108
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
$972K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Rockdale County, Georgia: 108 recorded events between 1974 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 61. That places the county #2,119 nationally and #105 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Rockdale County, Georgia: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Rockdale County is the 2020s, when 41 of the county's 108 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Rockdale County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 59.7% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,119 for this hazard and #105 within Georgia, putting it in the 32.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Rockdale County with 28 recorded events, while Oct is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1989 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2026 | LAKEVIEW ESTATES | 52 | $3K |
| Jun 26, 2025 | BLOSSOM | 52 | $1K |
| Jun 26, 2025 | MAGNET | 61 | $0 |
| Apr 6, 2025 | CONYERS | 48 | $1K |
| Apr 6, 2025 | HONEY CREEK | 48 | $1K |
| Mar 31, 2025 | CAMP SMYRNA | 52 | $1K |
| Mar 31, 2025 | CONYERS | 52 | $1K |
| Mar 31, 2025 | CONYERS | 52 | $2K |
| Mar 31, 2025 | HONEY CREEK | 52 | $1K |
| Mar 31, 2025 | HONEY CREEK | 52 | $1K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The Rockdale Citizen of Conyers reported that extensive damage occurred to the Rockdale County Highschool and nearby areas. The roof of the press box was shattered and windows were broken in the stadium from high winds. The fence around the baseball field was crushed from a number of downed trees. Several cars in the parking lot were also damaged from trees blown down from thunderstorm winds. Another car was damaged from a downed tree down the street at the C. J. Hicks Elementary school. A number of trees were reported down throughout the county. The Rockdale County 911 Center reported that some of the worst damage was in the Deer Run Lake subdivision in the far south end of the county, southwest of Magnet, where a number of trees and power lines were down. The downed trees and power lines left around 2500 residents without power in the county and several hundred in neighboring Newton county. Damage to the highschool alone was estimated at $172,000.
The Rockdale County 911 Center reported that an extensive number of trees were down across the county. Several trees were down on homes in Conyers, causing damage to the structures. Much of the damage was done in the Lost Valley subdivision. The Rockdale Citizen of Conyers reported extensive wind damage throughout the county.
The Rockdale County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the county in a swath around 5 miles wide from the southwestern reaches of the county northeastward across Conyers into the Zingara area.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Rockdale County, Georgia?
108 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Rockdale County between 1974 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Rockdale County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Rockdale County measured 61.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Rockdale County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Rockdale County, Georgia.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/georgia/rockdale-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.