Georgia

Storm History: Floyd County, Georgia

458 episodes, 664 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Floyd 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
664
Deaths
6
Injuries
53
Damage
$60 million
Episodes
458

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
Hail21015$3.3 million
Tornado148342$43 million
Thunderstorm Wind7201$434,000
Flash Flood4701$757,000
Flood3914$1.2 million
Drought3700$9.6 million
Winter Storm1900$15,000
Tropical Storm1300$25,000
Winter Weather1100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Strong Wind1000$160,000
Heat700
Heavy Snow700
Ice Storm600$1.0 million
Wildfire500$18,000
Heavy Rain400
Excessive Heat410
High Wind400$618,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Hurricane (Typhoon)300
Dense Fog200
Lightning200$25,000
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 Floyd County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Floyd CountyEvery warning in Floyd 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.