Thunderstorm Wind in Georgia
Every thunderstorm wind event the National Weather Service has filed in Georgia, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
The most significant on the map
The most significant thunderstorm wind episodes in Georgia.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 24,657
- Deaths
- 62
- Injuries
- 482
- Damage
- $484 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Georgia, January 21 to 23, 2017A multi-day severe weather event struck the southeast January 21-22, 2017 with three rounds of severe weather moving through the area.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Georgia, April 27 to 28, 2011A highly diffluent, deep upper trough, centered across Texas, took on a negative tilt and began to rotate northeast during this period.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, November 22, 1992
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 30, 1995Thunderstorm winds blew several trees down on power lines near Georgia Highway 52.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, January 12, 2023A line of strong thunderstorms moved into north and central Georgia during the afternoon through the evening on Thursday, January 12th and spawned numerous tornadoes, including several that were long track and significant.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, April 12 to 13, 2020A powerful Spring storm system resulted in a Severe Weather / Tornado outbreak across much of the Southeast region, including north and central Georgia, beginning on Easter Sunday (April 12th) and lingering into the morning hours of April 13th.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 24, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, October 5, 1995Hurricane Opal, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico, began threatening the Florida panhandle and Alabama on Tuesday October 3.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 1 to 2, 2007Severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of March 1 ahead of advancing warm front across southwest Georgia, producing several reports of wind damage.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 10 to 12, 2008A stationary front was draped across north Georgia early on May 10th with an active northwest flow aloft. Meanwhile...a vigorous short wave aloft was approaching the area from the southern plains.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 4 to 5, 2011An extremely progressive and highly kinematic upper flow remained in place across the U.S. A deep, full-latitude negatively tilted trough and associated strong Pacific cold front swept through the eastern U.S. April 4th into April 5th.
- Tornadoes and Flood in Georgia, March 1 to 2, 2007A major, negatively tilted and closed upper trough rotated through the mid-south and southeast U.S. on March 1st. A 150kt jet was located over the region at 250mb with a strong 50kt low-level jet from central Alabama into central Tennessee.
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, February 18, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, February 10, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, October 30, 1993Thunderstorm winds rolled and destroyed four mobile homes and downed several trees. The damage path of the straight line thunderstorm winds was one quarter mile in width by three miles in length. Several boats and docking facilities were severely damaged at Lake Walter F.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, February 21, 1993Six homes sustained structural damage due to very strong wind.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 4, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 12, 1974
- Tornadoes and Flood in Georgia, March 15 to 16, 2008The pattern that began to evolve on March 14th continued and intensified on March 15th. A stationary front remained draped across north Georgia from near Atlanta to Athens. South of this front, the air mass was becoming increasingly warm, moist and unstable.
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 11, 2007A squall line with a LEWP develped just west of the state and spread east across the CSRA and Midlands producing widespread wind damage and some hail.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 3, 1984
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, March 25 to 26, 2021A very moist and moderately unstable airmass over the region combined with strong shear and persistent southwesterly mid and upper flow produced numerous showers and thunderstorms across north and parts of central Georgia through the day on the 25th into the morning of the 26th.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 5, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, December 26, 1964
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, January 30, 2013A very large storm system approached the state on the 30th. A highly amplified upper trough over the plains pushed east during the day, dragging a strong cold front through the Southeast.
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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.