Georgia

Storm History: Forsyth County, Georgia

392 episodes, 497 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Forsyth 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
497
Deaths
6
Injuries
35
Damage
$45 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
Hail12513$18 million
Tornado9127$16 million
Flash Flood5905$2.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind5200$531,000
Drought3900$1.8 million
Flood1900$2.2 million
Winter Storm1800$150,000
Tropical Storm1311$100,000
Ice Storm1110$1.0 million
Strong Wind1100$31,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Heavy Snow904
Winter Weather817
Heat700
High Wind500$1.5 million
Excessive Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Wildfire307$2.2 million
Heavy Rain200
Lightning101
Dense Fog100
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 Forsyth County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Forsyth CountyEvery warning in Forsyth 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.