Storm History: Rabun County, Georgia
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 86 | 1 | 1 | $28,000 |
| Hail | 73 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Winter Weather | 59 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 42 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 37 | 0 | 1 | $939,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 22 | 0 | 0 | $21,000 |
| Tornado | 18 | 1 | 0 | $5.8 million |
| Winter Storm | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | $856,000 |
| Ice Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | $600,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $203,000 |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 3 | 0 | 0 | $4.7 million |
| Sleet | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Debris Flow, September 16, 2004
- Flood, September 7, 2004
- Ice Storm, December 4, 2002
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007
- High Wind, April 16, 2007
- Hail, May 15, 2010
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, June 10, 1982
- Tornado, October 12, 1983
- Tropical Storm, September 27, 2024
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
- High Wind, December 13, 2002
- Ice Storm, January 9, 1997
- High Wind, September 7, 2004
- High Wind, September 17, 2004
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2005
- Tornado, May 27, 1973
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2023
- High Wind, November 2, 1999
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 episode, newest first
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 30, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 24, 2026
- Flash Flood, January 10, 2026
- Hail, June 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2025
- Hail, April 25, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 20, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 29, 2024
- Tropical Storm, September 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2023
- Hail, January 12, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2022
- Hail, June 16, 2022
- Hail, June 15, 2022
- Hail, June 13, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2022
- High Wind, January 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, October 7, 2021
- Tornado, August 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 29, 2020
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2020
- Hail, April 25, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2020
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, February 6, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2019
- Flood, December 28, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2018
- Hail, March 17, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2017
- High Wind, September 11, 2017
- Hail, April 27, 2017
- Drought, April 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2017
- Drought, March 1, 2017
- Drought, February 1, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Wildfire, November 9, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2016
- High Wind, February 24, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 29, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2014
- Hail, May 25, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2013
- Hail, July 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 2013
- Hail, May 20, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 6, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2012
- Hail, July 9, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2012
- Hail, April 26, 2012
- Hail, April 3, 2012
- Hail, March 24, 2012
- Flash Flood, November 28, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2011
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Hail, June 10, 2011
- Hail, May 11, 2011
- Tornado, April 27, 2011
- Hail, April 25, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2010
- Hail, May 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2009
- Winter Weather, December 18, 2009
- Winter Weather, December 12, 2009
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Hail, September 9, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2009
- Hail, June 17, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2009
- Heavy Rain, May 27, 2009
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2009
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2008
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2008
- Drought, November 1, 2008
- Drought, October 1, 2008
- Drought, September 1, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2008
- Drought, August 1, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Drought, July 1, 2008
- Drought, June 1, 2008
- High Wind, May 12, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 4, 2008
- High Wind, February 10, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2008
- Drought, January 1, 2008
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 1, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2007
- Hail, August 24, 2007
- Hail, August 23, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2007
- Drought, July 1, 2007
- Hail, July 1, 2007
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Dust Devil, April 29, 2007
- High Wind, April 16, 2007
- High Wind, April 15, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Debris Flow, August 31, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2006
- Hail, May 25, 2006
- Hail, May 20, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2006
- Hail, May 20, 2006
- Hail, April 21, 2006
- Hail, April 8, 2006
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 4, 2006
- High Wind, January 25, 2006
- High Wind, January 14, 2006
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2005
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2005
- High Wind, November 21, 2005
- High Wind, August 30, 2005
- Flood, August 30, 2005
- Hail, August 18, 2005
- Hail, August 4, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2005
- Hail, June 18, 2005
- Flood, June 12, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2005
- High Wind, April 2, 2005
- Hail, March 27, 2005
- Winter Weather, February 2, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2005
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2005
- High Wind, January 22, 2005
- High Wind, December 23, 2004
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2004
- High Wind, September 27, 2004
- High Wind, September 17, 2004
- High Wind, September 16, 2004
- Debris Flow, September 16, 2004
- High Wind, September 7, 2004
- Flood, September 7, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2004
- Drought, May 1, 2004
- Winter Weather, April 13, 2004
- High Wind, March 7, 2004
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2004
- Winter Weather, February 2, 2004
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2004
- Winter Weather, December 19, 2003
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.