Storm History: Forsyth County, Georgia
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 125 | 1 | 3 | $18 million |
| Tornado | 91 | 2 | 7 | $16 million |
| Flash Flood | 59 | 0 | 5 | $2.2 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 52 | 0 | 0 | $531,000 |
| Drought | 39 | 0 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| Flood | 19 | 0 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| Winter Storm | 18 | 0 | 0 | $150,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 13 | 1 | 1 | $100,000 |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 1 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Strong Wind | 11 | 0 | 0 | $31,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Winter Weather | 8 | 1 | 7 | |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 7 | $2.2 million |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 15, 2008
- Hail, May 22, 2020
- Hail, March 15, 2012
- Tornado, April 11, 2013
- Hail, June 11, 2007
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Wildfire, April 4, 2004
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- Hail, May 25, 2006
- High Wind, April 13, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2000
- Flood, February 21, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2005
- Hail, August 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2009
- Flood, September 22, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2008
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Hail, July 24, 1999
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 26, 2011
- Hail, June 11, 2007
- Flood, February 21, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2005
- Hail, May 24, 2001
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2020
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Hail, July 24, 1999
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Hail, May 22, 2020
- Hail, May 24, 2020
- Hail, July 21, 2020
- Hail, March 15, 2012
- Hail, June 15, 2011
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 2, 1970
- Tornado, March 29, 1991
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Tornado, March 15, 2008
- Tornado, February 18, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Tornado, December 22, 2011
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Tornado, April 4, 1989
- Tornado, November 16, 2011
- Tornado, March 12, 1968
- Tornado, March 13, 1975
- Tornado, April 18, 1978
- Tornado, April 26, 1982
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, March 12, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2025
- Tornado, May 20, 2025
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 26, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 14, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Tornado, July 20, 2023
- Hail, June 11, 2023
- Tornado, April 1, 2023
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Hail, April 24, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2020
- Hail, July 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2020
- Hail, June 28, 2020
- Hail, May 24, 2020
- Hail, May 22, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Tornado, February 6, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Drought, September 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2019
- Hail, August 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Hail, June 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2019
- Flash Flood, November 12, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2018
- Tornado, June 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2017
- Tornado, May 23, 2017
- Tornado, May 1, 2017
- Drought, April 1, 2017
- Hail, March 30, 2017
- Tornado, March 21, 2017
- Hail, March 10, 2017
- Drought, March 1, 2017
- Drought, February 1, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Tornado, November 30, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2016
- Hail, July 11, 2016
- Hail, June 1, 2016
- Drought, June 1, 2016
- Tornado, April 6, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 15, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2015
- Tornado, October 14, 2014
- Hail, October 9, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2014
- Tornado, June 5, 2014
- Tornado, May 14, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, October 7, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2013
- Tornado, April 11, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2012
- Hail, August 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Hail, May 17, 2012
- Hail, March 15, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Strong Wind, January 12, 2012
- Tornado, December 22, 2011
- Tornado, November 16, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2011
- Tropical Storm, September 4, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Hail, August 21, 2011
- Hail, July 13, 2011
- Hail, June 26, 2011
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, May 26, 2011
- Hail, April 25, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, March 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2010
- Hail, June 28, 2010
- Hail, June 15, 2010
- Hail, March 21, 2010
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2010
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, October 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2009
- High Wind, April 13, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Tornado, February 18, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Tornado, January 6, 2009
- Tornado, December 10, 2008
- Tropical Storm, August 21, 2008
- Hail, July 28, 2008
- Flood, July 22, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2008
- Tornado, March 15, 2008
- Hail, March 4, 2008
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Tornado, February 17, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 14, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2007
- Hail, June 30, 2007
- Hail, June 29, 2007
- Hail, June 28, 2007
- Hail, June 25, 2007
- Hail, June 11, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- High Wind, April 16, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2007
- Tornado, November 15, 2006
- Hail, September 28, 2006
- Hail, August 4, 2006
- Hail, July 22, 2006
- Hail, May 25, 2006
- Tornado, April 7, 2006
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2006
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2006
- Freezing Fog, December 16, 2005
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2005
- Tornado, December 4, 2005
- Tropical Storm, October 5, 2005
- Tornado, August 29, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Flood, August 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2005
- Strong Wind, July 10, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 10, 2005
- Tropical Storm, July 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm, June 12, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Hail, April 12, 2005
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2005
- Strong Wind, April 2, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2005
- Flood, February 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2005
- Strong Wind, January 22, 2005
- Flash Flood, November 24, 2004
- Strong Wind, September 27, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
- Tornado, September 16, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 16, 2004
- Flood, September 6, 2004
- High Wind, September 6, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2004
- Tornado, July 13, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2004
- Hail, June 13, 2004
- Wildfire, April 4, 2004
- Wildfire, March 7, 2004
- Drought, March 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2004
- Strong Wind, February 25, 2004
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2004
- Strong Wind, December 10, 2003
- Strong Wind, November 28, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2003
- Tropical Storm, July 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2003
- Hail, June 12, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2003
- Hail, May 11, 2003
- Tornado, May 5, 2003
- Flash Flood, April 30, 2003
- Flash Flood, March 5, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2003
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2003
- Drought, January 1, 2003
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Heavy Rain, October 6, 2002
- Strong Wind, September 27, 2002
- Strong Wind, September 26, 2002
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.