Storm History: Lanier County, Georgia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lanier 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
- 210
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $215 million
- Episodes
- 155
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 | 50 | 0 | 5 | $3.3 million |
| Hail | 45 | 0 | 0 | $345,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 36 | 0 | 0 | $71,000 |
| Drought | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 12 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $62,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | $201 million |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $7.8 million |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, March 16, 2017
- Tornado, April 25, 1982
- Tropical Storm, September 10, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 30, 2023
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2016
- Hail, May 3, 2016
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 9, 2005
- Hail, August 4, 2006
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Tropical Storm, September 3, 1998
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Flood, April 1, 2016
- Tornado, April 23, 1971
- Tropical Storm, August 22, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 15, 2004
- Strong Wind, December 11, 2008
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 3, 1998
- Hail, December 29, 1983
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Hail, May 3, 2016
- Hail, June 1, 2015
- Flood, March 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2024
- Hail, March 25, 2023
- Hail, July 21, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2015
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Hail, November 16, 2011
- Hail, April 19, 1991
- Hail, February 6, 1986
- Hail, July 2, 1973
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Drought, December 1, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2025
- Drought, October 1, 2025
- Drought, September 30, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, November 6, 2024
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 2024
- Tropical Storm, August 5, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 10, 2024
- Flood, March 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2023
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 30, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 12, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2023
- Tornado, June 12, 2023
- Hail, March 25, 2023
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2022
- Hail, May 20, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Tropical Storm, July 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2021
- Hail, June 22, 2020
- Tornado, April 23, 2020
- Tornado, April 19, 2020
- Tornado, April 13, 2020
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Flood, February 6, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2019
- Drought, October 8, 2019
- Hail, June 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2019
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Hail, July 21, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2018
- Hail, April 22, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2018
- Tropical Storm, September 10, 2017
- Tornado, May 20, 2017
- Tornado, April 3, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, March 16, 2017
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Drought, November 29, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 2, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2016
- Hail, May 3, 2016
- Flood, April 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2015
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Hail, June 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2014
- Hail, June 20, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2014
- Tornado, February 21, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 17, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2012
- Drought, June 1, 2012
- Hail, May 6, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Drought, March 1, 2012
- Drought, February 1, 2012
- Drought, January 1, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2011
- Hail, November 16, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Drought, March 1, 2011
- Drought, February 1, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Drought, December 1, 2010
- Drought, November 1, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2010
- Hail, May 8, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 16, 2009
- Hail, August 7, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2009
- Strong Wind, December 11, 2008
- Tropical Storm, August 22, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2008
- Hail, August 28, 2007
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Hail, August 4, 2006
- Hail, July 28, 2006
- Tropical Storm, June 12, 2006
- Hail, May 28, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 8, 2006
- Tornado, December 5, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 9, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 15, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2003
- Hail, March 13, 2003
- Tornado, December 24, 2002
- Lightning, July 21, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 19, 2002
- Flood, April 24, 2000
- Hail, May 13, 1999
- Tropical Storm, September 3, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 1998
- Hail, May 3, 1998
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 1996
- Tornado, October 28, 1995
- Hail, April 19, 1991
- Tornado, March 30, 1989
- Hail, February 6, 1986
- Hail, December 29, 1983
- Tornado, April 25, 1982
- Tornado, April 18, 1978
- Hail, July 2, 1973
- Tornado, June 27, 1972
- Hail, April 24, 1972
- Tornado, April 30, 1971
- Tornado, April 23, 1971
- Hail, April 22, 1971
- Hail, June 5, 1969
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 1963
- Tornado, April 15, 1961
- Hail, June 14, 1959
More
Tornadoes in Lanier CountyEvery warning in Lanier 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.