42
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$219K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Schley County, Georgia: 42 recorded events between 1980 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 55. That places the county #2,783 nationally and #156 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Schley County, Georgia: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Schley County is the 1990s, when 13 of the county's 42 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 Schley County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 58.3% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,783 for this hazard and #156 within Georgia, putting it in the 11.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Schley County with 9 recorded events, while Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2025 | WALLS CROSSING | 43 | $1K |
| Jul 30, 2023 | ELLAVILLE | 43 | $1K |
| Jun 14, 2023 | CONCORD | 39 | $1K |
| Jun 14, 2023 | ELLAVILLE | 52 | $12K |
| Jun 14, 2023 | CONCORD | 52 | $1K |
| Dec 30, 2021 | ELLAVILLE | 52 | $11K |
| Aug 11, 2020 | CONCORD | 50 | $4K |
| May 22, 2020 | ELLAVILLE | 50 | $5K |
| Jun 7, 2019 | ELLAVILLE | 50 | $3K |
| Jul 9, 2016 | CONCORD | 50 | $2K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The Schley county newspaper reported that a number of trees were split off or broken off. Some of these trees landed on and caused damage to the Supervised Probation Inc. office. Sixty-percent of the roof caved in. Consequently, the building also suffered some water damage.
The Schley County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down across the county, including along Highway 26 near the Marion County line, around the intersection of Concord Church Road and Bridges Store Road, Highway 153 southwest of Ellaville and at Highway 19 and Heath Road.
The Schley County 911 center reported several trees blown down around Ellaville including one on Concord Church Road and one on Old Highway 19 South as well as several more around the intersection of Highway 153 and Dosier Road.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Schley County, Georgia?
42 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Schley County between 1980 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Schley County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Schley County measured 55.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Schley 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 Schley County, Georgia.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/georgia/schley-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.