Georgia

Storms in Georgia in 2003

1,846 events in 382 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 2003, 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 2003 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
1,846
Deaths
17
Injuries
249
Damage
$51 million
Episodes
382

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 Wind56000$1.2 million
Hail411112$5.0 million
Flash Flood224617$8.6 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill19400
Drought9700
Tropical Storm9700
Lightning6210$90,000
Heavy Rain5300$3,000
Heavy Snow4400
Tornado328220$36 million
Winter Weather2600
Flood1500$17,000
Funnel Cloud1400
Strong Wind1210$33,000
High Wind500$5,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2003

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September 2003

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November 2003

December 2003

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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.