Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, May 1997
124 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1997. 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 in May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 124
- Busiest day
- May 3, 199761 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 54 min |
| May 2, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 37 min |
| May 2, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 34 min |
| May 2, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 48 min |
| May 2, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 46 min |
| May 2, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker | 46 min |
| May 2, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gordon | 34 min |
| May 2, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 21 min |
| May 2, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Murray | 25 min |
| May 2, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Walker | 52 min |
| May 2, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dade | 52 min |
| May 2, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 28 min |
| May 2, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 32 min |
| May 2, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 45 min |
| May 2, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray | 26 min |
| May 2, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Gilmer, Pickens | 41 min |
| May 2, 11:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Fannin, Lumpkin | 37 min |
| May 2, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Union | 41 min |
| May 2, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Towns, White | 30 min |
| May 2, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 39 min |
| May 3, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 45 min |
| May 3, 1:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Floyd | 39 min |
| May 3, 2:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Gordon | 39 min |
| May 3, 2:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Polk | 32 min |
| May 3, 3:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 30 min |
| May 3, 3:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 31 min |
| May 3, 5:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 40 min |
| May 3, 6:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 37 min |
| May 3, 6:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 28 min |
| May 3, 6:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 35 min |
| May 3, 7:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 33 min |
| May 3, 7:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Rockdale | 33 min |
| May 3, 7:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton, Walton | 42 min |
| May 3, 7:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 44 min |
| May 3, 8:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Oconee | 51 min |
| May 3, 8:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike, Spalding | 43 min |
| May 3, 8:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta, Troup | 51 min |
| May 3, 8:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fayette | 54 min |
| May 3, 8:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 54 min |
| May 3, 8:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Newton | 53 min |
| May 3, 8:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Muscogee | 47 min |
| May 3, 9:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Newton | 47 min |
| May 3, 9:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 46 min |
| May 3, 9:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 32 min |
| May 3, 10:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jasper, Jones, Monroe | 36 min |
| May 3, 10:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 38 min |
| May 3, 10:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Schley, Taylor | 37 min |
| May 3, 10:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Twiggs | 53 min |
| May 3, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 33 min |
| May 3, 11:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Washington | 39 min |
| May 3, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 29 min |
| May 3, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jenkins | 42 min |
| May 3, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 53 min |
| May 3, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks | 46 min |
| May 3, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Toombs | 37 min |
| May 3, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Tattnall | 60 min |
| May 3, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 59 min |
| May 3, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan | 53 min |
| May 3, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 50 min |
| May 3, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 42 min |
| May 3, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 41 min |
| May 3, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden | 54 min |
| May 9, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Heard, Meriwether, Troup | 41 min |
| May 9, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Pike | 45 min |
| May 9, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 36 min |
| May 9, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar | 32 min |
| May 9, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Upson | 51 min |
| May 9, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Muscogee | 50 min |
| May 9, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Monroe | 35 min |
| May 9, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones | 37 min |
| May 9, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Twiggs | 41 min |
| May 9, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Muscogee | 62 min |
| May 9, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chattahoochee | 53 min |
| May 9, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilkinson | 38 min |
| May 9, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 37 min |
| May 9, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 59 min |
| May 9, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion | 26 min |
| May 9, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Schley | 38 min |
| May 9, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 27 min |
| May 9, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 25 min |
| May 15, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early | 46 min |
| May 15, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 31 min |
| May 15, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 34 min |
| May 15, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wheeler | 26 min |
| May 15, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Cook | 63 min |
| May 15, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch | 45 min |
| May 24, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Ware | 46 min |
| May 24, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch | 30 min |
| May 24, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Quitman, Stewart | 67 min |
| May 24, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Talbot, Upson | 42 min |
| May 24, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon | 41 min |
| May 24, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 37 min |
| May 24, 9:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 38 min |
| May 26, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Early | 30 min |
| May 26, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jackson, Madison | 33 min |
| May 27, 1:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Johnson | 31 min |
| May 27, 2:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 15 min |
| May 27, 2:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Candler | 47 min |
| May 27, 3:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch | 45 min |
| May 27, 8:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton | 44 min |
| May 27, 8:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry | 34 min |
| May 27, 9:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 26 min |
| May 27, 9:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fulton | 36 min |
| May 27, 11:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Peach | 49 min |
| May 27, 11:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Coweta | 39 min |
| May 27, 11:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 29 min |
| May 27, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 38 min |
| May 27, 12:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Pike, Upson | 27 min |
| May 27, 12:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 38 min |
| May 27, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Taylor | 32 min |
| May 27, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 34 min |
| May 27, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Jeff Davis | 42 min |
| May 27, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 38 min |
| May 27, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Coffee | 60 min |
| May 27, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Jeff Davis | 37 min |
| May 27, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 52 min |
| May 27, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce, Ware, Wayne | 62 min |
| May 27, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch | 59 min |
| May 27, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Turner | 41 min |
| May 27, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Brooks | 51 min |
| May 27, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lowndes | 28 min |
| May 27, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Echols | 56 min |
| May 31, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden | 53 min |
| May 31, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long, Tattnall | 35 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Meriwether County5
- Murray County4
- Fulton County4
- Henry County4
- Newton County4
- Muscogee County4
- Taylor County4
- Clinch County4
- Whitfield County3
- Chattooga County3
- Gilmer County3
- Gordon County3
- DeKalb County3
- Pike County3
- Troup County3
- Houston County3
- Johnson County3
- Upson County3
- Catoosa County2
- Fannin County2
- Walker County2
- Cobb County2
- Floyd County2
- Bartow County2
- Dawson County2
- Polk County2
- Haralson County2
- Clayton County2
- Rockdale County2
- Coweta County2
- Chattahoochee County2
- Talbot County2
- Jones County2
- Monroe County2
- Peach County2
- Marion County2
- Schley County2
- Bibb County2
- Twiggs County2
- Dooly County2
63 more counties
- Screven County2
- Brooks County2
- Tattnall County2
- Coffee County2
- Echols County2
- Camden County2
- Lamar County2
- Macon County2
- Early County2
- Telfair County2
- Ware County2
- Jeff Davis County2
- Dade County1
- Pickens County1
- Lumpkin County1
- Union County1
- Towns County1
- White County1
- Habersham County1
- Rabun County1
- Cherokee County1
- Forsyth County1
- Paulding County1
- Gwinnett County1
- Walton County1
- Morgan County1
- Oconee County1
- Spalding County1
- Fayette County1
- Butts County1
- Harris County1
- Jasper County1
- Crawford County1
- Washington County1
- Jenkins County1
- Toombs County1
- Atkinson County1
- Bryan County1
- Chatham County1
- Effingham County1
- Heard County1
- Wilkinson County1
- Laurens County1
- Dodge County1
- Wheeler County1
- Cook County1
- Quitman County1
- Stewart County1
- Pulaski County1
- Jackson County1
- Madison County1
- Emanuel County1
- Candler County1
- Bulloch County1
- Carroll County1
- Douglas County1
- Bacon County1
- Sumter County1
- Pierce County1
- Wayne County1
- Turner County1
- Lowndes County1
- Long 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. Rebuilt daily.