100
Strong Wind100$1,000
Frost/Freeze100
Heavy Snow100
Ice 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 Wilcox County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Wilcox CountyEvery warning in Wilcox 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.