Georgia

Storm History: Walker County, Georgia

346 episodes, 438 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Walker 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
438
Deaths
2
Injuries
32
Damage
$34 million
Episodes
346

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
Hail11601$1.4 million
Tornado96131$9.7 million
Drought3800$11 million
Thunderstorm Wind3200$127,000
Flash Flood2500$9.2 million
Winter Storm1800$45,000
Winter Weather1400
Tropical Storm1300$25,000
Wildfire1100$450,000
Heavy Snow1000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Flood1000$53,000
Ice Storm800$1.0 million
Strong Wind800$39,000
Heat700
Excessive Heat510
High Wind500$265,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Heavy Rain200
Dense Fog100
Frost/Freeze100
Debris Flow100$1,000

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 Walker County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Walker CountyEvery warning in Walker 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.