Georgia

Storm History: Wilkinson County, Georgia

220 episodes, 248 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Wilkinson 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
248
Deaths
1
Injuries
1
Damage
$2.3 million
Episodes
220

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
Hail6410$217,000
Tornado4601$651,000
Drought3300$774,000
Thunderstorm Wind2300$60,000
Flash Flood1500$35,000
Tropical Storm1200$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Flood800$29,000
Heat700
Winter Storm600$100,000
Excessive Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400
Cold/Wind Chill300
High Wind300$257,000
Heavy Rain200
Heavy Snow200
Ice Storm200
Dense Fog100
Strong Wind100$50,000
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 Wilkinson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Wilkinson CountyEvery warning in Wilkinson 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.