Storm History: Bleckley County, Georgia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bleckley County, Georgia: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 216
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 28
- Damage
- $162 million
- Episodes
- 194
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 52 | 0 | 28 | $1.7 million |
| Hail | 50 | 0 | 0 | $438,000 |
| Drought | 28 | 0 | 0 | $4.6 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | $13,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $108,000 |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $47,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 6 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $110,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $155 million |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- Tornado, December 16, 2000
- Tornado, January 24, 1958
- Tornado, March 16, 1972
- Tornado, November 12, 1992
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Hail, May 10, 2009
- High Wind, September 6, 2004
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Hail, May 1, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Hail, July 28, 2000
- Tornado, June 26, 1961
- Tornado, January 15, 1971
- Tornado, January 13, 1972
- Tornado, June 13, 1974
- Tornado, May 1, 1989
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, March 31, 1961
- Tornado, January 13, 1972
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Tornado, January 24, 1958
- Tornado, June 26, 1961
- Tornado, January 15, 1971
- Tornado, May 12, 1971
- Tornado, March 16, 1972
- Tornado, March 30, 1977
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, April 5, 1985
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, December 16, 2000
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2026
- Drought, January 13, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 26, 2024
- Hail, August 18, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Hail, April 13, 2023
- Hail, May 6, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Hail, August 11, 2020
- Hail, May 22, 2020
- Drought, October 8, 2019
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Hail, July 21, 2016
- Tornado, April 19, 2015
- Hail, March 31, 2015
- Tornado, November 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2014
- Hail, May 18, 2014
- Tornado, May 14, 2014
- Hail, June 28, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Tropical Storm, September 4, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Tornado, October 25, 2010
- Heat, July 23, 2010
- Hail, May 21, 2010
- Tornado, March 12, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2009
- Hail, May 10, 2009
- Hail, April 13, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Tropical Storm, August 21, 2008
- Hail, August 7, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Hail, June 2, 2008
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Hail, August 17, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2007
- Hail, July 20, 2007
- Hail, June 5, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Tornado, April 14, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Tornado, December 28, 2005
- Tropical Storm, October 5, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 10, 2005
- Tropical Storm, June 12, 2005
- Flood, March 27, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 16, 2004
- High Wind, September 6, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2004
- Hail, August 20, 2004
- Drought, March 1, 2004
- Lightning, July 28, 2003
- Tropical Storm, July 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Hail, May 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, March 19, 2003
- Hail, February 22, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2003
- Drought, January 1, 2003
- Heavy Rain, October 6, 2002
- Tropical Storm, September 14, 2002
- Excessive Heat, September 3, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 2002
- Flood, July 31, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2002
- Hail, June 3, 2002
- Cold/Wind Chill, May 18, 2002
- Heat, April 16, 2002
- Drought, April 1, 2002
- Heat, March 15, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 26, 2002
- Dense Fog, January 30, 2002
- Dense Fog, January 29, 2002
- Heat, January 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2002
- Drought, December 1, 2001
- Heat, December 1, 2001
- Heat, November 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 27, 2001
- Drought, October 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, September 26, 2001
- Hail, May 11, 2001
- Heavy Rain, March 1, 2001
- Tornado, December 16, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2000
- Drought, October 1, 2000
- Hail, July 28, 2000
- Hail, July 20, 2000
- Drought, July 1, 2000
- Hail, June 22, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, June 7, 2000
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- Drought, May 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, April 9, 2000
- Drought, April 1, 2000
- Drought, February 1, 2000
- Heat, August 1, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Heat, July 20, 1999
- Flash Flood, June 30, 1999
- Hail, June 29, 1999
- Hail, June 4, 1999
- Drought, May 1, 1999
- High Wind, September 3, 1998
- Hail, April 17, 1998
- Tornado, April 9, 1998
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Flood, February 4, 1998
- Flood, December 24, 1997
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 1997
- Hail, June 14, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, June 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 1996
- Hail, May 8, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 1996
- Tornado, May 15, 1995
- Hail, January 28, 1995
- Hail, January 6, 1995
- Hail, June 9, 1994
- Hail, April 5, 1993
- Tornado, November 12, 1992
- Tornado, August 27, 1992
- Hail, July 1, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 1991
- Tornado, May 5, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 1990
- Tornado, May 28, 1990
- Hail, April 28, 1990
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, May 1, 1989
- Hail, June 26, 1988
- Hail, August 31, 1987
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 1987
- Hail, July 29, 1986
- Tornado, April 5, 1985
- Hail, July 12, 1984
- Hail, May 14, 1984
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 1982
- Hail, July 6, 1980
- Tornado, March 21, 1980
- Tornado, April 13, 1979
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 25, 1978
- Tornado, March 30, 1977
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 1976
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 1976
- Tornado, June 13, 1974
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 3, 1974
- Tornado, March 16, 1972
- Tornado, January 13, 1972
- Tornado, May 12, 1971
- Tornado, May 8, 1971
- Tornado, January 15, 1971
- Tornado, April 23, 1967
- Tornado, March 11, 1962
- Tornado, June 26, 1961
- Tornado, March 31, 1961
- Tornado, January 19, 1961
- Tornado, January 24, 1958
More
Tornadoes in Bleckley CountyEvery warning in Bleckley County since 1986Every county in Georgia
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.