Storms in Georgia in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 1973, 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 1973 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
- 98
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 197
- Damage
- $1.3 billion
- Episodes
- 34
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 | 42 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 36 | 3 | 197 | $1.3 billion |
| Hail | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1973
March 1973
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 4, 1973
- Tornadoes in Georgia, March 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, March 31, 1973
April 1973
May 1973
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 8, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 11, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 12, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 19, 1973
- Hail in Georgia, May 20, 1973
- Hail in Georgia, May 23, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 25, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 27, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 28, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 29, 1973
- Hail in Georgia, May 30, 1973
June 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 5, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 6, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 15, 1973
July 1973
August 1973
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 5, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, August 20, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 29, 1973
September 1973
November 1973
- Tornado in Georgia, November 9, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, November 21, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, November 28, 1973
December 1973
More
Every year in GeorgiaEvery state in 1973Tornadoes in Georgia in 197319721974
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.