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Charlton storm history

Storm events recorded in Charlton, Georgia between 1950 and 2025.

229
Total events
11
Tornadoes
49
Hail
16
Floods
0
Deaths
$716K
Property damage

Most significant events

Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.

November 9, 2025 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees And Powerlines Were Reported Down In Race Pond, GA. Time of damage Was Estimated By Radar.
September 19, 2025 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A large tree limb broke off and fell onto a house causing a hole in the roof along Hamp Chesser Rd. The hole was estimated to be big enough to stick an arm through. A large pine tree was also down. Time was estimated by radar. The cost was unknown, but it was estimated for inclus…
August 29, 2025 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A personal weather station northwest of Folkston measured 4 inches of rain in just under 3 hours.
August 29, 2025 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A personal weather station in Folkston measured just over 2 inches of rain in an hour.
August 16, 2025 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
Mesonet station TT331 Oke-Nw reported 2.15 inches of rain in one hour.
August 16, 2025 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
RAWS station TT331 Oke-Nw reported rainfall 4.27 inches from 4 PM to 6 PM EDT.
June 9, 2025 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A spotter reported multiple downed trees and powerlines in the Folkston area. Some fires started with the downed powerlines. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of wind damage was unknown but estimated for inclusion in Storm Data.
March 16, 2025 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A mesonet station TT331 Oke-Nw measured 3.74 inches of rainfall. Rain began around 9 AM. About 2.25 inches of rain fell between 10 AM and 12 PM.
March 16, 2025 · Charlton, Georgia
Tornado EF0 Tornado
At approximately 1052 AM EDT, a weak and narrow EF0 tornado touched down near a dirt road just off of Crews Community Rd in Winokur, GA where it snapped several small healthy trees. The tornado then continued east-northeastward along Crews Community Road just west of the Winokur …
March 9, 2025 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A RAWs site in the Okefenokee NWR measured daily rainfall of 2.31 inches since 7 am local time.
July 15, 2024 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Power poles were knocked down E-SE of Folkston. Over 1000 electric customers were reported without power. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
May 10, 2024 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees and power lines were blown down across the county. Widespread power outages occurred. The time of damage was based on radar.
September 12, 2023 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A home had wind damage along Highway 301, including multiple electric wires blown down. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 14, 2023 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Power lines and trees were blown down on Fed Privett Road. Access to GA-121 was blocked. The time of damage was based on radar data.
May 22, 2023 · Charlton, Georgia
Flood Flood
Street flooding was observed.
May 22, 2023 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A mesonet station measured 4.16 inches of rainfall in 12 hours.
April 26, 2023 · Charlton, Georgia
Hail Hail
Multiple sizes of hail were reported near Homeland. The largest observed was golf ball size in diameter.
January 4, 2023 · Charlton, Georgia
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A line of thunderstorms moved across Charlton County in the early afternoon and produced a brief EF0 tornado that crossed River Road with damage about 5 miles to the east of the town of Winokur. The tornado moved across River Road and lifted quickly. Tree damage was around EF0 in…
July 17, 2022 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A mesonet station DW5249 measured 3.42 inches of rainfall between 6 pm local time and 8:45 pm local time.
July 7, 2021 · Charlton, Georgia
Flood Flood
Water flooded portion of Highway 94 between Fargo and Moniac.
July 7, 2021 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A mesonet site 11 miles NNW of Steven Foster State Park in the Okefenokee NWR measured 3.02 inches of rain from TS Elsa.
June 12, 2020 · Charlton, Georgia
Flash Flood Flash Flood
State Road 40 in Folkston was washed out in some places due to flash flooding.
June 12, 2020 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A resident in Folkston measured over 5 inches of rainfall since 6 pm.
April 23, 2020 · Charlton, Georgia
Funnel Cloud Funnel Cloud
A funnel cloud was observed along State Road 252 north of Highway 40. The time of the report was based on radar.
April 20, 2020 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Outdoor property was blown over by thundestorm winds. Time of damage was based on radar.
July 21, 2019 · Charlton, Georgia
Lightning Lightning
A lightning strike caused a structure fire to the Badcock Home Furniture storm in Folkston near 1st and Elm Streets. The structure was a total loss. A home nearby was also struck by lightning, but did not catch fire. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclus…
July 5, 2019 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
The RAWs station at Okefenokee East measured a daily storm total rainfall of 2.75 inches.
July 5, 2019 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
At 9 pm, the RAWs at Okefenokee East measured a daily rainfall total of 2.94 inches.
April 19, 2019 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was snapped in Folkston near Georgia Highway 40 and Camp Pinckney Road. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 19, 2019 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Former NWS employee reported large pine trees down in Stephen Foster State Park. Time of damage was based on radar data.
March 1, 2019 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blown down across Highway 121 near mile marker 7. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data inclusion.
June 28, 2018 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
Street flooding was reported in Folkston.
June 2, 2018 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees and power lines were blown down near Grace Chapel Church by Spanish Creek Road.
June 2, 2018 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees and power lines were blown down near Little Feebie Church Road.
June 2, 2018 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph just east of Folkston off of Dora Llloyd Road.
January 3, 2018 · Charlton, Georgia
Winter Storm Winter Storm
At 7:33 am, the Georgia Dept. of Transportation reported ice on State Road 4 near Folkston. At 12:52 pm, the public reported freezing rain with ice accumulation of 0.50 inches about 3 miles ENE of Folkston.
September 10, 2017 · Charlton, Georgia
Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
The St. Marys River at Traders Hill set a record flood stage at 19.30 ft on Sept. 15th at 1445 EDT. Major flooding occurred at this level. Storm total rainfall included 9.3 inches 10 miles SW of Folkston, 9.85 inches in Homeland, and 4.66 inches 3 miles SSW of Folkston.
June 15, 2017 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees were blown down near Highway 121 and U.S. Highway 1 and Gardner Road. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 11, 2017 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
The RAWs station in the NW Okefenokee Swamp measured a daily rainfall total of 2.83 inches as of 4 pm local time.
May 1, 2017 · Charlton, Georgia
Wildfire Wildfire
On May 6th at 1:22 pm, the fire had burned 116,571 acres and was 12% contained. Evacuations and road closures were taking place in St. George due to the fire blowing across State Road 94.
April 23, 2017 · Charlton, Georgia
Funnel Cloud Funnel Cloud
A spotter observed a funnel cloud along State Road 121.
January 22, 2017 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
The public estimated a wind gust to 70 mph just east of Folkston.
October 6, 2016 · Charlton, Georgia
Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
Storm total 48 hour rainfall included 3.13 inches 11 miles NNW of Steven Foster State Park; 3.09 inches 10 miles SW of Folkston; and 2.75 inches 1 miles WNW of Steven Foster State Park.
September 1, 2016 · Charlton, Georgia
Tropical Storm Tropical Storm
Storm total rainfall included 2.27 inches measured at Stephen Foster State Park.
July 17, 2016 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Power lines were blown down along Old US Highway 1.
July 16, 2016 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Dispatch reported a tree down in the roadway on Old Traders Hill Road.
July 16, 2016 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blown down on Union Street.
August 4, 2015 · Charlton, Georgia
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A RAWS site measured about 3.33 inches in about 2 hours.
June 30, 2015 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blown down. Time of damage based on radar.
April 19, 2015 · Charlton, Georgia
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several pine trees were snapped.

Events by year

YearEventsTornadoes
2025101
202420
202361
202210
202120
202040
201960
201850
201760
201650
201540
201460
201320
201290
201170
201091
200970
2008121
2007100
2006110
200580
2004170
200370
200262
200170
2000171
199960
1998181
199692
199520
199220
199010
198410
197520
197110
196111