Georgia

Storm History: Rabun County, Georgia

385 episodes, 426 events since 1966

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Rabun 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
426
Deaths
2
Injuries
2
Damage
$14 million
Episodes
385

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
Thunderstorm Wind8611$28,000
Hail7300$500,000
Winter Weather5900
Drought4200
High Wind3701$939,000
Heavy Snow2800
Flash Flood2200$21,000
Tornado1810$5.8 million
Winter Storm1200
Cold/Wind Chill1100
Flood900$856,000
Ice Storm900$600,000
Tropical Storm400$203,000
Strong Wind300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Debris Flow300$4.7 million
Sleet200
Heavy Rain200
Frost/Freeze100$500,000
Dust Devil100
Wildfire100

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 Rabun County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Rabun CountyEvery warning in Rabun 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.