Georgia

Storm History: Fayette County, Georgia

392 episodes, 520 events since 1968

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Fayette 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
520
Deaths
2
Injuries
22
Damage
$38 million
Episodes
392

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
Hail15704$4.3 million
Tornado10811$23 million
Thunderstorm Wind6606$1.8 million
Drought3600$2.9 million
Flash Flood3508$2.7 million
Flood2701$997,000
Tropical Storm1300$100,000
Winter Storm1100$300,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Lightning812$303,000
Heavy Snow700$5,000
Heat700
Strong Wind700$25,000
Ice Storm400$1.0 million
Excessive Heat400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Winter Weather300
Heavy Rain300
High Wind300$766,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)300
Dense Fog200
Sleet100
Freezing Fog100
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 Fayette County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Fayette CountyEvery warning in Fayette 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.