Georgia

Storm History: Habersham County, Georgia

392 episodes, 440 events since 1971

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Habersham 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
0
Injuries
20
Damage
$17 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.

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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
Hail11100$6,000
Thunderstorm Wind7902$1.2 million
Tornado42018$11 million
Drought4200
Winter Weather3400
Flash Flood2800$258,000
High Wind2600$662,000
Heavy Snow1800
Flood1300$103,000
Winter Storm1100
Ice Storm900$600,000
Cold/Wind Chill800
Tropical Storm400$807,000
Sleet300
Strong Wind300$10,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Lightning200$100,000
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100
Debris Flow100$720,000
Freezing Fog100
Frost/Freeze100$1.0 million

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Habersham County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Habersham CountyEvery warning in Habersham 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.