Georgia

Storm History: Upson County, Georgia

285 episodes, 381 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Upson 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
381
Deaths
0
Injuries
10
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
285

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
Tornado8403$3.2 million
Hail8302$1.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind4704$540,000
Flash Flood3801$646,000
Drought3400$4.8 million
Flood2800$133,000
Tropical Storm1300$250,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Heat700
Heavy Snow500$5,000
Excessive Heat500
Winter Storm400$150,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Ice Storm300$33,000
Heavy Rain300
Strong Wind300$4,000
Dense Fog200
High Wind200$1.0 million
Lightning100$1,000
Freezing Fog100
Frost/Freeze100

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 Upson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Upson CountyEvery warning in Upson 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.