Severe Weather History


County archive · 1950 — present

Dodge County, Georgia

Dodge County, Georgia severe weather history spans 206 recorded events between 1954 and 2025. The dominant hazard is thunderstorm wind, accounting for 67.0% of all recorded events. It ranks #2,413 nationally and #81 in Georgia.

206

Recorded events

2

Direct deaths

11

Direct injuries

$3.3M

Property damage

The record

What the Dodge County, Georgia severe weather history record shows

Across the archive, Dodge County, Georgia severe weather history averages 2.9 recorded events a year. The busiest stretch on record is the 2010s, with 54 events logged in that decade alone. Roughly 30 events fall before 1990 and 176 from 1990 onward — a gap that reflects the expansion of NOAA reporting practice as much as the weather itself.

The deadliest hazard in the Dodge County, Georgia record is tornado, responsible for 2 direct deaths. The costliest is tornado, with $2.1M in reported property damage. In total, 7 distinct hazard types appear in this county archive, each listed with its own dated record below.

Dodge County, Georgia severe weather history: recorded events per decade since 1950
Dodge County, Georgia severe weather history: recorded events per decade since 1950

By hazard type

Every hazard type recorded in Dodge County

HazardEventsDeathsDamageMaxSpan
Thunderstorm Wind1380$817K611972–2024
Hail350$27K1.751962–2023
Tornado182$2.1MF21954–2024
Flash Flood90$325K02003–2021
Lightning40$100K01998–2009
Flood10$3K02009–2009
Winter Storm10$002025–2025
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC · preliminary data may revise

Decade by decade

Dodge County, Georgia severe weather history by decade

31950s
11960s
61970s
201980s
321990s
512000s
542010s
392020s

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

Tornado tracks

Paths crossing this county

18 mapped tornado paths intersect this county: 15 touched down inside it and 3 crossed in from a neighbouring county. This comes from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.

DateScaleDeathsInjuriesPath lengthOrigin
2011-04-05EF2123.1 miTouched down here
1996-11-08EF2164.0 miTouched down here
2007-04-15EF2003.6 miTouched down here
1961-02-24EF2000.5 miTouched down here
1958-11-28EF2010.2 miTouched down here
2024-05-09EF10012.2 miTouched down here
2022-04-05EF1007.6 miCrossed in
2022-04-06EF10016.4 miTouched down here
2022-04-06EF10011.4 miCrossed in
2017-04-05EF1004.1 miTouched down here
Source: NOAA SPC SVRGIS tornado tracks · path geometry intersected with county boundaries

Significant events

Deadliest events on record in Dodge County

DateTypeLocationDeathsInjuriesDamage
Nov 8, 1996TornadoCHESTER16$200K
Apr 5, 2011TornadoDUBOIS12$150K
Apr 15, 2007TornadoEASTMAN02$350K
Nov 29, 1958Tornado01$250K
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC

From the record

What the reports say

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

Context

Risk, population and federal disasters

Relatively Low

FEMA NRI risk rating

19,805

Population (ACS)

$118K

Median home value

17

Federal declarations

DeclaredIncidentTitleType
Jan 24, 2026Winter StormSEVERE WINTER STORMEM
Sep 30, 2024HurricaneHURRICANE HELENEDR
Sep 26, 2024Tropical StormHURRICANE HELENEEM
Aug 5, 2024Tropical StormHURRICANE DEBBYEM
Mar 29, 2020BiologicalCOVID-19 PANDEMICDR
Mar 13, 2020BiologicalCOVID-19EM
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA disaster declarations · most recent first

Quick answers

Frequently asked

How many severe weather events have been recorded in Dodge County, Georgia?

206 events are on record between 1954 and 2025, causing 2 direct deaths and $3.3M in property damage.

What is the most common severe weather hazard in Dodge County?

Thunderstorm Wind, with 138 recorded events — 67.0% of everything in the archive for this county.

How many tornadoes have crossed Dodge County?

18 mapped tornado paths intersect the county boundary; 15 of them touched down inside it. This is derived from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.

How many federal disaster declarations cover Dodge County?

17 federal disaster declarations from FEMA include Dodge County, each tied to a specific incident period.

How risky is Dodge County compared with the rest of the country?

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Dodge County as relatively low risk, placing it in the 45 percentile of its state for expected annual loss.

Where does the Dodge County, Georgia severe weather history data come from?

Every figure is drawn from United States federal public-domain records: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events for the event archive, NOAA SPC SVRGIS for mapped tornado paths, FEMA for disaster declarations and risk ratings, and the U.S. Census for population context. Dates are shown in UTC and recent entries may still be revised by NOAA.

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Cite this page

“Dodge County, Georgia.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/georgia/dodge-county/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.


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