115
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$696K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Hart County, Georgia: 115 recorded events between 1968 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,006 nationally and #91 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Hart County, Georgia: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Hart County is the 2000s, when 39 of the county's 115 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Hart County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 63.5% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,006 for this hazard and #91 within Georgia, putting it in the 36.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Hart County with 29 recorded events, while Oct is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2025 | SHOAL CREEK | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 7, 2025 | BOWERSVILLE | 55 | $50K |
| Aug 17, 2024 | BOWERSVILLE | 50 | $0 |
| Feb 28, 2024 | HARTWELL | 50 | $0 |
| Aug 24, 2023 | HARTWELL | 50 | $0 |
| Aug 12, 2023 | HARTWELL | 50 | $0 |
| Aug 7, 2023 | BOWERSVILLE | 50 | $0 |
| Jul 30, 2023 | SHOAL CREEK | 50 | $0 |
| Jul 30, 2022 | HARTWLL FSHR FARM AR | 50 | $0 |
| Aug 11, 2021 | BOWERSVILLE | 50 | $0 |
Other hazards here
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
EM reported about a half dozen homes damaged in southern hart county, two by falling trees and the others with roofs partially torn off. Numerous trees were also blown down. Sporadic damage began on Airline-Goldmine Rd, with a damage swath increasing in intensity as it moved east across the Highway 29 corridor and Zion CME Church Rd, and was most concentrated around Liberty Hill Rd and Page Rd.
Thunderstorm winds produced minor damage to five homes and ripped off a tin roof from a barn in Hartwell. ~ Hart County 1 E Hartwell,31,2032EST,0.5,30,0,0,3,?,Tornado (F0) A short lived tornado touched down and toppled two large trees and blew over a farm shed. Two large columns that supported the front porch of a house were blown away.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Hart County, Georgia?
115 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Hart County between 1968 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Hart County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Hart County measured 70.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Hart County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Hart County, Georgia.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/georgia/hart-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.