Georgia

Storm History: Johnson County, Georgia

207 episodes, 258 events since 1968

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Johnson 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
258
Deaths
0
Injuries
16
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
207

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
Hail8100$820,000
Tornado48010$24 million
Drought2900$1.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind2000$405,000
Flash Flood1202$108,000
Tropical Storm1100$200,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Flood700$151,000
Heat700
Winter Storm500$50,000
Excessive Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)404
Cold/Wind Chill300
High Wind300$154,000
Heavy Snow300
Lightning300$231,000
Ice Storm300$35,000
Heavy Rain200
Dense Fog200
Frost/Freeze100

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 Johnson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Johnson CountyEvery warning in Johnson 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.