Storms in Georgia in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 1971, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Georgia in 1971 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 150
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 49
- Damage
- $5.2 million
- Episodes
- 40
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 71 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 50 | 2 | 49 | $5.2 million |
| Hail | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1971
- Tornado in Georgia, January 4, 1971
- Tornado in Georgia, January 5, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, January 15, 1971
- Tornado in Georgia, January 30, 1971
February 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 7, 1971
- Tornadoes in Georgia, February 8, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, February 26, 1971
March 1971
- Tornado in Georgia, March 3, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 15, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 25, 1971
April 1971
- Hail in Georgia, April 22, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 23, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, April 28, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 29, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 30, 1971
May 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 8, 1971
- Hail in Georgia, May 11, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 12, 1971
- Hail in Georgia, May 28, 1971
- Hail in Georgia, May 29, 1971
June 1971
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 6, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 9, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 14, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 15, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 16, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 21, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 25, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 26, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 27, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 28, 1971
July 1971
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 10, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 12, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 14, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 15, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 19, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 20, 1971
August 1971
More
Every year in GeorgiaEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Georgia in 197119701972
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.