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Fulton County, Georgia

Recorded hazard history: storm events since 1950, federal disaster declarations since 1953, flood insurance claims since 1978, and FEMA's risk index.

FIPS 13121 · 1,065,334 residents (2021) · 527 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 239Tornado · 38Flood · 116Wind · 464Winter · 0

Fulton County within Georgia. Dots: HailTornadoFloodWind event locations in the kept record. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NCEI storm records through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA declarations refreshed 1 Oct 2026; NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

Fulton County, Georgia, has 903 weather events in the NCEI Storm Events record since 1950, most of them damaging wind.

That is 171.4 events per 100 square miles, above the Georgia figure of 98.3, and 8.5 per 10,000 residents against 52.5 statewide.

6 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 19 deaths and 286 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $463M.

FEMA has designated the county in 21 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Severe Winter Storm (emergency, 24 Jan 2026).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 3,100 claims since 1978, of which 2,435 were paid, totalling $96M (about $39K per paid claim). FEMA counts 2,308 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Relatively High" and its expected annual loss as "Relatively High" ($235M a year across 18 hazards).

20 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 0 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

6events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

903events since 195019 deaths, 286 injuries recorded

21disaster declarationslast 24 Jan 2026

3,100NFIP flood claims$96M paid

Compared with Georgia and the United States

Measure	Fulton County	Georgia	US
Recorded events since 1950	903	56,743	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	171.4	98.3	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	8.5	52.5	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	6	1,541	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	19	447	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$463M	$8.7B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	2.9	2.3	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$39K	$29K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	27.1	10.3	16.1

County-recorded events plus zone-recorded events whose forecast zone is named for the county. State and US rows include events recorded only by forecast zone. Rates use 2021 Census population and land area.

Events by decade

Hail: 1Tornado: 1Wind: 5

Hail: 2Tornado: 2Wind: 13

Hail: 6Tornado: 6Wind: 18

Hail: 17Tornado: 5Wind: 56

Hail: 68Tornado: 4Flood: 6Wind: 78Lightning: 5Other: 1

Hail: 78Tornado: 3Flood: 50Wind: 75Lightning: 23Other: 6

Hail: 39Tornado: 14Flood: 22Wind: 84Lightning: 9Other: 2

Hail: 28Tornado: 3Flood: 38Wind: 135

71950s171960s301970s781980s1621990s2352000s1702010s2042020s

Recorded events in Fulton County by decade and hazard group. HailTornadoFloodWindLightningOther NCEI recorded only tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind before 1996.

Trend: 470 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 335 in the 20 years before. Reporting practice changed in 1996 and again with automated reports in the 2000s, so decade totals measure the record as much as the weather.

Events by type

Wind464

Hail239

Flood116

Tornado38

Lightning37

Other9

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	464	10	1.8%	detail
■ Hail	239	—	2.7%	detail
■ Flood	116	—	3.6%	detail
■ Tornado	38	6	1.6%	detail
■ Lightning	37	2	2.8%
■ Other	9	1	1.0%

Hazard pages exist for hail, tornado, flood, wind and winter where the county has at least 10 recorded events. "Other" covers heavy rain, debris flow, dust, funnel clouds and similar reports.

Largest recorded events

Date	Event type	Group	Magnitude	Property damage	Crop damage	Deaths	Injuries	Geography
24 Mar 1975	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$250M	—	3	152	County
10 Jul 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	61 mph	$35K	—	3	—	County
26 May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	61 mph	$100K	—	2	—	County
5 Dec 1954	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$25K	—	1	40	County
14 Mar 2008	Tornado	Tornado	EF2	$25M	—	1	30	County
10 Jan 1972	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$250K	—	1	9	County
3 May 1984	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	72 mph	—	—	1	5	County
10 Feb 1990	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	0 mph	—	—	1	1	County
4 Apr 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	58 mph	$250K	—	1	—	County
31 Oct 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	58 mph	$30K	—	1	—	County
3 Apr 1998	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
26 Aug 2007	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
3 Mar 2012	Heavy Rain	Other	—	—	—	1	—	County
16 Feb 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	64 mph	—	—	1	—	County
15 Nov 1989	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$2.5M	—	—	7	County
8 Apr 1998	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$10M	—	—	4	County
26 Jun 2000	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	—	5	County
8 Jun 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	60 mph	—	—	—	5	County
21 Sep 2009	Flood	Flood	—	$48M	—	—	—	County
13 Jun 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	—	$5K	—	—	4	County

Ranked by deaths, then injuries, then NCEI's damage estimate. Deaths and injuries are NCEI counts (direct plus indirect); no personal details are recorded here.

Federal disaster declarations

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Programs
24 Jan 2026	EM-3642	Emergency	Winter Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
30 Sep 2024	DR-4830	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Helene	Individual assistance
26 Sep 2024	EM-3616	Emergency	Tropical Storm	Hurricane Helene	Public assistance
29 Mar 2020	DR-4501	Major disaster	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Mar 2020	EM-3464	Emergency	Biological	Covid-19	Public assistance
15 Sep 2017	DR-4338	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Irma	Public assistance
8 Sep 2017	EM-3387	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Irma	Public assistance
6 Mar 2014	DR-4165	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
11 Feb 2014	EM-3368	Emergency	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
24 Sep 2009	DR-1858	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
20 Mar 2008	DR-1750	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Tornadoes	Individual assistance, Public assistance
5 Sep 2005	EM-3218	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Public assistance
18 Sep 2004	DR-1554	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Ivan	Individual assistance, Public assistance
28 Jan 2000	DR-1311	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
11 Mar 1998	DR-1209	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
10 Oct 1995	DR-1071	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Opal	Individual assistance, Public assistance
7 Jul 1994	DR-1033	Major disaster	Tornado	Tornadoes, Flooding Torrential Rain(Trop Storm Alberto)	Individual assistance, Public assistance
15 Mar 1993	EM-3097	Emergency	Snowstorm	Severe Snowfall, Winter Storm	Public assistance
23 Feb 1990	DR-857	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornaodes & Flooding	Individual assistance
20 Jul 1977	EM-3044	Emergency	Drought	Drought	Public assistance
29 Mar 1975	DR-460	Major disaster	Tornado	Tornadoes, High Winds & Heavy Rains	Individual assistance, Public assistance

Declarations in which FEMA designated this county, from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). DR: major disaster; EM: emergency; FM: fire management assistance. Programs show whether individual or public assistance was made available.

Flood insurance claims

197820022026

NFIP claims by year of loss in Fulton County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 19783,100

Paid claims2,435

Total paid$96M

Average paid claim$39K

Repetitive-loss properties32967 severe

Residential policies in force2,3080.8% of 302,999 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2026	13	6	$112,246	$18,708
2025	17	8	$248,308	$31,038
2024	279	237	$19,300,504	$81,437
2023	22	17	$636,873	$37,463
2022	8	1	$17,776	$17,776
2021	30	17	$489,964	$28,821
2020	112	97	$2,521,691	$25,997
2019	24	20	$472,820	$23,641
2018	57	39	$991,947	$25,435
2017	63	43	$1,121,387	$26,079
2016	15	7	$48,699	$6,957
2015	82	58	$1,951,991	$33,655
2014	30	15	$264,000	$17,600
2013	59	29	$511,329	$17,632
2012	26	18	$195,025	$10,835
2011	18	12	$81,742	$6,812
2010	71	50	$1,013,185	$20,264
2009	672	573	$39,787,101	$69,436
2008	8	2	$36,140	$18,070
2007	5	1	$20,908	$20,908
2006	7	4	$113,028	$28,257
2005	122	104	$2,614,523	$25,140
2004	342	309	$15,018,076	$48,602
2003	41	31	$506,861	$16,350
2002	42	30	$320,850	$10,695

OpenFEMA NFIP claims (v3, as of 8 Sep 2026), aggregated by year of loss; amounts are building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments as recorded. Repetitive-loss counts from the NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (2 Aug 2026); policies in force from the NFIP Residential Penetration Rates file (3 Aug 2026).

National Risk Index

Overall riskRelatively Highscore 95.8 of 100

Expected annual loss$235MRelatively High

Social vulnerabilityVery Low

Community resilienceRelatively High

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Relatively High	$164,287,682
Earthquake	Relatively Moderate	$22,145,971
Tornado	Relatively High	$21,710,611
Cold wave	Relatively High	$8,189,918
Heat wave	Relatively Moderate	$4,561,331
Hail	Relatively High	$4,074,431
Lightning	Very High	$3,897,111
Strong wind	Relatively High	$3,072,606
Ice storm	Relatively High	$1,198,045
Hurricane	Relatively Low	$1,146,456
Winter weather	Relatively Moderate	$170,548
Landslide	Relatively Moderate	$74,529
Wildfire	Very Low	$64,551

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release. Ratings are FEMA's relative comparison of counties; expected annual loss is FEMA's modelled estimate of average yearly building, population and agriculture loss. See how to read the NRI.

Hurricane and tropical storm passes

Tracks within 100 miles20

Tracks within 50 miles7

Hurricane strength within 50 miles0

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Helene	2024	84 mi	52 mph
Eloise	1975	90 mi	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1940	99 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1932	82 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1915	37 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1912	20 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1907	13 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1906	90 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1903	42 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1902	20 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1901	93 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1898	78 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1898	47 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1896	65 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1893	42 mi	58 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1889	76 mi	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1887	75 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1882	59 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1859	51 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1852	71 mi	46 mph

HURDAT2 best-track positions at tropical-storm strength (34 kt) or more, measured from the county's Census centre point; through the 2025 season. Distance from a track is not the same as the extent of the storm's wind, rain or surge.

ZIP codes with flood claims

30327 764
30342 488
30305 265
30309 186
30344 139
30328 117
30324 114
30349 109
30318 104
30075 101
30331 97
30337 90
30308 88
30311 74
30076 60
30350 60
30315 52
30022 38
30354 34
30009 32
30314 28
30004 15
30310 15
30005 12
30312 12
30213 11

ZIP codes whose NFIP claims carry this county's code, with the number of claims. Five or more claims are needed for a ZIP page to be indexed.

Questions and answers

How often does it hail in Fulton County, GA?

NCEI records 239 hail events in Fulton County since 1950, in 49 different years; that is about 3.1 recorded events a year. 52 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Fulton County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 38 tornadoes in Fulton County since 1950, 10 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 6.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Fulton County?

24 Jan 2026: Severe Winter Storm, a emergency declaration for winter storm. The county appears in 21 declarations since 1953.

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in Fulton County, and how much was paid?

3,100 NFIP claims since 1978, 2,435 of them paid, for $96M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Fulton County in the National Risk Index's high-risk band?

FEMA's National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the county "Relatively High" for overall risk, "Relatively High" for expected annual loss, "Very Low" for social vulnerability and "Relatively High" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Fulton County compare with the rest of Georgia?

171.4 recorded events per 100 square miles against 98.3 statewide, and 2.9 NFIP claims per 1,000 residents against 2.3. The comparison table on this page shows each measure beside the state and national figures.

Provenance

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026 (public domain). Declarations: OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, refreshed 1 Oct 2026. Flood claims: OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 as of 8 Sep 2026; NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026); NfipResidentialPenetrationRates v1 (3 Aug 2026). Risk index: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025. Hurricane tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through 2025. Population and area: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage. Built 1 Oct 2026; see the methodology and corrections pages. Hazard hubs: Hail · Tornado · Flood · Wind · Winter.