Storm History: Heard County, Georgia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Heard 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
- 291
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 7
- Damage
- $19 million
- Episodes
- 238
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 64 | 1 | 5 | $15 million |
| Hail | 62 | 0 | 1 | $265,000 |
| Drought | 33 | 0 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 28 | 0 | 1 | $240,000 |
| Flash Flood | 23 | 0 | 0 | $198,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Flood | 12 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, February 21, 1993
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- Tornado, May 27, 1973
- Tornado, March 5, 1989
- Tornado, May 5, 2003
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2000
- Tornado, August 29, 2005
- Tornado, March 25, 2021
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2009
- High Wind, September 6, 2004
- Hail, April 19, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2020
- Tornado, March 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, November 24, 2004
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Hail, May 2, 2003
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, April 19, 2006
- Flood, February 21, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2005
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Hail, June 20, 1970
- Flash Flood, March 19, 2003
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Hail, May 6, 2012
- Hail, June 15, 2010
- Hail, June 19, 2010
- Hail, August 23, 2007
- Flash Flood, March 31, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Hail, May 20, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 5, 2003
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, March 25, 2021
- Tornado, March 5, 1989
- Tornado, May 27, 1973
- Tornado, November 15, 1989
- Tornado, February 21, 1993
- Tornado, January 2, 2006
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Tornado, March 26, 2023
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, April 4, 1989
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, April 8, 1998
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Tornado, March 15, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 2025
- Tornado, February 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, February 11, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2023
- Tornado, March 26, 2023
- Tornado, January 3, 2023
- Tornado, March 25, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2020
- Drought, October 15, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, June 22, 2018
- Hail, June 8, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 20, 2018
- Tornado, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Drought, February 1, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Hail, July 18, 2016
- Drought, July 1, 2016
- Hail, June 17, 2016
- Hail, June 14, 2016
- Drought, June 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2015
- Tornado, May 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2014
- Tornado, April 28, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Tornado, January 11, 2014
- Tornado, August 18, 2013
- Tornado, March 18, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Hail, July 17, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Hail, May 6, 2012
- Tornado, January 21, 2012
- Tropical Storm, September 4, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Hail, June 11, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 15, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2010
- Hail, June 19, 2010
- Hail, June 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 8, 2009
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Tropical Storm, August 21, 2008
- Hail, July 23, 2008
- Tornado, May 20, 2008
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2008
- Hail, December 28, 2007
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 14, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Hail, August 23, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2007
- Hail, July 20, 2007
- Hail, June 15, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Hail, April 3, 2007
- Tornado, January 7, 2007
- Hail, August 8, 2006
- Hail, April 19, 2006
- Tornado, January 2, 2006
- Freezing Fog, December 16, 2005
- Tropical Storm, October 5, 2005
- Tornado, August 29, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Strong Wind, July 10, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 10, 2005
- Tornado, July 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm, July 6, 2005
- Flood, July 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm, June 12, 2005
- Hail, May 20, 2005
- Hail, April 30, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 31, 2005
- Flood, March 31, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2005
- Flood, February 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2005
- Hail, December 10, 2004
- Flash Flood, November 24, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- Strong Wind, September 16, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 16, 2004
- High Wind, September 6, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2004
- Drought, March 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2004
- Strong Wind, February 25, 2004
- Tropical Storm, July 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2003
- Tornado, May 5, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Flash Flood, March 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, March 5, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2003
- Drought, January 1, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2002
- Heavy Rain, October 6, 2002
- Strong Wind, September 27, 2002
- Strong Wind, September 26, 2002
- Tropical Storm, September 14, 2002
- Excessive Heat, September 3, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2002
- Flood, July 2, 2002
- Hail, June 30, 2002
- Flood, June 4, 2002
- Cold/Wind Chill, May 18, 2002
- Flood, May 2, 2002
- Hail, April 28, 2002
- Heat, April 16, 2002
- Drought, April 1, 2002
- Heat, March 15, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 26, 2002
- Dense Fog, January 30, 2002
- Dense Fog, January 29, 2002
- Heat, January 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2002
- Drought, December 1, 2001
- Heat, December 1, 2001
- Drought, November 1, 2001
- Heat, November 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 27, 2001
- Drought, October 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, September 26, 2001
- Hail, July 5, 2001
- Heavy Rain, March 1, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 17, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2000
- Drought, October 1, 2000
- Hail, August 9, 2000
- Flood, August 4, 2000
- Tornado, July 23, 2000
- Hail, July 20, 2000
- Drought, July 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, June 7, 2000
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- Drought, May 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, April 9, 2000
- Drought, April 1, 2000
- Drought, February 1, 2000
- Ice Storm, January 28, 2000
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2000
- Hail, January 10, 2000
- Heat, August 1, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Heat, July 20, 1999
- Flash Flood, July 6, 1999
- Flash Flood, June 30, 1999
- Hail, May 13, 1999
- Drought, May 1, 1999
- Hail, March 3, 1999
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Hail, June 15, 1998
- Hail, May 8, 1998
- Tornado, May 3, 1998
- Tornado, April 8, 1998
- Hail, March 8, 1998
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Hail, February 17, 1998
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, June 1, 1997
- Hail, April 28, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1997
- Hail, March 30, 1997
- Hail, March 30, 1997
- Flood, February 27, 1997
- Hail, January 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 1996
- Hail, March 18, 1996
- Hail, March 18, 1996
- Hail, March 18, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 1996
- Tornado, October 27, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 1994
- Hail, April 15, 1993
- Tornado, February 21, 1993
- Tornado, August 27, 1992
- Hail, February 25, 1992
- Hail, April 29, 1991
- Tornado, April 27, 1991
- Hail, August 30, 1990
- Hail, August 21, 1990
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, November 15, 1989
- Hail, July 4, 1989
- Tornado, April 4, 1989
- Tornado, March 5, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 19, 1988
- Hail, July 31, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 15, 1985
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 1982
- Tornado, May 27, 1973
- Hail, June 20, 1970
More
Tornadoes in Heard CountyEvery warning in Heard 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.