Georgia

Storm History: Harris County, Georgia

306 episodes, 391 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Harris 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
391
Deaths
2
Injuries
11
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
306

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
Hail11400$1.1 million
Tornado11208$15 million
Thunderstorm Wind3700$85,000
Drought3500$2.0 million
Flash Flood1910$244,000
Tropical Storm1300$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Flood801$16,000
Heat700
Strong Wind600$59,000
Heavy Snow500$10,000
Excessive Heat400
Winter Storm410$5,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain200
High Wind200$26,000
Dense Fog200
Freezing Fog100
Lightning100$125,000
Frost/Freeze100
Ice Storm102

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 Harris County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Harris CountyEvery warning in Harris 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.