Georgia

Storm History: Cobb County, Georgia

523 episodes, 760 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cobb 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
760
Deaths
9
Injuries
374
Damage
$249 million
Episodes
523

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
Hail26127$18 million
Tornado1474346$180 million
Thunderstorm Wind9228$1.1 million
Flash Flood6304$35 million
Flood4511$13 million
Drought4200$150,000
Winter Storm1900$250,000
Tropical Storm1300$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Heavy Snow900
Winter Weather800
Ice Storm800$1.0 million
Strong Wind700$69,000
Heat700
Lightning608$458,000
High Wind400$353,000
Excessive Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain300
Dense Fog200
Freezing 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 Cobb County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Cobb CountyEvery warning in Cobb 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.