Hail, Floyd
- When
- April 4, 3:12 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -85.180
Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 4, 1977
4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 16
- Property damage
- $3.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
Event by event
4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Floyd
- When
- April 4, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8.8 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 15 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -85.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- April 4, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.350, -85.170
Tornado, Bartow
- When
- April 4, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bartow County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -84.930
Tornado, Murray
- When
- April 4, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Murray County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -84.730
Thunderstorm Wind, White
- When
- April 4, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -83.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- April 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -84.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Habersham
- When
- April 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Habersham County
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -83.520
Tornado, Lumpkin
- When
- April 4, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lumpkin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.2 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -83.950
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Floyd | 1977-04-04 | Direct |
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, April 4, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 4, 1977
- Tornado in Kentucky, April 4, 1977
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 4, 1977
- Tornado in Indiana, April 4, 1977
- Hail in Texas, April 4, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Florida, April 4, 1977
- Tornado in Missouri, April 4, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 4, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 4, 1977
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1977Every state in 1977This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Georgia, 1977
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9995221, 9995222, 9995223, 9995224, 9995225, 9995226, 9995227, 9995228, 9995229.