100
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$703K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Telfair County, Georgia: 100 recorded events between 1970 and 2023. The strongest on record measured 65. That places the county #2,218 nationally and #120 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Telfair County, Georgia: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Telfair County is the 2010s, when 30 of the county's 100 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 Telfair County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 64.5% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,218 for this hazard and #120 within Georgia, putting it in the 29.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Telfair County with 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2023 | WORKMORE | 52 | $2K |
| Aug 8, 2023 | JACKSONVILLE | 52 | $2K |
| Jul 30, 2023 | JACKSONVILLE | 52 | $1K |
| Jul 30, 2023 | CHINA HILL | 52 | $1K |
| Jun 18, 2023 | TOWNS | 50 | $0 |
| Jun 14, 2023 | HELENA | 35 | $1K |
| Jun 14, 2023 | WORKMORE | 52 | $3K |
| Jun 14, 2023 | HELENA | 52 | $1K |
| Jul 8, 2022 | MILAN | 50 | $0 |
| May 6, 2022 | MC RAE | 52 | $2K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The Telfair County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and power lines were down across the county. However, much of the damage occurred in the Lumber City area in the far southeastern part of the county. Here, one unit of the Village Square Apartments was destroyed and three other units sustained minor to moderate damage.
The Telfair County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the northern end of the county. A house at the intersection of Highway 280 and Bethel Church Road had shingles blown off of the roof and a shed destroyed. In the Whatley vineyard area, around the intersection of Highway 341 and Whatley Farm Road, 20-25 trees were uprooted or snapped.
The Telfair county Emergency Management Director reported that some trees had been blown down. The Telfair Enterprise of McRae reported that one vehicle was destroyed when it was crushed by a tree that fell during the storm. In McRae, the Glory Bound Baptist Church suffered extensive damage when two large pine trees fell through the roof of the church. All together there were seven holes in the roof of the church which occurred when the large pine trees fell on the roof.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Telfair County, Georgia?
100 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Telfair County between 1970 and 2023, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Telfair County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Telfair County measured 65.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Telfair 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 Telfair County, Georgia.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/georgia/telfair-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.