Tattnall County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Tattnall County: 2.
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.

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. May 11, 2008Tornado$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A confirmed EF-3 Tornado crossed into extreme northwestern Tattnall county from Toombs county, then continued east-southeastward into the community of Cobbtown, Georgia before turning east and dissipating. The first indications of significant damage, consistent with an EF-1 Tornado, occurred along Representative Kennedy Road where a mobile home was partially destroyed. A well defined path of debris was noted trailing southeast of this area across open farm fields. Several homes were also severely damaged with roofs blown off along Henry Moxley Road about 1 mile southeast of Representative Kennedy Road.||The Tornado continued to strengthen as it turned east toward Cobbtown, Georgia…

2. Feb 28, 2009Lightning$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An emergency manager from Tattnall county reported a lightning strike that ignited a fire which caused a church to be destroyed in Reidsville, Georgia.

3. Jun 28, 1998Lightning$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Lightning caused fire struck a church and burned it to the ground.

4. Sep 11, 2017Tropical Depression, Tattnall$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Tattnall County Emergency Management reported multiple trees down across the county due to strong winds associated with Hurricane Irma. One tree fell on a residence in Reidsville and another tree fell on a residence in Collins.

5. Jan 2, 2006Thunderstorm Wind$55,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorm winds knocked a roof off a house just north of Reidsville and knocked 2 roofs off houses and destroyed sheds in Collins. Trees were also blown down in Collins.

6. May 3, 1997Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Scattered areas of trees, large limbs and powerlines down.

7. Jun 27, 2010Thunderstorm Wind$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An emergency manager reported approximately 25 trees uprooted and power lines down around the Glennville to Mendes areas.

8. Aug 7, 2024Flash Flood$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A Tattnall County emergency manager reported floodwaters causing a collapsed paved section of Cedar Hall Road by the Big Club House Pond.

9. Aug 6, 2024Flash Flood$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A Tattnall County emergency manager reported a collapsed section of Levi Kennedy Road near Hodges Pond due to floodwaters.

10. Aug 7, 2024Flash Flood$20,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A Tattnall County emergency manager reported a road collapse due to floodwaters along Harmony Church Road.

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, 28.0 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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