Georgia

Storm History: Clayton County, Georgia

321 episodes, 398 events since 1967

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clayton 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
398
Deaths
2
Injuries
26
Damage
$458 million
Episodes
321

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
Hail11201$2.0 million
Tornado87219$293 million
Thunderstorm Wind3900$2.4 million
Drought3600$1.4 million
Flash Flood2401$354,000
Tropical Storm1303$2.0 million
Winter Storm1100$300,000
Flood1000$175,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Heavy Snow900$3,000
Heat700
Ice Storm600$1.0 million
Strong Wind600$324,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)500$1,000
High Wind401$405,000
Excessive Heat400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning301$220,000
Winter Weather300
Heavy Rain200
Dense Fog200
Freezing Fog100
Frost/Freeze100$155 million

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 Clayton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Clayton CountyEvery warning in Clayton 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.