Georgia

Storm History: Candler County, Georgia

172 episodes, 219 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Candler 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
219
Deaths
0
Injuries
4
Damage
$1.4 million
Episodes
172

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
Thunderstorm Wind7002$272,000
Hail6700$131,000
Drought2300
Tornado2202$696,000
Tropical Storm600$250,000
Heat500
Ice Storm500$40,000
Flash Flood300$45,000
Winter Storm300
Strong Wind300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
High Wind200$750
Cold/Wind Chill100
Hurricane (Typhoon)100
Frost/Freeze100
Heavy Snow100
Excessive Heat100
Wildfire100
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 Candler County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Candler CountyEvery warning in Candler 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.