Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- May 20, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -85.180
Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 20, 1990
22 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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
22 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- May 20, 12:33 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -85.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- May 20, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -84.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Cobb
- When
- May 20, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cobb County
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -84.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- May 20, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -84.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- May 20, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 33.450, -84.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth
- When
- May 20, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -84.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- May 20, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -84.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Gwinnett
- When
- May 20, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Gwinnett County
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -84.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Clarke
- When
- May 20, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -83.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Forsyth
- When
- May 20, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Forsyth County
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -84.150
Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- May 20, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -84.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Hall
- When
- May 20, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -83.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Oconee
- When
- May 20, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Oconee County
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -83.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 20, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -83.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Gwinnett
- When
- May 20, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Gwinnett County
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -84.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Stephens
- When
- May 20, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Stephens County
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -83.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- May 20, 8:58 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -85.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Bartow
- When
- May 20, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bartow County
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -84.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- May 20, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -84.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- May 20, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -84.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Spalding
- When
- May 20, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Spalding County
- Coordinates
- 33.270, -84.300
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Stephens | 1990-05-20 | Direct |
What these are
- 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 Missouri, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 20, 1990
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 20, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 20, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 20, 1990
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 20, 1990
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, May 20, 1990
More
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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: 9996504, 9996505, 9996506, 9996507, 9996508, 9996509, 9996510, 9996511, 9996512, 9996513, 9996514, 9996515, 9996516, 9996517, 9996518, 9996519, 9996520, 9996521, 9996522, 9996523, 9996524, 9996525.