Georgia

Storm History: Franklin County, Georgia

277 episodes, 307 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Franklin 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
307
Deaths
1
Injuries
4
Damage
$3.4 million
Episodes
277

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
Thunderstorm Wind8800$55,000
Hail5300$2,000
Drought4100
Tornado3513$2.0 million
Winter Weather2100
Heavy Snow1200
Flash Flood1000$50,000
Ice Storm900$555,000
Winter Storm800
High Wind700$30,000
Cold/Wind Chill500
Flood400$20,000
Lightning201
Frost/Freeze200$500,000
Heat200
Tropical Storm200$150,000
Sleet100
Dense Fog100
Strong Wind100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Freezing Fog100
Heavy Rain100$25,000

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 Franklin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Franklin CountyEvery warning in Franklin 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.