McIntosh County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 12, 2026
Looking for storm and wind reports in McIntosh County, Georgia? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records show 61 severe weather events in the last 12 months — 52 high-wind reports with gusts up to 55 mph, plus 9 hail reports with hail up to 0.75". The most recent recorded storm activity was in August 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in McIntosh County
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Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
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Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 522 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Ridgeville, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Darien, Wolf Island, Sapelo Island, Meridian, Carnigan, Ridgeville and Ashintilly.”
“At 156 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Retreat, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, August 10, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 846 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Ridgeville, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 846 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Ridgeville, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 1 NNW Crescent SPC verified report
Sunday, August 9, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“Emergency manager reported a tree down at Franklin Street and Haven Drive. Time estimated by radar. (CHS)”
- Wind Unknown 1 NNE Darien SPC verified report
Thursday, August 6, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 325 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Tibet, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Hinesville, Ludowici, Tibet, Fort Stewart, Jones, McIntosh, Walthourville, Midway, Riceboro and Flemington.”
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, August 1, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 335 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Tibet, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Hinesville, Tibet, Jones, Walthourville, Riceboro, Allenhurst, Townsend, South Newport, Brickston and Warsaw.”
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
4 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 530 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Jones, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Darien, Tibet, Jones, Riceboro, Eulonia, Pine Harbor, Crescent, Meridian, Valona and Carnigan.”
“At 530 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Jones, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Darien, Tibet, Jones, Riceboro, Eulonia, Pine Harbor, Crescent, Meridian, Valona and Carnigan.”
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, July 24, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 604 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 8 miles north of Flemington to 6 miles southwest of Tibet, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 628 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Jones to 6 miles south of Tibet, moving southeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Tibet, Jones, Townsend, Cox, Huxford, Warsaw and Brickston.”
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 12, 2026
4 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 510 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sunbury, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Hinesville, Richmond Hill, Coffee Bluff, Windsor Forest, Jones, McIntosh, Midway, Riceboro and Flemington.”
“At 510 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sunbury, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Hinesville, Richmond Hill, Coffee Bluff, Windsor Forest, Jones, McIntosh, Midway, Riceboro and Flemington.”
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 4 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 651 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Tibet to over Townsend, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Tibet, Jones, Townsend, South Newport, Warsaw, Brickston and Huxford.”
“At 629 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from over St. Catherines Island to over Eulonia, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Shellman Bluff, Harris Neck, Pine Harbor, Blackbeard Island, Crescent, Valona, Eulonia, St.”
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 1 WNW Valona SPC verified report
Sunday, July 5, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 320 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Sunbury to 9 miles southwest of Darien, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 320 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Sunbury to 9 miles southwest of Darien, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, June 29, 2026
6 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 826 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Cox, moving south at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Cox, Townsend, Huxford and Warsaw.”
“At 630 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Cox, moving south at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Darien and Cox. This includes I-95 in Georgia near mile marker 50...and between mile markers 47 and 49...and between mile markers 51 and 53.”
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 27, 2026
5 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 633 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Darien, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Darien, Ridgeville, Carnigan, Meridian, Valona, Wolf Island, Little Saint Simons Island, Sapelo Island, Ashintilly and Ardick.”
“At 633 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Darien, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Darien, Ridgeville, Carnigan, Meridian, Valona, Wolf Island, Little Saint Simons Island, Sapelo Island, Ashintilly and Ardick.”
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 20, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 427 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles southwest of Tibet, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Townsend, Cox and Huxford. This includes I-95 in Georgia near mile marker 60.”
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 18, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 620 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles north of Midway, moving northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 620 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles north of Midway, moving northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown Darien SPC verified report
Sunday, June 14, 2026
7 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 750 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Meridian, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Darien, Meridian, Carnigan, Ridgeville, Valona, Crescent, Sapelo Island, Wolf Island, Little Saint Simons Island and Pine Harbor.”
“At 750 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Meridian, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Darien, Meridian, Carnigan, Ridgeville, Valona, Crescent, Sapelo Island, Wolf Island, Little Saint Simons Island and Pine Harbor.”
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 13, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 430 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Blackbeard Island, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 430 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Blackbeard Island, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, June 12, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 407 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Tibet, moving south at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Tibet, Jones, Brickston and Warsaw. This includes I-95 in Georgia between mile markers 64 and 65.”
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, April 26, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 625 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Ludowici, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, March 16, 2026
4 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 159 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Harris Neck, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Darien, Coffee Bluff, Windsor Forest, Montgomery, Vernonburg, Harris Neck and Halfmoon Landing.”
“At 159 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Harris Neck, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Darien, Coffee Bluff, Windsor Forest, Montgomery, Vernonburg, Harris Neck and Halfmoon Landing.”
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph McIntosh County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in McIntosh County, GA?
The most recent recorded event was in August 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 61 severe weather events in McIntosh County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in McIntosh County recently?
Yes — 9 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.75" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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