Georgia

Storm History: Gordon County, Georgia

342 episodes, 440 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Gordon 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
440
Deaths
6
Injuries
55
Damage
$144 million
Episodes
342

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
Hail10200$791,000
Tornado94648$37 million
Flash Flood5400$1.1 million
Drought4100$103 million
Thunderstorm Wind3203$638,000
Winter Storm1500$60,000
Tropical Storm1400$40,000
Flood1200$397,000
Heavy Snow1100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Winter Weather903
Heat800$1,000
Strong Wind800$68,000
Ice Storm700$1.0 million
Excessive Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$1,000
High Wind401$14,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Wildfire300$17,000
Heavy Rain200
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 Gordon County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Gordon CountyEvery warning in Gordon 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.