Georgia

Storms in Georgia in 2008

1,775 events in 257 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 2008, 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 2008 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
1,775
Deaths
13
Injuries
121
Damage
$320 million
Episodes
257

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 Wind67308$1.8 million
Hail47627$18 million
Tropical Storm14810$15 million
Tornado86890$266 million
Lightning82012$403,000
Winter Weather7401
High Wind5002$468,000
Drought4200
Strong Wind3900$106,000
Flash Flood3321$11 million
Funnel Cloud2300
Heavy Rain1700
Flood1300$6.3 million
Heavy Snow1100
Wildfire600$130,000
Astronomical Low Tide100
Rip Current100

Every episode, month by month

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November 2008

December 2008

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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.