Georgia

Storm History: Walton County, Georgia

349 episodes, 560 events since 1964

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Walton 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
560
Deaths
1
Injuries
65
Damage
$347 million
Episodes
349

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
Hail15702$1.8 million
Tornado155162$337 million
Thunderstorm Wind7800$541,000
Drought3900$6.0 million
Flash Flood3100$192,000
Flood1300$38,000
Tropical Storm1300$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Winter Storm1000$150,000
Strong Wind800$66,000
Ice Storm800$1.0 million
Heat700
Heavy Snow600$25,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)601$60,000
Excessive Heat500
Cold/Wind Chill300
High Wind300$163,000
Heavy Rain200
Frost/Freeze200
Lightning100$50,000
Dense Fog100
Freezing Fog100
Winter Weather100

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 Walton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Walton CountyEvery warning in Walton 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.