Storms in Georgia in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 111
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- $9.0 million
- Episodes
- 37
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 | 70 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 20 | 0 | 12 | $9.0 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1979
March 1979
April 1979
- Tornado in Georgia, April 3, 1979
- Tornadoes in Georgia, April 4, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, April 9, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 12, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 13, 1979
May 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 4, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 5, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 6, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 11, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 13, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 19, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 21, 1979
- Hail in Georgia, May 22, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 23, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 28, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 30, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 31, 1979
June 1979
July 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 4, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 5, 1979
- Tornado in Georgia, July 12, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 17, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 18, 1979
August 1979
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 6, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 22, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 30, 1979
September 1979
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 7, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 13, 1979
- Hail in Georgia, September 30, 1979
October 1979
November 1979
More
Every year in GeorgiaEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in Georgia in 197919781980
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.