Georgia

Storm History: Catoosa County, Georgia

284 episodes, 353 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Catoosa 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
353
Deaths
8
Injuries
36
Damage
$33 million
Episodes
284

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
Hail6701$335,000
Tornado66830$28 million
Thunderstorm Wind4003$234,000
Drought3800$1.9 million
Flash Flood2700$2.1 million
Winter Storm1900$25,000
Tropical Storm1300$15,000
Winter Weather1200
Heavy Snow1000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Ice Storm902$1.0 million
Flood800$6,000
Strong Wind800$14,000
Heat700
Excessive Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
High Wind300$16,000
Heavy Rain200
Dense Fog200
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 Catoosa County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Catoosa CountyEvery warning in Catoosa 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.