Georgia

Storm History: Fulton County, Georgia

683 episodes, 1,180 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Fulton 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
1,180
Deaths
25
Injuries
303
Damage
$470 million
Episodes
683

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
Hail30428$11 million
Tornado27613264$360 million
Thunderstorm Wind152112$1.6 million
Flash Flood12652$90 million
Drought7600$1.3 million
Flood4400$151,000
Winter Storm2600$500,000
Tropical Storm2610$500,000
Strong Wind22114$305,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2000
Heavy Snow1600$2,000
Heat1400
Ice Storm1300$2.0 million
Winter Weather1100
High Wind1111$1.9 million
Lightning802$758,000
Excessive Heat810
Hurricane (Typhoon)800$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill700
Heavy Rain500
Dense Fog300
Freezing Fog200
Frost/Freeze200

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 Fulton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Fulton CountyEvery warning in Fulton 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.