Georgia

Storm History: Chattooga County, Georgia

349 episodes, 487 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Chattooga 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
487
Deaths
1
Injuries
4
Damage
$26 million
Episodes
349

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
Tornado12502$6.2 million
Hail10600$404,000
Thunderstorm Wind5500$228,000
Drought3800$4.9 million
Flash Flood3512$12 million
Winter Storm1800$23,000
Tropical Storm1300$20,000
Flood1200$187,000
Wildfire1100$40,000
Heavy Snow1000
Winter Weather1000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Ice Storm700$1.0 million
Heat700
Strong Wind600$6,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)600$3,000
High Wind500$276,000
Excessive Heat400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain300
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 Chattooga County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Chattooga CountyEvery warning in Chattooga 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.