Fire Weather Watches in Georgia
509 fire weather watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 509
- Busiest year
- 2007142 fire weather watches
- Average year
- 27over 19 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dougherty County167
- Mitchell County167
- Worth County167
- Colquitt County166
- Turner County166
- Baker County165
- Lee County165
- Tift County165
- Ben Hill County164
- Calhoun County164
- Decatur County164
- Grady County164
- Irwin County164
- Miller County164
- Quitman County164
- Randolph County164
- Seminole County164
- Terrell County164
- Thomas County164
- Brooks County163
- Clay County163
- Early County163
- Berrien County162
- Cook County162
- Lanier County161
- Lowndes County161
- Crisp County125
- Dooly County125
- Houston County125
- Crawford County124
- Marion County124
- Taylor County124
- Twiggs County124
- Webster County124
- Wilkinson County124
- Bibb County123
- Bleckley County123
- Chattahoochee County123
- Dodge County123
- Macon County123
115 more counties
- Peach County123
- Pulaski County123
- Schley County123
- Stewart County123
- Wilcox County123
- Sumter County122
- Telfair County122
- Jones County121
- Laurens County121
- Muscogee County121
- Baldwin County120
- Emanuel County120
- Jefferson County120
- Johnson County120
- Montgomery County120
- Toombs County120
- Treutlen County120
- Washington County120
- Wheeler County120
- Monroe County119
- Talbot County119
- Hancock County118
- Upson County118
- Warren County118
- Glascock County117
- Harris County115
- Putnam County112
- Lamar County111
- Greene County110
- Taliaferro County110
- Wilkes County109
- Jasper County108
- Butts County105
- Morgan County105
- Meriwether County104
- Pike County104
- Oglethorpe County103
- Clarke County101
- Madison County101
- Oconee County101
- Troup County101
- Spalding County100
- Henry County99
- Jackson County99
- Newton County99
- Walton County99
- Barrow County98
- Appling County97
- Bacon County97
- Banks County97
- Clayton County97
- Coffee County97
- Coweta County97
- Fayette County97
- Jeff Davis County97
- Rockdale County97
- Atkinson County96
- Fulton County96
- Douglas County95
- Forsyth County95
- Gwinnett County95
- Heard County95
- Bartow County94
- Carroll County94
- DeKalb County94
- Floyd County94
- Hall County94
- Cherokee County93
- Clinch County92
- Echols County92
- Gordon County92
- Wayne County92
- Chattooga County91
- Murray County91
- Pickens County91
- Pierce County91
- Catoosa County90
- Cobb County90
- Dade County90
- Dawson County90
- Haralson County90
- Lumpkin County90
- Paulding County90
- Walker County90
- White County90
- Whitfield County90
- Fannin County89
- Gilmer County89
- Polk County89
- Towns County89
- Union County89
- Brantley County85
- Camden County64
- Glynn County63
- Elbert County56
- Franklin County56
- Hart County56
- Stephens County55
- Habersham County53
- Rabun County51
- Bulloch County24
- Candler County24
- Effingham County24
- Jenkins County24
- Screven County24
- Evans County23
- Long County23
- Tattnall County23
- Burke County16
- Columbia County16
- Lincoln County16
- McDuffie County16
- Richmond County16
- Ware County4
- Charlton County3
The latest fire weather watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2:57 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 10 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:18 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:19 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:06 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Dougherty, Lee, Mitchell and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:49 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 77 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:19 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 59 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:19 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:36 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton and 8 more | 59 hr |
| Apr 7, 5:29 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Bleckley, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel, Glascock and 15 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:17 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Echols and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:55 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook and 13 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:31 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
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.