Pulaski County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Pulaski County: 0.
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.

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.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 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.

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. May 10, 2009Thunderstorm Wind$350,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported extensive wind damage in the northern part of the county from Hawkinsville to just northwest of Mobley Crossing near the Bleckley county line. More than two dozen trees were down in the area and a number of power lines. At least one structure suffered substantial damage when a tree fell on the structure. Several homes on the northwest side of Hawkinsville, especially along Jackson and Dooly streets, sustained minor to moderate roof damage when shingles or portions of the roofs were torn off the homes.

2. Mar 27, 2005Flash Flood$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Pulaski County Sheriff's office and the Hawkinsville Dispatch and News reported that extensive flooding was occurring throughout the county. A number of secondary county roads were flooded and closed. A portion of Georgia Highway 112 was washed out in the southern portion of the county. In addition, the Hawkinsville North Fresh Water Plant had to be closed because of flooding. Rainfall of four to five inches fell across much of the county between mid morning and early evening, with local amounts of six to eight inches, especially in the far northern portion of the county. Isolated reports of up to 10.5 inches of rain were also received.

3. Apr 5, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported that up to 30 trees were down across the county. A number of power lines were down as well. Several roads were blocked at the height of the storm and Wood Street in Hawkinsville remained blocked from downed trees into the next day. One mobile home was destroyed by a downed tree and two other homes sustained minor to moderate damage.

4. Jun 11, 2008Thunderstorm Wind$210,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported that four buildings at the Harness Horse Racing Training Facility sustained significant damage from downburst thunderstorm winds. Damages to the facility exceeded $200,000. At least two trees were also down on power lines in the area of Lower River Road and Woodard Road.

5. Jan 28, 2005Winter Storm, Pulaski$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A significant and fairly prolonged winter storm/ice storm affected nearly all of North and Central Georgia from the evening of Friday January 28th to late morning on Sunday January 30th. The winter storm was a result of a very strong and very cold Arctic surface high pressure system located across the Mid-Atlantic states and an upper-level disturbance moving across the region from the west. North of a line from La Grange, to Thomaston, to Sandersville, the precipitation fell mostly as a mixture of sleet and freezing rain, with typical accumulations of one-half inch glaze ice and one to two inches of sleet. Some areas in North Central and Northeast Georgia experienced significant…

6. Sep 6, 2004High Wind, Pulaski$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   High wind damage, associated with Tropical Storm Frances, is listed below, in alphabetical order by county for those counties that "high wind" criteria was either met or assumed to be met.Baldwin: The Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported that extensive and widespread wind damage was observed. Many trees and power lines were down throughout the county and many parts of the county were expected to be without power for up to four days as a result. In addition, four homes suffered major damage and five suffered minor damage. One man was injured and taken to a local hospital when a tree fell on his mobile home. Four to five inches of rain was also reported throughout the…

7. Dec 28, 2005Tornado$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A damage survey conducted by the Pulaski County Emergency Manager confirmed that an F0 tornado had touched down in the extreme southern part of the county near the Wilcox county line near the town of Finleyson, just north of the town of Pineview. One house was blown off its foundation and moved some five to eight feet from its original location. A 20 by 30 foot metal shop was blown away with debris scattered up to 1/2 mile away. A peanut trailer was moved across a field and destroyed. A tractor was also blown away and destroyed. In addition, five homes had roof damage with shingles lifted off and several irrigation pivots were turned over.

8. Sep 11, 2017Tropical Storm, Pulaski$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The news media reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the county. Much of the county was without electricity for varying periods of time. Radar estimated between 2 and 4 inches of rain fell across the county with 2.44 inches measured in Hawkinsville. No injuries were reported.

9. Jun 27, 2010Thunderstorm Wind$75,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported that two buildings at an irrigation company off U.S. Highway 129, two miles south of Hawkinsville, were damaged from thunderstorm downburst winds. A pontoon was pushed approximately 100 yards into one of these buildings. Anywhere from six to eight trees and a few power lines and phone lines were also down in this same general area.

10. Feb 26, 2008Thunderstorm Wind$75,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were blown down throughout the county. Trees were blocking parts of Upper River, Lower River, and Industrial Boulevard in Hawkinsville. In addition, a grain elevator was toppled over in Hawkinsville.

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°FSep 5, 1925

All-time low

−3°FFeb 14, 1899

Warmest night

89°FJun 29, 1954

Coldest day

26°FJan 22, 1985

Wettest day

7.85 inJan 19, 1943

Snowiest day

14.0 inFeb 10, 1973

Hottest year

1921mean 68.1°F

Coldest year

1979mean 62.6°F

Wettest year

191269.76 in

Driest year

195423.95 in

Snowiest season

14.0 in1972-73

Station Hawkinsville (USC00094170), 281 ft elevation, 1.7 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1892 to October 27, 2026; 86.6% 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 USC00094170.
• 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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