Hail in Georgia
Every hail event the National Weather Service has filed in Georgia, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hail 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
- 8,810
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 17
- Damage
- $411 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Georgia, January 21 to 23, 2017A multi-day severe weather event struck the southeast January 21-22, 2017 with three rounds of severe weather moving through the area.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 3, 1974
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Georgia, April 27 to 28, 2011A highly diffluent, deep upper trough, centered across Texas, took on a negative tilt and began to rotate northeast during this period.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, November 22, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, January 12, 2023A line of strong thunderstorms moved into north and central Georgia during the afternoon through the evening on Thursday, January 12th and spawned numerous tornadoes, including several that were long track and significant.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, April 12 to 13, 2020A powerful Spring storm system resulted in a Severe Weather / Tornado outbreak across much of the Southeast region, including north and central Georgia, beginning on Easter Sunday (April 12th) and lingering into the morning hours of April 13th.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, March 31, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 10 to 12, 2008A stationary front was draped across north Georgia early on May 10th with an active northwest flow aloft. Meanwhile...a vigorous short wave aloft was approaching the area from the southern plains.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 4 to 5, 2011An extremely progressive and highly kinematic upper flow remained in place across the U.S. A deep, full-latitude negatively tilted trough and associated strong Pacific cold front swept through the eastern U.S. April 4th into April 5th.
- Tornadoes and Flood in Georgia, March 1 to 2, 2007A major, negatively tilted and closed upper trough rotated through the mid-south and southeast U.S. on March 1st. A 150kt jet was located over the region at 250mb with a strong 50kt low-level jet from central Alabama into central Tennessee.
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, February 18, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, February 10, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 28, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, February 21, 1993Six homes sustained structural damage due to very strong wind.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 4, 1989
- 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 Hail in Georgia, May 3, 1984
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, March 25 to 26, 2021A very moist and moderately unstable airmass over the region combined with strong shear and persistent southwesterly mid and upper flow produced numerous showers and thunderstorms across north and parts of central Georgia through the day on the 25th into the morning of the 26th.
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, December 26, 1964
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, January 30, 2013A very large storm system approached the state on the 30th. A highly amplified upper trough over the plains pushed east during the day, dragging a strong cold front through the Southeast.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, June 27, 1994Straightline thunderstorm winds moderately damage 20 to 25 homes and downed several trees and power lines from Cloudland to Menlo along Georgia Highway 48. Several vehicles were damaged from wind downed tree limbs in Menlo.
- 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, March 18, 2013A strong upper level system combined with a moist south to southeast flow, moderate instability, a cold pool aloft, and enhanced surface convergence along and ahead of an approaching cold front moving through the Deep South.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, March 29, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 23, 1971
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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.