Storms in Georgia in 1998

1,625 events in 273 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 1998, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Georgia in 1998 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

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The year

Events: 1,625
Deaths: 21
Injuries: 318
Damage: $351 million
Episodes: 273

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
Hail	695	0	3	$5.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind	517	0	14	$5.7 million
Flood	110	1	1	$165 million
Flash Flood	52	0	1	$652,000
Tornado	45	20	298	$170 million
Lightning	32	0	1	$3.6 million
Ice Storm	27	0	0	$10,000
Strong Wind	26	0	0	$170,000
High Wind	24	0	0	$110,000
Winter Weather	23	0	0
Funnel Cloud	22	0	0
Heat	19	0	0
Tropical Storm	17	0	0	$650,000
Drought	8	0	0	$25,000
Sleet	3	0	0
Heavy Snow	2	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	2	0	0
Waterspout	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Georgia Every state in 1998 Tornadoes in Georgia in 1998 Warnings in Georgia in 1998 1997 1999

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.