Georgia

Storm History: Carroll County, Georgia

404 episodes, 606 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Carroll 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
606
Deaths
5
Injuries
25
Damage
$80 million
Episodes
404

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
Tornado178123$43 million
Hail17500$3.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind6700$584,000
Drought4200$7.5 million
Flash Flood2911$24 million
Flood2200$362,000
Tropical Storm1300$150,000
Winter Storm1100$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Winter Weather901
Heavy Snow810
Heat820
Strong Wind600$23,000
Ice Storm500$1.0 million
Excessive Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$35,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
High Wind300$366,000
Lightning200$150,000
Heavy Rain200
Dense Fog200
Wildfire100$500
Freezing Fog100
Frost/Freeze100

The deadliest

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 Carroll County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Carroll CountyEvery warning in Carroll 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.