Heat Advisories in Georgia
847 heat advisories 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 heat advisories reaches back to 2005.
Heat Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Heat Advisories
- 847
- Busiest year
- 2026116 heat advisories
- Average year
- 39over 22 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.
- Effingham County190
- Long County187
- Bulloch County176
- Evans County175
- Tattnall County173
- Candler County172
- Screven County155
- Jenkins County153
- Wheeler County135
- Laurens County134
- Montgomery County134
- Treutlen County134
- Emanuel County132
- Johnson County132
- Toombs County132
- Telfair County129
- Dodge County128
- Wilkinson County126
- Washington County124
- Bleckley County123
- Pulaski County122
- Twiggs County122
- Wilcox County122
- Crisp County121
- Decatur County121
- Seminole County121
- Dooly County120
- Camden County118
- Jefferson County118
- Grady County118
- Houston County117
- Macon County116
- Bibb County115
- Glynn County114
- Brooks County114
- Baldwin County113
- Crawford County113
- Peach County113
- Sumter County113
- Thomas County113
118 more counties
- Jones County112
- Lowndes County112
- Glascock County111
- Schley County111
- Hancock County110
- Taylor County109
- Lanier County109
- Warren County105
- Brantley County104
- Monroe County104
- Burke County103
- Richmond County102
- Marion County102
- Webster County102
- Putnam County101
- Stewart County100
- Chattahoochee County99
- Clinch County98
- Echols County98
- Jasper County97
- Mitchell County97
- Baker County96
- Miller County94
- Greene County93
- Wayne County93
- Berrien County93
- Cook County93
- Early County93
- Muscogee County92
- Columbia County91
- Pierce County91
- Taliaferro County91
- McDuffie County90
- Upson County90
- Colquitt County89
- Dougherty County89
- Wilkes County88
- Morgan County87
- Calhoun County86
- Talbot County86
- Tift County86
- Worth County85
- Lee County84
- Turner County84
- Clay County83
- Irwin County83
- Ben Hill County82
- Elbert County81
- Quitman County81
- Randolph County81
- Terrell County81
- Bacon County80
- Oglethorpe County80
- Ware County80
- Charlton County79
- Lincoln County78
- Appling County78
- Oconee County75
- Atkinson County75
- Clarke County74
- Lamar County74
- Jeff Davis County74
- Butts County72
- Harris County71
- Coffee County70
- Newton County65
- Walton County64
- Madison County61
- Hart County59
- Pike County58
- Meriwether County57
- Troup County57
- Franklin County55
- Spalding County53
- Barrow County51
- Henry County51
- Jackson County49
- Rockdale County48
- Banks County46
- Clayton County46
- Coweta County46
- Fayette County46
- Heard County46
- Stephens County43
- Fulton County41
- Carroll County40
- DeKalb County40
- Douglas County40
- Gwinnett County40
- Cobb County39
- Bartow County38
- Floyd County38
- Haralson County38
- Paulding County38
- Polk County38
- Cherokee County36
- Forsyth County34
- Hall County34
- Chattooga County32
- Dade County32
- Gordon County32
- Catoosa County31
- Walker County31
- Murray County30
- Whitfield County30
- Bryan County23
- Liberty County23
- McIntosh County22
- Chatham County21
- Pickens County15
- Dawson County12
- Lumpkin County5
- White County5
- Gilmer County4
- Fannin County3
- Habersham County2
- Towns County1
- Union County1
The latest heat advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2:20 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 16 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:12 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Ben Hill, Berrien, Cook, Dougherty, Irwin, Lee and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:54 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 30 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:34 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart | 28 hr |
| Sep 4, 12:47 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CAE | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 30 hr |
| Sep 2, 12:57 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 83 more | 5 days |
| Aug 21, 2:04 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 17 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:21 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Lanier, Lowndes, Seminole and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:30 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Glynn and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:36 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Lanier, Lowndes, Seminole and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:17 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Lanier, Lowndes, Seminole and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:20 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | JAX | Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Glynn, Ware | 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.