Storm History: Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Oglethorpe 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
- 273
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $262 million
- Episodes
- 242
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 | 56 | 0 | 0 | $166,000 |
| Tornado | 37 | 0 | 3 | $256 million |
| Drought | 37 | 0 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 36 | 0 | 0 | $577,000 |
| Flash Flood | 16 | 0 | 0 | $208,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | $31,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Heavy Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $86,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 31, 1973
- Tornado, August 16, 1994
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 1997
- Tornado, February 13, 1966
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2015
- Hail, August 17, 1997
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2005
- Tornado, May 3, 2021
- Tornado, May 5, 2003
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Strong Wind, January 7, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 28, 2000
- Tornado, April 13, 1980
- Tornado, April 8, 1986
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2004
- Strong Wind, September 6, 2004
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 4, 1999
- Flood, February 21, 2005
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Hail, July 21, 2018
- Hail, May 25, 2014
- Hail, July 24, 1999
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Hail, April 24, 1967
- Hail, August 15, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2013
- Hail, July 4, 2012
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Hail, August 17, 2007
- Hail, April 22, 2005
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, November 15, 1989
- Tornado, February 13, 1966
- Tornado, August 24, 1968
- Tornado, March 31, 1973
- Tornado, December 3, 1983
- Tornado, November 10, 1984
- Tornado, April 5, 1985
- Tornado, April 4, 1989
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, August 16, 1994
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Tornado, July 6, 2005
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Drought, January 6, 2026
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 31, 2023
- Hail, August 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2023
- Tornado, July 20, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2023
- Hail, July 3, 2022
- Tornado, May 3, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 28, 2020
- Hail, June 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2019
- Drought, October 15, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Hail, May 10, 2019
- Tornado, February 12, 2019
- Hail, July 21, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2017
- Tornado, March 21, 2017
- Drought, March 1, 2017
- Drought, February 1, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Tornado, November 30, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2015
- Flash Flood, December 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2014
- Hail, May 25, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2013
- Hail, July 4, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Tornado, September 5, 2011
- Tropical Storm, September 4, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2010
- Hail, June 28, 2010
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 8, 2009
- Tornado, December 2, 2009
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2009
- Hail, June 17, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Strong Wind, January 7, 2009
- Tropical Storm, August 21, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Hail, March 4, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Hail, August 17, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2007
- Hail, August 5, 2006
- Hail, June 23, 2006
- Freezing Fog, December 16, 2005
- Tropical Storm, October 5, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Flood, August 8, 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 13, 2005
- Strong Wind, April 2, 2005
- Flood, February 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2005
- Flash Flood, November 24, 2004
- Flood, September 27, 2004
- Strong Wind, September 27, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2004
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 16, 2004
- Strong Wind, September 6, 2004
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2004
- Hail, July 7, 2004
- Drought, March 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2004
- Strong Wind, February 25, 2004
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2003
- Tropical Storm, July 1, 2003
- Tornado, May 5, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Hail, February 22, 2003
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2003
- Drought, January 1, 2003
- Ice Storm, December 4, 2002
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Heavy Rain, October 6, 2002
- Tropical Storm, September 14, 2002
- Excessive Heat, September 3, 2002
- Drought, August 1, 2002
- Flood, July 2, 2002
- Cold/Wind Chill, May 18, 2002
- Hail, May 13, 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
- Flood, June 14, 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
- 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
- Ice Storm, January 28, 2000
- Ice Storm, January 22, 2000
- Hail, August 20, 1999
- Heat, August 1, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Hail, July 24, 1999
- Heat, July 20, 1999
- Hail, June 29, 1999
- Hail, June 4, 1999
- Drought, May 1, 1999
- Winter Weather, February 23, 1999
- Hail, June 16, 1998
- Tornado, May 7, 1998
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Hail, August 17, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, June 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 1997
- Hail, April 22, 1997
- Hail, April 22, 1997
- Hail, April 22, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 1997
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 1996
- Hail, May 7, 1996
- Hail, May 6, 1996
- Hail, March 15, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 6, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 1996
- Tornado, August 16, 1994
- Tornado, June 28, 1994
- Hail, July 5, 1992
- Hail, July 1, 1992
- Hail, April 29, 1991
- Tornado, April 27, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 1991
- Hail, August 21, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 1990
- Hail, April 28, 1990
- Tornado, April 10, 1990
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, November 15, 1989
- Hail, August 25, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 1989
- Tornado, April 4, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 1987
- Hail, May 4, 1987
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 20, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 1986
- Tornado, April 8, 1986
- Tornado, April 5, 1985
- Tornado, November 10, 1984
- Hail, May 2, 1984
- Tornado, March 28, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 28, 1983
- Tornado, December 3, 1983
- Tornado, April 13, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 1977
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 1976
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 21, 1974
- Tornado, March 31, 1973
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 1970
- Tornado, August 24, 1968
- Hail, May 17, 1968
- Hail, April 24, 1967
- Tornado, February 13, 1966
- Hail, April 29, 1963
More
Tornadoes in Oglethorpe CountyEvery warning in Oglethorpe 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.