Storm History: Newton County, Georgia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Newton 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
- 347
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 22
- Damage
- $16 million
- Episodes
- 292
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 | 101 | 1 | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Tornado | 74 | 3 | 21 | $7.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 38 | 0 | 0 | $85,000 |
| Drought | 35 | 0 | 0 | $2.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 15 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Tropical Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 8 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $12,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 3 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $501,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $255,000 |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- Tornado, March 15, 2008
- Tornado, March 18, 2013
- Tornado, April 28, 2013
- Hail, June 14, 2020
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2000
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2009
- Tornado, February 18, 2009
- Lightning, April 28, 2000
- Tornado, April 19, 2013
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 3, 2017
- Tornado, December 24, 1964
- Tornado, May 8, 1978
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- High Wind, September 6, 2004
- Tornado, July 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Tornado, October 10, 2020
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 27, 2011
- Tornado, January 12, 2023
- Tornado, December 24, 1964
- Tornado, March 15, 2008
- Tornado, May 10, 2008
- Tornado, February 18, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Tornado, July 11, 1965
- Tornado, July 19, 1971
- Tornado, May 8, 1978
- Tornado, May 3, 1984
- Tornado, November 10, 1984
- Tornado, April 5, 1985
- Tornado, April 4, 1989
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, March 16, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 10, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Tornado, June 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2025
- Tornado, May 3, 2025
- Tornado, February 16, 2025
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 26, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 2024
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Tornado, January 12, 2023
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Hail, March 16, 2022
- Tornado, December 31, 2021
- Tornado, December 29, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 26, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 28, 2020
- Tornado, October 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2020
- Hail, July 25, 2020
- Hail, June 14, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Drought, September 24, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Hail, June 23, 2019
- Hail, June 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, April 9, 2019
- Tornado, February 12, 2019
- Tornado, August 1, 2018
- Hail, June 25, 2018
- Hail, June 3, 2018
- Tornado, March 19, 2018
- Tornado, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 28, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Tornado, April 3, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Hail, July 11, 2016
- Drought, July 1, 2016
- Hail, June 17, 2016
- Hail, June 14, 2016
- Hail, June 1, 2016
- Drought, June 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2015
- Tornado, May 26, 2015
- Hail, December 22, 2014
- Tornado, November 23, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2014
- Hail, June 19, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Tornado, April 28, 2013
- Tornado, April 19, 2013
- Tornado, March 18, 2013
- Tornado, January 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2012
- Hail, July 17, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Tropical Storm, September 4, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Hail, July 13, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, May 26, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2010
- Tornado, November 30, 2010
- Tornado, September 27, 2010
- Hail, February 22, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2009
- Hail, April 23, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Tornado, March 27, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Tornado, February 18, 2009
- Tropical Storm, August 21, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Hail, July 5, 2008
- Tornado, May 10, 2008
- Hail, April 4, 2008
- Tornado, March 15, 2008
- Tornado, March 14, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Hail, August 24, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2007
- Hail, July 19, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Tornado, January 5, 2007
- Hail, June 23, 2006
- Freezing Fog, December 16, 2005
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2005
- Tropical Storm, October 5, 2005
- Strong Wind, August 30, 2005
- Tornado, August 29, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Strong Wind, July 10, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 10, 2005
- Tornado, July 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm, July 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm, June 12, 2005
- Hail, May 20, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Hail, April 7, 2005
- Hail, March 22, 2005
- Flood, February 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2005
- Hail, December 10, 2004
- Strong Wind, September 27, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 16, 2004
- Flood, September 6, 2004
- High Wind, September 6, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2004
- Tornado, July 13, 2004
- Hail, July 7, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2004
- Drought, March 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2004
- Strong Wind, February 25, 2004
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2004
- Hail, August 10, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2003
- Tropical Storm, July 1, 2003
- Tornado, July 1, 2003
- Tornado, May 5, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Hail, February 22, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2003
- Drought, January 1, 2003
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Heavy Rain, October 6, 2002
- Tropical Storm, September 14, 2002
- Excessive Heat, September 3, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 2002
- Flood, July 31, 2002
- Cold/Wind Chill, May 18, 2002
- Hail, April 28, 2002
- Heat, April 16, 2002
- Drought, April 1, 2002
- Heat, March 15, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 26, 2002
- Dense Fog, January 30, 2002
- Heat, January 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2002
- Drought, December 1, 2001
- Heat, December 1, 2001
- Drought, November 1, 2001
- Heat, November 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 27, 2001
- Drought, October 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, September 26, 2001
- Lightning, August 29, 2001
- Hail, July 5, 2001
- Flood, June 3, 2001
- High Wind, March 20, 2001
- Heavy Rain, March 1, 2001
- Hail, February 16, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2000
- Drought, October 1, 2000
- Hail, July 30, 2000
- Hail, July 11, 2000
- Drought, July 1, 2000
- Hail, June 25, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, June 7, 2000
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- Drought, May 1, 2000
- Lightning, April 28, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, April 9, 2000
- Drought, April 1, 2000
- Drought, February 1, 2000
- Ice Storm, January 28, 2000
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2000
- Hail, August 25, 1999
- Hail, August 13, 1999
- Heat, August 1, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Hail, July 24, 1999
- Heat, July 20, 1999
- Flash Flood, June 30, 1999
- Hail, May 23, 1999
- Drought, May 1, 1999
- Hail, May 29, 1998
- Tornado, May 3, 1998
- Tornado, April 3, 1998
- Flood, March 8, 1998
- Hail, February 17, 1998
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 1997
- Hail, July 28, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, June 1, 1997
- Hail, May 3, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 1997
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 1996
- Hail, June 12, 1996
- Flash Flood, March 7, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 1996
- Hail, September 1, 1995
- Tornado, May 15, 1995
- Hail, June 26, 1992
- Tornado, April 24, 1992
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Newton CountyEvery warning in Newton 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.