Alert archive / Georgia / 1997
Weather alerts in Georgia, October 1997
109 weather alerts in October 1997, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in October 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 109
- Warnings
- 98
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- October 26, 199763 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 10:15 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Decatur | 5 hr |
| Oct 24, 10:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Troup | 53 min |
| Oct 24, 12:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Quitman | 18 min |
| Oct 24, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 66 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlton, Echols | 6 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp | 39 min |
| Oct 24, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 35 min |
| Oct 25, 4:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa | 35 min |
| Oct 25, 6:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Oct 25, 7:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 50 min |
| Oct 25, 7:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 35 min |
| Oct 25, 9:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 41 min |
| Oct 25, 9:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dade | 7 hr |
| Oct 25, 10:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 45 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 25, 10:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon, Pickens | 54 min |
| Oct 25, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crawford, Early and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Randolph | 31 min |
| Oct 25, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard | 30 min |
| Oct 25, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Terrell | 33 min |
| Oct 25, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Troup | 36 min |
| Oct 25, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lee | 30 min |
| Oct 25, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Quitman | 32 min |
| Oct 25, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 30 min |
| Oct 25, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 24 min |
| Oct 25, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette, Pike, Spalding | 30 min |
| Oct 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb and 54 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Worth | 30 min |
| Oct 25, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp | 43 min |
| Oct 25, 5:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pike | 24 min |
| Oct 25, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Worth | 44 min |
| Oct 25, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Spalding | 26 min |
| Oct 25, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Turner | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 45 min |
| Oct 25, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 45 min |
| Oct 25, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Tift | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 65 min |
| Oct 25, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Irwin | 44 min |
| Oct 25, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 59 min |
| Oct 25, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 36 min |
| Oct 25, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Oct 25, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Ware | 64 min |
| Oct 25, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock | 31 min |
| Oct 25, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Tift | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Pierce | 62 min |
| Oct 25, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien | 46 min |
| Oct 25, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Wayne | 58 min |
| Oct 25, 9:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Bacon, Coffee | 7 hr |
| Oct 25, 9:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Bacon, Coffee | 6 hr |
| Oct 25, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 50 min |
| Oct 25, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 50 min |
| Oct 25, 11:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Ware | 53 min |
| Oct 26, 3:02 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Coffee | 7 hr |
| Oct 26, 5:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Muscogee | 48 min |
| Oct 26, 6:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris | 85 min |
| Oct 26, 6:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 94 min |
| Oct 26, 7:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crawford, Crisp and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 26, 8:21 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 39 min |
| Oct 26, 8:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 8:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Upson | 22 min |
| Oct 26, 9:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike | 27 min |
| Oct 26, 9:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar | 24 min |
| Oct 26, 9:33 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun, Stephens | 2 hr |
| Oct 26, 9:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pike, Upson | 25 min |
| Oct 26, 9:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 31 min |
| Oct 26, 9:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 26 min |
| Oct 26, 10:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper | 39 min |
| Oct 26, 10:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 12 min |
| Oct 26, 10:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 10:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene | 29 min |
| Oct 26, 10:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Putnam | 25 min |
| Oct 26, 10:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock | 35 min |
| Oct 26, 11:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 47 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 11:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 25 min |
| Oct 26, 11:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Warren | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 11:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 11:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 12:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Sumter | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 12:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller | 43 min |
| Oct 26, 12:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun | 48 min |
| Oct 26, 12:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 12:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 12:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston | 22 min |
| Oct 26, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Decatur, Dooly and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 1:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens, Wilkinson | 35 min |
| Oct 26, 1:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 1:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Laurens | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 1:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 43 min |
| Oct 26, 1:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 10 min |
| Oct 26, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Grady | 39 min |
| Oct 26, 2:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee | 55 min |
| Oct 26, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 62 min |
| Oct 26, 3:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Thomas | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 3:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Ware | 55 min |
| Oct 26, 4:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon | 66 min |
| Oct 26, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 60 min |
| Oct 26, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 69 min |
| Oct 26, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Wayne | 62 min |
| Oct 26, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 4:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Ware | 70 min |
| Oct 26, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley | 61 min |
| Oct 26, 5:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce | 68 min |
| Oct 26, 5:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 58 min |
| Oct 26, 5:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 6:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 8:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Echols | 49 min |
| Oct 26, 9:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden | 65 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 73 |
| Tornado Warning | 21 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 10 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Atkinson County9
- Bacon County9
- Coffee County9
- Houston County8
- Ware County8
- Laurens County7
- Decatur County6
- Quitman County6
- Calhoun County6
- Crisp County6
- Dougherty County6
- Early County6
- Sumter County6
- Terrell County6
- Worth County6
- Harris County6
- Appling County5
- Baker County5
- Clinch County5
- Colquitt County5
- Dooly County5
- Lee County5
- Miller County5
- Pierce County5
- Pulaski County5
- Tift County5
- Wayne County5
- Macon County5
- Muscogee County5
- Randolph County5
- Troup County4
- Berrien County4
- Bleckley County4
- Brantley County4
- Camden County4
- Glynn County4
- Grady County4
- Hancock County4
- Irwin County4
- Johnson County4
116 more counties
- Lanier County4
- Liberty County4
- Long County4
- McIntosh County4
- Mitchell County4
- Seminole County4
- Thomas County4
- Turner County4
- Wilcox County4
- Wilkinson County4
- Echols County4
- Chattahoochee County4
- Clay County4
- Marion County4
- Peach County4
- Schley County4
- Stewart County4
- Talbot County4
- Taylor County4
- Webster County4
- Meriwether County4
- Pike County4
- Upson County4
- Heard County3
- Baldwin County3
- Ben Hill County3
- Brooks County3
- Bryan County3
- Chatham County3
- Cook County3
- Dodge County3
- Effingham County3
- Emanuel County3
- Evans County3
- Jeff Davis County3
- Lowndes County3
- Montgomery County3
- Tattnall County3
- Telfair County3
- Treutlen County3
- Twiggs County3
- Wheeler County3
- Charlton County3
- Dade County3
- Crawford County3
- Lamar County3
- Bulloch County2
- Candler County2
- Jefferson County2
- Toombs County2
- Washington County2
- Catoosa County2
- Cherokee County2
- Forsyth County2
- Gwinnett County2
- Hall County2
- Walker County2
- Gordon County2
- Greene County2
- Habersham County2
- Pickens County2
- Rabun County2
- Stephens County2
- Bibb County2
- Spalding County2
- Jasper County2
- Putnam County2
- Monroe County2
- Burke County1
- Glascock County1
- Jenkins County1
- Richmond County1
- Screven County1
- Banks County1
- Barrow County1
- Bartow County1
- Carroll County1
- Chattooga County1
- Clarke County1
- Clayton County1
- Cobb County1
- Dawson County1
- DeKalb County1
- Douglas County1
- Elbert County1
- Fannin County1
- Floyd County1
- Franklin County1
- Fulton County1
- Gilmer County1
- Haralson County1
- Hart County1
- Henry County1
- Jackson County1
- Lumpkin County1
- Madison County1
- Morgan County1
- Murray County1
- Newton County1
- Oconee County1
- Oglethorpe County1
- Paulding County1
- Polk County1
- Rockdale County1
- Taliaferro County1
- Towns County1
- Union County1
- Walton County1
- White County1
- Whitfield County1
- Wilkes County1
- Coweta County1
- Fayette County1
- Butts County1
- Jones County1
- Warren County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.