Georgia

Storms in Georgia in 2009

1,603 events in 243 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 2009, 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 2009 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
1,603
Deaths
12
Injuries
44
Damage
$401 million
Episodes
243

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 Wind53001$4.1 million
Hail35902$19 million
Flood16601$6.4 million
Flash Flood107105$276 million
Tropical Storm9700$33,000
Tornado68129$88 million
Lightning6700$1.3 million
Heavy Snow4601$1.5 million
Strong Wind4402$367,000
High Wind2413$3.4 million
Winter Weather2300
Wildfire2200$312,000
Funnel Cloud2100
Heavy Rain1400$1,000
Coastal Flood1200$50,000
Rip Current300$1,000

Every episode, month by month

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November 2009

December 2009

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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.