Funnel Cloud in Georgia
Every funnel cloud event the National Weather Service has filed in Georgia, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
The most significant on the map
The most significant funnel cloud episodes in Georgia.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 218
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Hurricane and Tornado in Georgia, September 25 to 27, 2024Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph and a minimum central pressure of 938 mb (27.70 inches) at about 11:10 PM EDT on Thursday, September 26th, in Taylor County Florida just east of the Aucilla River.
- Tornadoes and Flood in Georgia, March 15 to 16, 2008The pattern that began to evolve on March 14th continued and intensified on March 15th. A stationary front remained draped across north Georgia from near Atlanta to Athens. South of this front, the air mass was becoming increasingly warm, moist and unstable.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, May 5 to 11, 2003The Dade county Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, February 18 to 19, 2009A strong cold front accompanied and deep negatively tilted upper trough through the eastern U.S. from the 18th into the 19th.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 29, 2005A National Weather Survey Team concluded that an F2 tornado touched down approximately 1/4 mile south of Glenloch in far northern Heard county, then continued north at 30-35 mph into Carroll county about three miles southeast of Roopville, finally terminating three miles…
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 10 to 11, 2009A vigorous upper closed low was moving from the mid-south and Mississippi valley region into the mid-Atlantic and southeast U.S. A strong cold front accompanied the upper system.
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Georgia, November 10 to 11, 2002The Lamar county sheriff sighted a possible funnel cloud near the Lamar/Monroe county line.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, March 2 to 6, 2012Several subtle upper level shortwaves affected the area during a three day period between March 1-3 as a broad long-wave upper level trough located west of the area slowly progressed eastward.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 29, 1998Hurricane Georges moved slowly onshore near Biloxi, Mississippi the morning of the 28th.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, March 15, 2008A large and intense area of low pressure lifted northward through the central Appalachians, dragging a strong cold front toward southern South Carolina and southeast Georgia.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, March 26 to 27, 2011A quasi-stationary frontal boundary extended from north Texas to north Georgia early on the 26th. The front took two to three days to move from north Georgia southward to the Gulf Coast. The upper flow was highly zonal, but embedded with numerous vigorous short waves.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, March 3, 2019This event featured all modes of severe weather in our forecast area, including 13 tornadoes, numerous reports of straight-line wind damage, and even large hail. The 13 tornadoes consisted of 1 EF3, 2 EF2s, 6 EF1s, and 4 EF0s.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, December 2, 2009Strong mid and upper low initially over Texas was moving east-northeast while the upper level trough it was embedded in became negatively tilted. This led to a broad diffluent pattern over most of the southeastern states.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 7, 1999The Georgia State Patrol reported dime size hail and tree limbs down on Robert Taylor Drive at Lambert Road.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, September 5, 2011Tropical Storm Lee formed from a persistent low pressure area off the upper Texas and Louisiana coasts on the south side of a mammoth subtropical ridge centered across the eastern Ohio valley. This occurred during the late few days of August.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, December 28, 2005The Griffin Daily News reported that lightning struck three homes on McDonough Road. The lightning struck a phone line adjacent to the homes and traveled through the phone line and electrical wires inside the homes.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 3 to 5, 2017Severe weather during the first week of April resulted in a couple of tornadoes and several reports of hail and straight line wind damage across the tri-state area.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, October 27, 2009A weak short wave tracked northeast to the lee of the Southern Appalachians late Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday evening, providing ascent and allowing a band of convection to shift east into the forecast area.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 19, 2009Yet another deep upper trough was translating across the south central and southeast United States accompanied by a strong Pacific cold front. Although instability was marginal for the time of year, the upper atmosphere was highly sheared with a strong low-level jet.
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, May 7 to 8, 1998The public reported quarter to golf ball size hail.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, August 26 to 27, 2008The remnants of tropical storm Fay continued to move northeast into central and northern Alabama on the 26th, then finally into eastern Tennessee on the 27th. This was the day when north and central Georgia experienced its maximum effects from tropical storm Fay.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 3, 1998Dime size hail was reported on Tabby Lynch Road.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 19, 1998The public reported dime to quarter size hail.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 28, 2011A vigorous short wave was moving rapidly from the south central to the southeast United States, accompanied by a strong Pacific cold front. Unseasonably warm air, which had prevailed across the southeast U.S.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Georgia, July 1, 2003The Dalton Citizen reported that heavy rain, associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill, forced the closing of Patricia Avenue for the third time in six weeks.
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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.