Georgia

Storms in Georgia in 2002

2,752 events in 381 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 2002, 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 2002 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
2,752
Deaths
3
Injuries
38
Damage
$59 million
Episodes
381

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
Thunderstorm Wind58219$2.3 million
Hail34802$3.3 million
Drought34300
Heat29100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill19400
Dense Fog14800
Tropical Storm10400$7.9 million
Heavy Rain10200
Cold/Wind Chill9700
Excessive Heat9700
Heavy Snow9600$10,000
Lightning8400$490,000
Strong Wind7500$56,000
Flood5024$3.9 million
Ice Storm3400$3.0 million
Tornado29022$27 million
High Wind2500$631,000
Flash Flood2401$9.7 million
Winter Storm1600$1.0 million
Funnel Cloud700
Winter Weather500
Frost/Freeze100

Every episode, month by month

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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.