Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia
26,459 severe thunderstorm warnings 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 26,459
- Busiest year
- 19981,345 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Average year
- 645over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with 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.
- Fulton County897
- Ware County750
- Camden County695
- Charlton County691
- Effingham County639
- Bulloch County634
- Clinch County611
- Laurens County606
- Coweta County599
- Bryan County596
- Screven County594
- Decatur County569
- Liberty County566
- Chatham County562
- Coffee County550
- Early County543
- Cobb County535
- DeKalb County534
- Gwinnett County523
- Bartow County521
- Worth County515
- Meriwether County514
- Wayne County512
- Carroll County507
- Grady County506
- Thomas County504
- Walker County502
- Lowndes County502
- Floyd County500
- Brooks County499
- Cherokee County485
- Mitchell County482
- Houston County481
- Colquitt County479
- Twiggs County476
- Brantley County467
- Henry County464
- Appling County463
- Glynn County463
- Washington County460
119 more counties
- Baker County452
- Hall County444
- Bibb County440
- Troup County439
- Fayette County435
- Paulding County435
- Dodge County432
- Burke County427
- Harris County424
- Dougherty County416
- Gordon County416
- Berrien County415
- Clayton County413
- Richmond County408
- Wilkinson County408
- Bacon County405
- Newton County405
- Jones County402
- Douglas County400
- Monroe County399
- Walton County398
- Emanuel County397
- Seminole County397
- Jasper County394
- Gilmer County391
- Murray County391
- Pierce County388
- Atkinson County387
- Whitfield County387
- Polk County384
- Long County382
- Morgan County379
- Miller County379
- Echols County377
- Forsyth County365
- Columbia County363
- Tattnall County360
- Marion County358
- Calhoun County358
- Dooly County358
- Cook County356
- Greene County356
- Hart County353
- Lee County352
- Heard County348
- Randolph County348
- Jackson County347
- Rabun County347
- Spalding County345
- Terrell County344
- Chattooga County340
- Jeff Davis County339
- Muscogee County338
- Taylor County337
- Crawford County336
- Hancock County336
- Talbot County333
- Haralson County332
- Pickens County332
- Bleckley County330
- Clay County330
- Johnson County327
- Tift County326
- Pulaski County326
- Fannin County323
- Jefferson County322
- Lanier County321
- Macon County319
- Putnam County317
- Upson County317
- Elbert County315
- Wilcox County314
- Baldwin County314
- Oglethorpe County312
- Sumter County311
- Chattahoochee County310
- Butts County310
- Stephens County308
- Catoosa County307
- Habersham County306
- McIntosh County306
- Franklin County305
- Dade County304
- Rockdale County302
- Dawson County301
- Oconee County301
- Irwin County299
- Telfair County296
- Evans County292
- Pike County289
- Barrow County286
- Wheeler County286
- Lumpkin County280
- Peach County279
- Jenkins County278
- Lincoln County277
- Montgomery County274
- Crisp County267
- Treutlen County263
- Turner County260
- Lamar County257
- Candler County251
- Banks County249
- Warren County248
- Clarke County247
- Toombs County247
- Madison County244
- Stewart County243
- McDuffie County233
- Wilkes County229
- Schley County226
- Union County226
- Taliaferro County219
- Webster County218
- White County218
- Ben Hill County213
- Quitman County197
- Glascock County182
- Towns County133
The latest severe thunderstorm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 12 min |
| Sep 21, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Douglas, Fulton | 28 min |
| Sep 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 48 min |
| Sep 21, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 25 min |
| Sep 20, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Seminole | 67 min |
| Sep 20, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Morgan, Oconee, Walton | 33 min |
| Sep 20, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Hart | 44 min |
| Sep 20, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Seminole | 61 min |
| Sep 19, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Meriwether | 47 min |
| Sep 19, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 25 min |
| Sep 19, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette, Fulton | 30 min |
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.