68
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$154K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Stewart County, Georgia: 68 recorded events between 1971 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 61. That places the county #2,576 nationally and #145 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Stewart County, Georgia: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Stewart County is the 1990s, when 23 of the county's 68 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 Stewart County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 63.0% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,576 for this hazard and #145 within Georgia, putting it in the 18.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Stewart County with 13 recorded events, while Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2026 | LOUVALE | 52 | $1K |
| Mar 12, 2026 | FLORENCE | 61 | $5K |
| Aug 18, 2024 | ROANOKE | 52 | $1K |
| Aug 18, 2024 | FLORENCE | 52 | $1K |
| Jul 22, 2023 | RICHLAND | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 22, 2023 | OMAHA | 52 | $1K |
| Mar 9, 2022 | FLORENCE | 52 | $1K |
| Jun 29, 2020 | LUMPKIN | 50 | $4K |
| May 22, 2020 | LUMPKIN | 50 | $10K |
| Jun 20, 2019 | LOUVALE STATION | 45 | $4K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The Stewart County Emergency Management Director reported that a thunderstorm microburst tore the roof off the county's Health Department building and damaged an outdoor storage bin at the Emergency Management Director's facility. In addition, some 40 to 50 trees within the same general small area were blown down, uprooted, or torn apart by the strong winds.
The Stewart County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down from Lumpkin to northeast of Louvale. Trees and power lines were down on Valley Road, Liberty Street and Broad Street in Lumpkin and along Moores Store Road northeast of Louvale.
The Stewart County Sheriff's Office reported that about a dozen trees were down across the county, including two at Florence Marina State Park, several near the county high school on Green Grove Road in Lumpkin, and at least one near Richland. A cable line was also down in Richland as a result of downed trees and/or wind.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Stewart County, Georgia?
68 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Stewart County between 1971 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Stewart County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Stewart County measured 61.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Stewart 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 Stewart County, Georgia.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/georgia/stewart-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.