Storm History: Clay County, Georgia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clay 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
- 151
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $18 million
- Episodes
- 130
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 33 | 1 | 11 | $8.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 32 | 0 | 0 | $355,000 |
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $143,000 |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $208,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 3 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $7.8 million |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Frost/Freeze, March 16, 2017
- Tornado, October 30, 1993
- Tornado, January 20, 1963
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Tornado, May 2, 2004
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 19, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 16, 2000
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 9, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 15, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Tropical Storm, September 10, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 3, 1998
- Tornado, January 13, 1972
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 13, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 19, 2002
- Tornado, January 4, 2019
- Tornado, March 3, 2019
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 episode, newest first
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Tornado, March 12, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2026
- Drought, January 13, 2026
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 14, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2025
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 2024
- Drought, November 7, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2023
- Tornado, June 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 12, 2023
- Flood, June 14, 2022
- Hail, May 20, 2022
- Tropical Storm, August 16, 2021
- Tornado, June 19, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2021
- Tornado, April 24, 2021
- Hail, June 22, 2020
- Tornado, April 19, 2020
- Tornado, April 13, 2020
- Flood, March 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Drought, October 8, 2019
- Tornado, March 3, 2019
- Tornado, January 4, 2019
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Hail, July 21, 2018
- Drought, February 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2018
- Drought, January 9, 2018
- Tropical Storm, September 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2017
- Tornado, April 3, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, March 16, 2017
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2016
- Tornado, April 7, 2016
- Flood, March 24, 2016
- Tornado, February 24, 2016
- Hail, July 17, 2015
- Hail, April 25, 2015
- Tornado, January 4, 2015
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 14, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Hail, May 6, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Tornado, March 9, 2011
- Drought, March 1, 2011
- Drought, February 1, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 10, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Drought, December 1, 2010
- Drought, November 23, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2009
- Tropical Storm, August 22, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2008
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Hail, May 28, 2006
- Hail, May 14, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2006
- Hail, April 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 13, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 13, 2006
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 9, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 15, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2004
- Tornado, May 2, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 19, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 19, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 16, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 16, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2000
- Tropical Storm, September 3, 1998
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 1, 1996
- Hail, May 11, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 1993
- Tornado, October 30, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 21, 1989
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 3, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 1980
- Tornado, January 13, 1972
- Tornado, April 30, 1971
- Tornado, January 20, 1963
More
Tornadoes in Clay CountyEvery warning in Clay 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.