Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, May 2009
152 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 152
- Busiest day
- May 16, 200920 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 1, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 62 min |
| May 1, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 55 min |
| May 1, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 62 min |
| May 1, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens and 1 more | 56 min |
| May 1, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb | 28 min |
| May 2, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart | 50 min |
| May 2, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 40 min |
| May 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs, Wilkinson | 45 min |
| May 3, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk, Troup | 83 min |
| May 3, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Fannin, Gilmer | 40 min |
| May 3, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Meriwether, Muscogee, Stewart, Troup | 80 min |
| May 3, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Fulton, Haralson, Heard and 2 more | 65 min |
| May 3, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette and 6 more | 65 min |
| May 3, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 60 min |
| May 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Macon, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Sumter and 2 more | 63 min |
| May 3, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth and 3 more | 61 min |
| May 3, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Jasper, Lamar and 5 more | 58 min |
| May 3, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Taylor, Upson | 55 min |
| May 3, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall and 1 more | 52 min |
| May 3, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Jasper, Jones, Monroe and 2 more | 64 min |
| May 3, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Butts, Gwinnett, Jasper, Morgan, Newton and 3 more | 38 min |
| May 3, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall and 5 more | 58 min |
| May 3, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 56 min |
| May 3, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jones, Putnam, Twiggs and 1 more | 53 min |
| May 3, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clarke, Greene, Hancock, Madison, Morgan, Oconee and 2 more | 50 min |
| May 3, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson, Madison | 48 min |
| May 3, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 61 min |
| May 4, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Wilkinson | 42 min |
| May 4, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Miller | 44 min |
| May 4, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 22 min |
| May 4, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke, Richmond | 84 min |
| May 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jenkins | 37 min |
| May 4, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 19 min |
| May 4, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 46 min |
| May 5, 10:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 39 min |
| May 5, 12:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 39 min |
| May 5, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven | 48 min |
| May 5, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 45 min |
| May 5, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham, Screven | 47 min |
| May 5, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 46 min |
| May 5, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 63 min |
| May 5, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair, Wilcox | 53 min |
| May 5, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 64 min |
| May 5, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long, McIntosh | 65 min |
| May 5, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Glynn, Pierce, Wayne | 52 min |
| May 5, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia, McDuffie | 62 min |
| May 5, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Hancock, Washington | 44 min |
| May 5, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 38 min |
| May 5, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 28 min |
| May 5, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 42 min |
| May 5, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 51 min |
| May 5, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Treutlen, Washington, Wilkinson | 37 min |
| May 5, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Washington, Wilkinson | 28 min |
| May 6, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 25 min |
| May 6, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 35 min |
| May 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Muscogee | 62 min |
| May 6, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 30 min |
| May 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot | 58 min |
| May 6, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Lamar, Monroe, Upson | 36 min |
| May 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 55 min |
| May 6, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Marion, Talbot, Taylor | 36 min |
| May 6, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 43 min |
| May 6, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 37 min |
| May 6, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 32 min |
| May 6, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert | 46 min |
| May 7, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Clay, Quitman, Randolph | 55 min |
| May 7, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Elbert | 41 min |
| May 7, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe, Wilkes | 47 min |
| May 7, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Henry, Newton, Rockdale | 24 min |
| May 8, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Banks | 22 min |
| May 10, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Screven | 34 min |
| May 10, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Troup | 45 min |
| May 10, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Harris, Meriwether, Talbot | 55 min |
| May 10, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Talbot, Taylor, Upson | 63 min |
| May 10, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Macon, Marion, Schley, Taylor | 55 min |
| May 10, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach | 59 min |
| May 10, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Macon, Peach | 64 min |
| May 10, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 48 min |
| May 10, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 23 min |
| May 10, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge | 38 min |
| May 10, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler | 40 min |
| May 11, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 50 min |
| May 11, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 60 min |
| May 11, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham | 45 min |
| May 11, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 57 min |
| May 11, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham | 41 min |
| May 11, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 60 min |
| May 11, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long | 42 min |
| May 11, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 57 min |
| May 11, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long | 55 min |
| May 11, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 62 min |
| May 11, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 66 min |
| May 11, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall | 45 min |
| May 11, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 34 min |
| May 15, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 52 min |
| May 15, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly | 28 min |
| May 15, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | White | 44 min |
| May 15, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 51 min |
| May 15, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb | 34 min |
| May 15, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Murray, Whitfield | 30 min |
| May 15, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham, Stephens | 21 min |
| May 15, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb | 36 min |
| May 15, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 40 min |
| May 15, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson, Paulding | 34 min |
| May 16, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Wilcox | 31 min |
| May 16, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Telfair | 50 min |
| May 16, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Pulaski, Wilcox | 43 min |
| May 16, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Sumter | 45 min |
| May 16, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin | 36 min |
| May 16, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin | 17 min |
| May 16, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Macon | 25 min |
| May 16, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Warren | 48 min |
| May 16, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Pierce | 34 min |
| May 16, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Brantley, Pierce, Wayne | 34 min |
| May 16, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 26 min |
| May 16, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Muscogee | 25 min |
| May 17, 12:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Telfair | 46 min |
| May 17, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long | 47 min |
| May 17, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham | 31 min |
| May 17, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 29 min |
| May 17, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long, Tattnall | 55 min |
| May 17, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty | 38 min |
| May 17, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Glynn | 30 min |
| May 17, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 46 min |
| May 17, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden | 45 min |
| May 17, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens | 44 min |
| May 24, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs | 37 min |
| May 24, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper, Monroe | 46 min |
| May 24, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Ware | 44 min |
| May 25, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Troup | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Washington | 38 min |
| May 25, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 23 min |
| May 26, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton | 21 min |
| May 27, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Walker, Whitfield | 28 min |
| May 28, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Whitfield | 37 min |
| May 29, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven | 50 min |
| May 29, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery | 40 min |
| May 29, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 41 min |
| May 29, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Toombs | 24 min |
| May 29, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall | 65 min |
| May 29, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall | 61 min |
| May 29, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Jeff Davis | 43 min |
| May 29, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 52 min |
| May 29, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long | 63 min |
| May 29, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven | 47 min |
| May 29, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Jeff Davis | 65 min |
| May 29, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Toombs | 38 min |
| May 29, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee, Ware | 38 min |
| May 29, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 51 min |
| May 29, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Coffee, Pierce, Ware | 40 min |
| May 29, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Wayne | 40 min |
| May 29, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Long, McIntosh | 59 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Effingham County12
- Liberty County12
- Bryan County11
- Bulloch County10
- Screven County9
- Chatham County9
- Long County9
- Cherokee County6
- Elbert County6
- Houston County6
- Twiggs County6
- Wilkinson County6
- Troup County6
- Meriwether County6
- Taylor County6
- Emanuel County6
- McIntosh County6
- Washington County6
- Bartow County5
- Cobb County5
- Harris County5
- Lamar County5
- Talbot County5
- Marion County5
- Gwinnett County5
- Monroe County5
- Dodge County5
- Jenkins County5
- Tattnall County5
- Haralson County4
- Paulding County4
- Hart County4
- Bleckley County4
- Laurens County4
- Carroll County4
- Chattahoochee County4
- Muscogee County4
- Douglas County4
- Fulton County4
- Upson County4
92 more counties
- Macon County4
- Butts County4
- Jasper County4
- Crawford County4
- Putnam County4
- Johnson County4
- Telfair County4
- Glynn County4
- Pierce County4
- Evans County4
- Appling County4
- Lumpkin County3
- DeKalb County3
- Henry County3
- Forsyth County3
- Newton County3
- Walton County3
- Bibb County3
- Barrow County3
- Oconee County3
- Banks County3
- Jackson County3
- Baldwin County3
- Hancock County3
- Coffee County3
- Jeff Davis County3
- Wilcox County3
- Wayne County3
- Montgomery County3
- Camden County3
- Whitfield County3
- Ware County3
- Chattooga County2
- Walker County2
- Polk County2
- Dawson County2
- Fannin County2
- Gilmer County2
- Franklin County2
- Heard County2
- Stewart County2
- Coweta County2
- Pike County2
- Spalding County2
- Schley County2
- Sumter County2
- Rockdale County2
- Hall County2
- Jones County2
- Morgan County2
- Clarke County2
- White County2
- Habersham County2
- Stephens County2
- Greene County2
- Madison County2
- Oglethorpe County2
- Burke County2
- Bacon County2
- Brantley County2
- Peach County2
- Pulaski County2
- Dooly County2
- Ben Hill County2
- Irwin County2
- Atkinson County2
- Toombs County2
- Dade County1
- Floyd County1
- Pickens County1
- Union County1
- Clayton County1
- Fayette County1
- Webster County1
- Rabun County1
- Miller County1
- Richmond County1
- Jefferson County1
- Columbia County1
- McDuffie County1
- Treutlen County1
- Clay County1
- Quitman County1
- Randolph County1
- Wilkes County1
- Wheeler County1
- Murray County1
- Warren County1
- Clinch County1
- Charlton County1
- Catoosa County1
- Candler County1
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Sources
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