Georgia

Storm History: Elbert County, Georgia

296 episodes, 341 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Elbert 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
341
Deaths
1
Injuries
35
Damage
$4.4 million
Episodes
296

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
Thunderstorm Wind8701$51,000
Hail7700$58,000
Drought4100
Tornado39034$1.1 million
Flash Flood2200$407,000
Winter Weather1600
Heavy Snow1200
Winter Storm900
Ice Storm800$530,000
Flood600$48,000
High Wind600$90,000
Cold/Wind Chill500
Heat310
Frost/Freeze200$500,000
Dense Fog100
Strong Wind100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Heavy Rain100
Debris Flow100$50,000
Freezing Fog100
Lightning100$75,000
Tropical Storm100$1.5 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 Elbert County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Elbert CountyEvery warning in Elbert 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.