Storm History: Cook County, Georgia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cook 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
- 207
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 49
- Damage
- $168 million
- Episodes
- 171
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 43 | 0 | 1 | $321,000 |
| Tornado | 42 | 7 | 46 | $3.0 million |
| Drought | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 33 | 0 | 1 | $331,000 |
| Flash Flood | 22 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 8 | 0 | 1 | $1.3 million |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $305,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | $155 million |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $53,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $7.8 million |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, March 16, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 30, 2023
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 10, 2017
- Tornado, March 23, 1993
- Tornado, January 22, 2023
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 1998
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2004
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 9, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2016
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Tornado, April 23, 2020
- Tornado, December 30, 2021
- Hail, May 3, 1998
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2011
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 3, 1998
- Hail, December 29, 1983
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Hail, November 9, 2025
- Hail, May 5, 1979
- Flood, March 26, 2024
- Hail, March 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2015
- Hail, March 23, 2013
- Flood, February 18, 2012
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Hail, September 9, 1994
- Hail, August 1, 1986
- Hail, April 21, 1997
- Hail, June 25, 2025
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2026
- 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
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Hail, November 9, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 30, 2025
- Hail, June 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2025
- Hail, April 23, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2025
- Hail, November 28, 2024
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 2024
- Tropical Storm, August 5, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2024
- Flood, March 26, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 30, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2023
- Tornado, June 12, 2023
- Hail, March 25, 2023
- Tornado, January 22, 2023
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2022
- Hail, May 3, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Tornado, December 30, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2021
- Tornado, April 24, 2021
- Tornado, September 16, 2020
- Tornado, April 23, 2020
- Tornado, April 19, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2019
- Drought, October 8, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2019
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2018
- Tornado, April 15, 2018
- Drought, January 9, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2018
- Tropical Storm, September 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2017
- Tornado, May 20, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, March 16, 2017
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Tornado, January 2, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 22, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2016
- Tornado, June 25, 2016
- Lightning, August 11, 2015
- Hail, July 17, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2015
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2015
- Hail, April 25, 2015
- Tornado, April 19, 2015
- Tornado, December 23, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2014
- Drought, August 26, 2014
- Hail, June 20, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Hail, March 23, 2013
- Flash Flood, February 11, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 17, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- Flood, February 18, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Drought, May 10, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Drought, February 1, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Drought, December 1, 2010
- Drought, November 1, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2009
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 7, 2009
- Tornado, August 23, 2008
- Lightning, August 22, 2008
- Tropical Storm, August 22, 2008
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2006
- Tropical Storm, June 12, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2006
- Hail, April 8, 2006
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 9, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 10, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2003
- Hail, May 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 17, 2003
- Tornado, December 24, 2002
- Tornado, February 14, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1998
- Hail, May 3, 1998
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 1997
- Hail, April 21, 1997
- Tornado, November 11, 1995
- Hail, September 9, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 1994
- Tornado, March 23, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 1991
- Tornado, April 30, 1991
- Tornado, March 3, 1991
- Tornado, March 30, 1989
- Hail, June 3, 1987
- Hail, August 1, 1986
- Tornado, July 2, 1984
- Hail, December 29, 1983
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 1979
- Hail, May 5, 1979
- Tornado, April 13, 1979
- Tornado, April 18, 1978
- Tornado, June 23, 1977
- Tornado, April 5, 1977
- Hail, May 16, 1975
- Tornado, May 29, 1973
- Tornado, April 25, 1973
- Tornado, June 27, 1972
- Tornado, February 8, 1971
- Tornado, June 22, 1970
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 1964
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 1962
More
Tornadoes in Cook CountyEvery warning in Cook 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.