Georgia

Storm History: Lumpkin County, Georgia

316 episodes, 367 events since 1963

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lumpkin 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
367
Deaths
3
Injuries
74
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
316

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
Hail77051$658,000
Tornado63122$7.7 million
Drought4200$984,000
Winter Storm2700$105,000
Winter Weather2010
Flash Flood1900$300,000
Heavy Snow1600
Ice Storm1310$1.0 million
Tropical Storm1300$375,000
Wildfire1200$100,000
Thunderstorm Wind1001$19,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Strong Wind900$36,000
Heat800
Flood500$2,000
High Wind500$576,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)500$1,000
Excessive Heat400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain200
Sleet100
Dense Fog100
Freezing Fog100
Frost/Freeze100

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 Lumpkin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lumpkin CountyEvery warning in Lumpkin 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.