Storm History: Putnam County, Georgia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Putnam 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
- 293
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 61
- Damage
- $32 million
- Episodes
- 232
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 | 73 | 0 | 0 | $806,000 |
| Tornado | 59 | 4 | 56 | $27 million |
| Drought | 33 | 0 | 0 | $3.1 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 28 | 0 | 3 | $292,000 |
| Flash Flood | 17 | 0 | 0 | $434,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Flood | 10 | 0 | 0 | $29,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 0 | $9,000 |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $46,000 |
| Winter Storm | 5 | 0 | 2 | $150,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 3 | 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
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Drought, June 1, 2000
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Hail, June 11, 2008
- Tornado, February 18, 2009
- High Wind, September 6, 2004
- Tornado, December 2, 2009
- Tornado, March 15, 2008
- Tornado, March 18, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2005
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Hail, July 5, 2008
- Hail, June 21, 2010
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 1997
- Hail, March 28, 2010
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
- Hail, June 11, 2007
- Flood, February 21, 2005
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Hail, July 20, 1998
- Hail, May 14, 1984
- Hail, August 15, 2023
- Hail, July 25, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2015
- Hail, February 24, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, March 28, 2010
- Hail, April 23, 2009
- Hail, June 11, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2003
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Tornado, March 15, 2008
- Tornado, February 18, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, March 26, 2023
- Tornado, May 3, 1975
- Tornado, April 5, 1985
- Tornado, April 4, 1989
- Tornado, May 5, 1989
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, March 18, 2013
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, March 12, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Drought, February 10, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2026
- Tornado, March 31, 2025
- Hail, August 18, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2024
- Hail, June 10, 2024
- Hail, August 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2023
- Hail, April 6, 2023
- Tornado, March 26, 2023
- Hail, June 14, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 9, 2022
- Tornado, December 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 6, 2021
- Tornado, January 1, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 28, 2020
- Hail, July 25, 2020
- Tornado, April 12, 2020
- Tornado, February 6, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2019
- Drought, October 1, 2019
- Drought, September 24, 2019
- Hail, June 23, 2019
- Hail, June 21, 2019
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 10, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2018
- Hail, June 16, 2018
- Hail, June 8, 2018
- Tornado, March 19, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2018
- Tropical Storm, September 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2017
- Hail, May 30, 2017
- Tornado, May 24, 2017
- Tornado, January 21, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2016
- Hail, June 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2015
- Tornado, May 26, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 30, 2014
- Wildfire, March 22, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Tornado, August 18, 2013
- Strong Wind, April 14, 2013
- Tornado, March 18, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 10, 2012
- Hail, May 31, 2012
- Wildfire, March 17, 2012
- Hail, February 24, 2012
- Wildfire, November 9, 2011
- Tropical Storm, September 4, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2011
- Hail, May 14, 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, October 27, 2010
- Tornado, October 25, 2010
- Tornado, September 27, 2010
- Hail, July 31, 2010
- Hail, June 21, 2010
- Hail, March 28, 2010
- Wildfire, March 7, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Tornado, December 2, 2009
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 20, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2009
- Hail, April 23, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Wildfire, March 10, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Tornado, February 18, 2009
- Wildfire, February 12, 2009
- Tropical Storm, August 21, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Hail, July 5, 2008
- Hail, June 11, 2008
- Hail, May 24, 2008
- Tornado, May 20, 2008
- Tornado, March 15, 2008
- Hail, March 4, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2007
- Hail, June 30, 2007
- Hail, June 11, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Tornado, March 1, 2007
- Freezing Fog, December 16, 2005
- Tropical Storm, October 5, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 29, 2005
- Hail, August 22, 2005
- Hurricane (Typhoon), July 10, 2005
- Tropical Storm, July 6, 2005
- Tropical Storm, June 12, 2005
- Strong Wind, April 2, 2005
- Flood, February 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2005
- Flood, September 27, 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
- Hail, September 1, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2004
- Drought, March 1, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2004
- Strong Wind, February 25, 2004
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2003
- Tropical Storm, July 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, May 17, 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
- Flood, July 2, 2002
- Cold/Wind Chill, May 18, 2002
- Flood, May 2, 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
- Hail, August 24, 2001
- Flood, June 25, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2001
- Tropical Storm, June 11, 2001
- Flood, June 3, 2001
- High Wind, March 20, 2001
- Heavy Rain, March 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, October 8, 2000
- Drought, October 1, 2000
- Hail, August 28, 2000
- Drought, July 1, 2000
- Hail, June 25, 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 20, 1999
- Heat, August 1, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Heat, July 20, 1999
- Hail, June 4, 1999
- Hail, May 13, 1999
- Drought, May 1, 1999
- Hail, July 20, 1998
- Hail, June 19, 1998
- Hail, April 22, 1998
- Hail, April 21, 1998
- Flood, February 4, 1998
- Hail, October 25, 1997
- Drought, September 1, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, June 1, 1997
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 1996
- Hail, May 29, 1996
- Hail, March 15, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 1996
- Tornado, October 27, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 1995
- Hail, July 21, 1995
- Hail, June 10, 1995
- Tornado, May 15, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 1994
- Tornado, June 18, 1994
- Hail, June 9, 1994
- Hail, February 12, 1993
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 1992
- Hail, June 26, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 26, 1992
- Hail, August 29, 1990
- Tornado, February 10, 1990
- Tornado, May 5, 1989
- Tornado, April 4, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 1988
- Hail, June 26, 1986
- Tornado, April 5, 1985
- Hail, May 14, 1984
- Tornado, April 23, 1983
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 12, 1982
- Tornado, April 13, 1979
- Tornado, May 3, 1975
- Hail, July 16, 1974
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 21, 1974
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 1959
More
Tornadoes in Putnam CountyEvery warning in Putnam 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.