Georgia

Storms in Georgia in 2001

1,678 events in 242 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 2001, 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 2001 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

Open the live radar over Georgia

The year

Events
1,678
Deaths
2
Injuries
50
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
242

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Drought39900
Thunderstorm Wind33606$1.3 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill19400
Heat19400
Hail17906$3.4 million
Heavy Rain9800
High Wind6600$1.5 million
Lightning65112$650,000
Winter Weather3900
Flood3801$1.2 million
Flash Flood2711$4.1 million
Tornado14024$6.0 million
Winter Storm1100
Tropical Storm700
Funnel Cloud400
Sleet200
Heavy Snow200
Waterspout200
Dense Fog100

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

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March 2001

April 2001

May 2001

June 2001

July 2001

August 2001

September 2001

October 2001

November 2001

December 2001

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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.