Liberty County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Liberty County: 1.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Apr 9, 1998Tornado$38.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   F2 tornado moved from Long County into Liberty County, which encompasses much of Fort Stewart Army Base. One soldier was killed while in an administrative building and seven others were injured. Seven buildings were destroyed while another fifty-five(55) suffered different degrees of damage.

2. Jun 4, 2012Hail$8.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Fort Stewart Warning Point reported golf ball to baseball size hail. One vehicle had major damage.

3. Feb 3, 2016Tornado$5.1 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The National Weather Service in Charleston, South Carolina confirmed an EF-1 tornado at Fort Stewart in Liberty County Georgia with winds approximately 105 to 110 mph. The tornado began near gate 7 of the Fort Stewart base complex, likely as an EF-0, before moving northeast at approximately 35 mph through the center of the base and ending near Highway 144.||Much of the damage throughout the base was EF-0 to high end EF-1 strength. The most significant damage started at Taylors Creek Golf Course, then stretched east-northeast through a small neighborhood to Diamond Elementary School. Several large pine trees were uprooted and/or snapped throughout the golf course and neighborhood…

4. Sep 11, 2017Storm Surge/Tide, Coastal Liberty$2.9 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   USGS analysis of a high water mark taken inside the door at Shrimp Docks Marina revealed 2.84 feet of inundation above ground level.

5. May 24, 2008Thunderstorm Wind$750,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Emergency Manager of Liberty County reported thunderstorm winds causing damage to 35 homes, 18 of which sustained major damage in the Lake George subdivision just east of Limerick, Georgia. Several homes have been condemned due to the extensive nature of the damage. Numerous trees were blown down and uprooted. Two injuries occurred when trees fell into homes. Ten people were put up in a Red Cross shelter after their homes were left uninhabitable. Winds were estimated at greater than 80 mph.

6. Jun 4, 2019Lightning$750,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Liberty County Emergency Manager confirmed a lightning strike causing a fire at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church on Live Oak Drive. Videos from media indicated a total loss of the structure.

7. Jun 4, 2009Thunderstorm Wind$60,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Liberty County Emergency Management officials reported that numerous large trees were blown down in a swath approximately 500 yards long and 50 yards wide along Route 84 near Hinesville, Georgia. One tree destroyed a storage shed and numerous power lines were downed as well.

8. Jul 29, 2006Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several trees down in Hinesville with one tree falling on a house.

9. Jun 11, 2009Lightning$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Law Enforcement reported several homes were struck by lightning and started on fire.

10. Dec 17, 2012Thunderstorm Wind$28,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The Liberty County Emergency Manager reported a roof blown off a structure and trees twisted and uprooted at Fort Stewart. Law enforcement reported power lines down on North Main Street and Harrison Drive and a large sign blown down onto a car along East Oglethorpe Highway. Tree debris were also reported on streets in Hinesville.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

110°FJul 15, 1986

All-time low

0°FJan 21, 1985

Warmest night

88°FAug 5, 2002

Coldest day

26°FJan 21, 1985

Wettest day

12.10 inOct 5, 2005

Snowiest day

6.0 inJan 3, 2018

Hottest year

2019mean 70.5°F

Coldest year

1968mean 65.6°F

Wettest year

199167.16 in

Driest year

199032.89 in

Station Fort Stewart (USC00093538), 92 ft elevation, 3.9 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1964 to September 30, 2026; 93.1% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00093538.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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