Georgia

Storm History: Putnam County, Georgia

232 episodes, 293 events since 1959

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.

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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
Hail7300$806,000
Tornado59456$27 million
Drought3300$3.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind2803$292,000
Flash Flood1700$434,000
Tropical Storm1400$75,000
Flood1000$29,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Heat700
Heavy Snow600$5,000
Wildfire600$9,000
Strong Wind500$46,000
Winter Storm502$150,000
Excessive Heat400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Ice Storm300$25,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)300
Heavy Rain200
High Wind200$255,000
Dense Fog100
Freezing Fog100
Frost/Freeze100

The deadliest

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 Putnam County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.