Georgia

Storm History: Union County, Georgia

292 episodes, 363 events since 1980

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Union 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
363
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Damage
$7.0 million
Episodes
292

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
Tornado6401$1.5 million
Hail5700$1.3 million
Drought4200$2.2 million
Winter Weather3200
Winter Storm2500$10,000
Wildfire1800$30,000
Heavy Snow1700
Flash Flood1500$218,000
Thunderstorm Wind1400$98,000
Tropical Storm1400$40,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Strong Wind1000$68,000
Ice Storm900$1.0 million
Heat700
High Wind600$540,000
Flood600$6,000
Excessive Heat400
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain200
Sleet100
Dense Fog100
Frost/Freeze100
Debris Flow100$75,000

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Union County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Union CountyEvery warning in Union 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.