Warren County, Georgia

What hazards hit Warren County most?

The most frequent records are severe thunderstorm wind events: 51 since 1955. 53% of its severe thunderstorm wind events since 1955 fell in June and July. The rank column places the county among Georgia's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.

How many tornadoes has Warren County had?

NOAA records 6 tornadoes in Warren County from 1957 to 2023, the strongest rated EF2, with 0 deaths and 3 injuries recorded in the county. A tornado that crossed a county line is counted in each county it touched, with the length of its path inside the county.

Counted as whole tornadoes rather than county records, the Storm Prediction Center's database holds 6 tornadoes whose track touched Warren County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 6, the same count); along their whole tracks they killed 1 person, 0 of them in Warren County.

Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Georgia.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, tornado records by county (path length in the county, maximum width); ratings as published: F scale before February 1, 2007, EF scale after. Whole-track figures: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (1950-2025). SPC severe weather database.

When was the last damaging storm in Warren County?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the April 28, 2011 tornado ($1.3 million in damage in 2025 dollars).

A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the final tornado to touch down within the county warning area of the April 27th and April 28th outbreak was in Warren county. This was yet again another EF1 tornado. The tornado touched down four miles southwest of Norwood and tracked nearly eight miles on an east-northeastward path across northern Warren county lifting one mile northeast of Camak. The maximum path width was determined to be 1/4 mile with maximum winds estimated to be 105 mph. Eight homes sustained moderate to major damage along the path of the tornado, mostly from large fallen trees on the structures. Hundreds of trees and several power lines were down along the path of the tornado. There were no fatalities or injuries with the final tornado of this historical outbreak. …
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 307167)

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.

The deadliest and costliest records

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.

Is it getting more frequent?

Records per decade for Warren County's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).

What time of year?

53% of its severe thunderstorm wind events since 1955 fell in June and July. The two busiest months are in violet.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.

Federal disaster declarations for Warren County

FEMA's register lists 13 declarations that include Warren County: 5 major disasters, 8 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for hurricane (5) and biological (2).

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.

FEMA's modeled risk for Warren County

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Warren County Very Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $1.9 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.

Counties that share a border with Warren County

1. Jefferson County 232
2. Wilkes County 229
3. Hancock County 181
4. McDuffie County 173
5. Warren County 171
6. Taliaferro County 153
7. Glascock County 128

Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.

Next

• Tornadoes in GeorgiaEvery Georgia tornado since 1950 and the counties with the most per square mile
• Severe thunderstorm wind in GeorgiaThe state's severe thunderstorm wind events, by county, year and month
• The Georgia recordEvery hazard in the state, its deadliest events and its federal declarations
• FEMA's risk rating for each hazard in Warren CountyThe hazard risk calculator: 18 hazards beside the county's record
• Download Warren County's FEMA declarations (CSV)13 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis