66
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$218K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Wheeler County, Georgia: 66 recorded events between 1976 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 70. That places the county #2,591 nationally and #148 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Wheeler County, Georgia: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Wheeler County is the 2010s, when 27 of the county's 66 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 Wheeler County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 74.2% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,591 for this hazard and #148 within Georgia, putting it in the 18.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Wheeler County with 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2024 | ERICK | 52 | $3K |
| Jan 9, 2024 | SPRING HILL | 52 | $3K |
| Jan 9, 2024 | SPRING HILL | 52 | $3K |
| Jul 30, 2023 | STUCKEY | 52 | $3K |
| Jul 22, 2023 | ALAMO | 52 | $0 |
| Apr 13, 2020 | SPRING HILL | 50 | $4K |
| Apr 8, 2020 | ALAMO | 45 | $2K |
| Oct 20, 2019 | SPRING HILL | 45 | $1K |
| Sep 9, 2019 | STUCKEY | 50 | $4K |
| Aug 14, 2019 | STUCKEY | 50 | $6K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The Wheeler County 911 Center reported that dozens of trees and power lines were blown down across the northern and central part of the county, including Alamo and Erik. At least eight roads were blocked and closed from downed trees.
A National Weather Service survey team determined that a thunderstorm downburst uprooted and snapped several trees. This downburst was most likely from a rear-flank downdraft associated with the brief EF1 tornado that occurred nearby.
A trained spotter reported that at least eight trees were down in the far western portion of the county near the Wheeler county line from the Erick and Avants area near Little Ocmulgee State Park to just across the Telfair county line from Scotland. Some county roads were blocked from the downed trees.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Wheeler County, Georgia?
66 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Wheeler County between 1976 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Wheeler County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Wheeler County measured 70.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Wheeler 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 Wheeler County, Georgia.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/georgia/wheeler-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.