Flood Watches in Georgia
328 flood 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 328
- Busiest year
- 202449 flood watches
- Average year
- 16over 21 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.
- Forsyth County72
- Dawson County71
- Lumpkin County71
- White County71
- Fulton County71
- Fannin County70
- Gilmer County70
- Cobb County70
- Hall County69
- Towns County69
- Union County69
- Dade County69
- DeKalb County69
- Gwinnett County69
- Murray County69
- Walker County69
- Catoosa County68
- Cherokee County68
- Paulding County68
- Whitfield County68
- Carroll County67
- Floyd County67
- Haralson County67
- Pickens County67
- Jackson County66
- Chattooga County66
- Douglas County66
- Banks County65
- Barrow County65
- Bartow County65
- Gordon County65
- Polk County64
- Rockdale County59
- Walton County59
- Madison County58
- Clayton County56
- Coweta County55
- Henry County55
- Newton County55
- Fayette County54
115 more counties
- Heard County54
- Meriwether County54
- Oconee County54
- Pike County54
- Troup County54
- Camden County53
- Clarke County53
- Glynn County52
- Harris County52
- Greene County51
- Jones County51
- Marion County51
- Talbot County51
- Taylor County51
- Upson County51
- Rabun County50
- Crawford County50
- Monroe County50
- Muscogee County50
- Spalding County50
- Bibb County49
- Macon County49
- Morgan County49
- Oglethorpe County49
- Schley County49
- Butts County48
- Chattahoochee County48
- Stewart County48
- Webster County48
- Baldwin County47
- Hancock County47
- Jasper County47
- Lamar County47
- Mitchell County47
- Peach County47
- Putnam County47
- Wilkes County47
- Houston County46
- Sumter County46
- Taliaferro County46
- Habersham County45
- Crisp County45
- Dooly County45
- Grady County44
- Wayne County44
- Thomas County43
- Brantley County43
- Twiggs County43
- Warren County43
- Colquitt County42
- Decatur County42
- Bleckley County42
- Wilkinson County42
- Bacon County41
- Pierce County41
- Baker County41
- Dougherty County41
- Glascock County41
- Pulaski County41
- Washington County41
- Wilcox County41
- Brooks County40
- Cook County40
- Appling County40
- Atkinson County40
- Clinch County40
- Echols County40
- Dodge County40
- Jefferson County40
- Johnson County40
- Miller County40
- Seminole County40
- Worth County40
- Berrien County39
- Lowndes County39
- Coffee County39
- Laurens County39
- Jeff Davis County38
- Ben Hill County38
- Irwin County38
- Lee County38
- Tift County38
- Turner County38
- Lanier County37
- Stephens County35
- Clay County35
- Emanuel County35
- Telfair County35
- Treutlen County35
- Calhoun County34
- Early County34
- Montgomery County34
- Quitman County34
- Randolph County34
- Toombs County34
- Wheeler County34
- Terrell County33
- Franklin County30
- Hart County26
- Burke County24
- Richmond County23
- Columbia County22
- McDuffie County22
- Lincoln County18
- Charlton County17
- Ware County17
- Elbert County15
- Effingham County11
- Long County11
- Evans County8
- Tattnall County8
- Bulloch County7
- Candler County7
- Jenkins County6
- Screven County6
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 11:19 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 32 more | 59 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:16 PM EDT | Flood Watch | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Coffee, Jeff Davis and 3 more | 27 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:24 AM EDT | Flood Watch | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 9 more | 67 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:30 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 57 more | 3 days |
| Jun 8, 4:05 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton and 23 more | 17 hr |
| May 26, 2:26 AM EDT | Flood Watch | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 8 more | 24 hr |
| May 24, 12:30 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 65 more | 58 hr |
| May 5, 2:55 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 50 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:38 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb and 23 more | 29 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. Rebuilt daily.