Georgia

Storm History: Calhoun County, Georgia

134 episodes, 150 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Calhoun 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
150
Deaths
0
Injuries
10
Damage
$176 million
Episodes
134

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Drought4100
Thunderstorm Wind3101$624,000
Tornado3009$3.3 million
Hail2100$345,000
Tropical Storm500$2.1 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$161 million
Flash Flood300$500,000
Winter Storm300$50,000
Excessive Heat300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Flood200$275,000
Heavy Snow200
Ice Storm100$1,000
Frost/Freeze100$7.8 million
Winter Weather100

The deadliest

None recorded.

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Calhoun County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Calhoun CountyEvery warning in Calhoun 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.