Storm History: Polk County, Georgia

Events

457

Deaths

3

Injuries

51

Damage

$33 million

Episodes

341

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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• Tornado, February 21, 19931 death · 35 injured · $5.0 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 15, 20081 death · 1 injured · $3.5 million · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 18, 20131 death · 1 injured · $15,000 · EF2 · 1 event here

• Tornado, April 27, 2011$7.3 million · EF4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, February 21, 19931 death · 35 injured · $5.0 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 9, 2019$5.0 million · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 2000$4.7 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 15, 20081 death · 1 injured · $3.5 million · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 11, 2013$1.2 million · EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 3, 20006 injured · $1.0 million · F2 · 2 events here
• Ice Storm, January 22, 2000$980,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 7, 20062 injured · $800,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 25, 2021$350,000 · EF4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 14, 2019$319,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 15, 2011$314,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, May 6, 2012$307,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 18, 1978$250,000 · F2 · 3 events here
• Hail, June 11, 2008$250,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 10, 2009$202,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 19, 2021$180,000 · 56 kt wind · 10 events here
• High Wind, September 16, 2004$150,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 18, 2009$150,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 11, 2014$110,000 · EF0 · 1 event here

• Hail, May 26, 2011$30,000 · 4.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 4, 1999$2,000 · 3 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 19, 20062.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 2, 2003$5,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 24, 20012.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, May 20, 20002.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 1998$2,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 10, 20252.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 26, 20062.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, March 19, 20032.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 11, 2023$10,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 25, 2003$10,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 24, 1999$1,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 6, 19922 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 21, 2020$3,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, November 22, 1992F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 2011$7.3 million · EF4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 25, 2021$350,000 · EF4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, February 21, 19931 death · 35 injured · $5.0 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 15, 20081 death · 1 injured · $3.5 million · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 23, 1971F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 29, 1991F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 26, 2008$5,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 18, 2009$150,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 10, 2009$202,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, December 22, 2011$500 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 2, 2012EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 12, 2020$15,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, January 12, 2023EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 18, 20131 death · 1 injured · $15,000 · EF2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Polk County, with its track

• Tornado, March 16, 2026$4,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, March 9, 20261 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, February 17, 20261 event here
• Ice Storm, January 24, 20261 event here
• Tornado, January 10, 2026$1,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 25, 2025$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2025$7,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 events here
• Hail, June 14, 2025$2,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2025$4,000 · 78 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 20, 2025$2,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 10, 20252.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 15, 2025$8,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 2025$1,000 · 59 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2024$4,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 27, 2024$6,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2024$1,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 2024$2,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 2024$6,000 · 62 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, January 9, 2024$1,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, October 24, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2023$10,000 · 58 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 7, 2023$6,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2023$1,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2023$2,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 21, 2023$1,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 1, 2023$3,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 202356 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, June 11, 2023$10,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 3, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 12, 2023EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 3, 2023EF1 · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 29, 2022$2,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, January 16, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, August 19, 2021$180,000 · 56 kt wind · 10 events here
• Hail, August 10, 2021$4,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2021$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 25, 2021$350,000 · EF4 · 3 events here
• Tropical Storm, October 28, 20201 event here
• Tornado, October 10, 2020$8,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 2020$3,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2020$5,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 12, 2020$15,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, January 11, 2020$25,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Drought, October 8, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019$5,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 14, 2019$319,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 9, 2019$5.0 million · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 14, 2019$10,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 31, 2018$30,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 16, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20171 event here
• Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017$15,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2017$3,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2017$9,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2017$3,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2017$10,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20171 event here
• Hail, March 27, 20171.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 20171 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20161 event here
• Hail, June 17, 2016$8,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 1, 2016$36,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, June 1, 20161 event here
• Tornado, April 6, 2016$12,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 22, 20161 event here
• Hail, September 3, 2015$7,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 13, 2015$30,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 9, 2015$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 31, 20151 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 20151 event here
• Tornado, January 4, 2015$5,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 20141 injured · $10,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 5, 2014$20,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, February 11, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, January 28, 20141 event here
• Tornado, January 11, 2014$110,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 10, 2013$250 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 6, 2013$3,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 13, 2013EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 19, 2013$5,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 11, 2013$1.2 million · EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 18, 20131 death · 1 injured · $15,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 5, 2013$750 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 17, 20131 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2012$2,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 4, 2012$3,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20121 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20121 event here
• Hail, May 6, 2012$307,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 15, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 2, 2012EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, December 22, 2011$500 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, September 4, 20111 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20111 event here
• Hail, June 15, 2011$314,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 9, 2011$1,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 26, 2011$30,000 · 4.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 27, 2011$7.3 million · EF4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 4, 2011$10,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 26, 2011$1,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, March 9, 2011$3,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 9, 20111 event here
• Winter Weather, February 3, 20111 event here
• Ice Storm, January 9, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 25, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, December 15, 20101 injured · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 2010$4,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 2010$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 2, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 12, 20101 event here
• Winter Weather, January 7, 20101 event here
• Flash Flood, December 8, 2009$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, November 10, 20091 event here
• Flash Flood, September 20, 2009$15,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 200956 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 10, 2009$202,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Flood, April 2, 2009$5,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, February 18, 2009$150,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 6, 2009$3,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, October 24, 2008$1,000 · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, August 21, 20081 event here
• Hail, August 7, 2008$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, July 22, 2008$7,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 2008$250,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 20, 2008$40,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 4, 20081.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 15, 20081 death · 1 injured · $3.5 million · EF3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 14, 2008$50,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 26, 2008$5,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, February 17, 2008$15,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 19, 20081 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 16, 20081 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20071 event here
• Hurricane (Typhoon), September 14, 20071 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, August 29, 2007$50,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 11, 20070.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20071 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 7, 20071 event here
• Hail, April 3, 20071.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, July 22, 2006$3,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 2006$16,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 22, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 20061 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 26, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 26, 20062.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 20, 20061.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20062.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 7, 20062 injured · $800,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, February 6, 20061 event here
• Freezing Fog, December 16, 20051 event here
• Hail, October 21, 2005$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tropical Storm, October 5, 20051 event here
• Tornado, August 29, 2005$50,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 20051 event here
• Lightning, July 19, 20051 injured · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, July 10, 2005$100 · 1 event here
• Hurricane (Typhoon), July 10, 20051 event here
• Tropical Storm, July 6, 20051 event here
• Flood, July 6, 20051 event here
• Hail, June 20, 20051 injured · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, June 12, 20051 event here
• Flood, June 6, 2005$100,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 30, 2005$250 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, April 22, 20051.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, April 2, 2005$30,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 8, 2005$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 28, 2005$25,000 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, January 22, 2005$3,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, January 13, 2005$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, December 10, 20041 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, November 24, 2004$5,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, November 23, 2004$35,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, September 26, 20041 event here
• High Wind, September 16, 2004$150,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, September 16, 20041 event here
• Strong Wind, September 6, 2004$5,000 · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, September 6, 20041 event here
• Flash Flood, July 25, 20041 injured · $51,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 13, 2004F0 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 31, 20040.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20041 event here
• Winter Storm, February 26, 20041 event here
• Strong Wind, February 25, 2004$2,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 200350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 2003$3,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 200352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 13, 2003$500 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 20031 event here
• Tropical Storm, July 1, 20031 event here
• Tornado, May 5, 2003$5,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 2, 2003$5,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, April 30, 20031.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 25, 2003$10,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, March 19, 20032.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, March 5, 2003$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 23, 20031 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 20031 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 20031 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20031 event here
• Tornado, November 10, 2002$1,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Heavy Rain, October 6, 20021 event here
• Strong Wind, September 27, 20021 event here
• Strong Wind, September 26, 20021 event here
• Tropical Storm, September 14, 20021 event here
• Hail, September 5, 2002$500 · 0.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, September 3, 20021 event here
• Hail, August 20, 2002$500 · 0.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20021 event here
• Flood, July 30, 2002$2,000 · 0.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, July 2, 2002$3,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Flood, June 5, 20020.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, May 18, 20021 event here
• Heat, April 16, 20021 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20021 event here
• Heat, March 15, 20021 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20021 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 26, 20021 event here
• Dense Fog, January 30, 20021 event here
• Heat, January 24, 20021 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 2, 20021 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20011 event here
• Heat, December 1, 20011 event here
• Tornado, November 24, 2001$5,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Heat, November 1, 20011 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 27, 20011 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20011 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, September 26, 20011 event here
• Hail, July 9, 2001$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 2001$500 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 3, 20011.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 20012.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, May 11, 20010.88 in hail · 1 event here

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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.