Storm History: Macon County, Georgia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Macon 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
- 231
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 16
- Damage
- $10 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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 53 | 0 | 0 | $369,000 |
| Tornado | 41 | 1 | 16 | $3.8 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 29 | 0 | 0 | $102,000 |
| Drought | 29 | 0 | 0 | $5.2 million |
| Flash Flood | 14 | 0 | 0 | $279,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | $91,000 |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $52,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- Tornado, March 21, 1980
- Tornado, January 21, 2012
- Hail, July 23, 2008
- Tornado, April 18, 1953
- Tornado, April 5, 1957
- Tornado, January 20, 1963
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2005
- Flood, February 28, 2009
- High Wind, September 6, 2004
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2005
- Tornado, March 3, 2019
- Tornado, November 21, 1997
- Flash Flood, July 6, 1999
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Tornado, April 23, 1971
- Tornado, January 11, 1974
- Hail, June 29, 2007
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 23, 1971
- Tornado, April 18, 1953
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Tornado, May 10, 2008
- Tornado, March 3, 2019
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 1957
- Tornado, January 20, 1963
- Tornado, November 10, 1984
- Tornado, April 5, 1985
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, February 16, 1990
- Tornado, April 7, 2006
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, March 12, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2026
- Drought, January 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2023
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2022
- Tornado, April 5, 2022
- Hail, June 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, March 31, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Drought, October 8, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2019
- Tornado, March 3, 2019
- Tornado, February 12, 2019
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Hail, June 25, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 23, 2017
- Tornado, April 3, 2017
- Tornado, February 7, 2017
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Tornado, December 29, 2016
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2016
- Hail, June 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2013
- Tornado, April 28, 2013
- Hail, July 3, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 10, 2012
- Tornado, January 21, 2012
- Tropical Storm, September 4, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Hail, February 28, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Flood, September 26, 2010
- Hail, June 17, 2010
- Hail, May 21, 2010
- Hail, April 20, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 13, 2009
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2009
- Hail, May 10, 2009
- Flood, February 28, 2009
- Tropical Storm, August 21, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Hail, July 23, 2008
- Hail, July 5, 2008
- Tornado, May 10, 2008
- Tornado, February 26, 2008
- Tornado, February 17, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2007
- Hail, June 29, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- Tornado, April 7, 2006
- Tropical Storm, October 5, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Strong Wind, July 10, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 10, 2005
- Flood, July 10, 2005
- Tropical Storm, July 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm, June 12, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Hail, April 7, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2005
- Flood, March 27, 2005
- Flash Flood, March 27, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2005
- Strong Wind, September 27, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 16, 2004
- High Wind, September 6, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2004
- Hail, July 6, 2004
- Drought, March 1, 2004
- Hail, October 8, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2003
- Tropical Storm, July 1, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2003
- Drought, January 1, 2003
- Heavy Rain, October 6, 2002
- Tropical Storm, September 14, 2002
- Excessive Heat, September 3, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 2002
- Cold/Wind Chill, May 18, 2002
- Hail, May 13, 2002
- Hail, May 9, 2002
- Heat, April 16, 2002
- Drought, April 1, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2002
- Heat, March 15, 2002
- Hail, March 12, 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
- Heat, November 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 27, 2001
- Drought, October 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, September 26, 2001
- Flood, June 21, 2001
- High Wind, April 3, 2001
- Heavy Rain, March 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2000
- Drought, October 1, 2000
- Flood, July 12, 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
- Hail, August 19, 1999
- Heat, August 1, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Heat, July 20, 1999
- Flash Flood, July 6, 1999
- Drought, May 1, 1999
- Tornado, September 29, 1998
- Hail, April 30, 1998
- Hail, April 17, 1998
- Tornado, April 9, 1998
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Tornado, November 21, 1997
- Hail, November 1, 1997
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, June 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 5, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 1996
- Tornado, October 27, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 1995
- Hail, June 10, 1995
- Hail, May 19, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 3, 1995
- Hail, June 9, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 1993
- Tornado, March 31, 1993
- Hail, March 22, 1993
- Hail, July 5, 1992
- Hail, June 11, 1992
- Hail, April 9, 1991
- Tornado, May 21, 1990
- Hail, April 28, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 1990
- Tornado, February 16, 1990
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 1987
- Tornado, April 5, 1985
- Tornado, November 10, 1984
- Tornado, November 20, 1983
- Tornado, April 3, 1982
- Hail, July 16, 1980
- Tornado, March 21, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 12, 1975
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 21, 1974
- Tornado, January 11, 1974
- Tornado, April 23, 1971
- Hail, April 23, 1968
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 1965
- Tornado, January 20, 1963
- Tornado, April 5, 1957
- Tornado, April 18, 1953
More
Tornadoes in Macon CountyEvery warning in Macon 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.