Georgia

Storm History: Fannin County, Georgia

329 episodes, 397 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Fannin 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
397
Deaths
0
Injuries
9
Damage
$29 million
Episodes
329

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
Hail7800$2.5 million
Tornado6506$6.7 million
Drought4200$755,000
Winter Storm2900$15,000
Winter Weather2501
Wildfire2500$17 million
Flash Flood2102$617,000
Thunderstorm Wind2000$61,000
Heavy Snow1500
Tropical Storm1300
Ice Storm1000$1.0 million
Strong Wind1000$134,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Heat700
Flood600$7,000
High Wind400$524,000
Excessive Heat400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning300$6,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)300
Heavy Rain200
Dense Fog100
Frost/Freeze100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Fannin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Fannin CountyEvery warning in Fannin 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.