Georgia

Storm History: Marion County, Georgia

192 episodes, 204 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Marion 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
204
Deaths
0
Injuries
12
Damage
$4.7 million
Episodes
192

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
Hail4300$67,000
Tornado42012$1.1 million
Drought3000$3.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind1600$31,000
Tropical Storm1300$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Flash Flood1000$57,000
Heat700
Flood600$116,000
Excessive Heat400
Winter Storm400$50,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$3,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Snow300$3,000
Heavy Rain200
Dense Fog200
Strong Wind200$1,000
High Wind100$50,000
Frost/Freeze100
Ice Storm100

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 Marion County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Marion CountyEvery warning in Marion 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.