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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 1997

35 severe thunderstorm watches in 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 watches reaches back to 1997.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
35
Busiest month
May8 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
January 5, 19973 severe thunderstorm watches

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield5 hr
Jan 5, 3:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattooga and 52 more6 hr
Jan 5, 6:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Columbia, Crawford and 26 more5 hr
Jan 16, 4:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCScreven5 hr
Jan 25, 12:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 41 more6 hr
Feb 21, 5:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCRichmond6 hr
Mar 29, 5:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLincoln6 hr
Mar 30, 5:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaker, Bibb, Butts, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay and 32 more5 hr
Mar 30, 9:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 21 more5 hr
Apr 21, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Quitman4 hr
Apr 21, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield5 hr
Apr 21, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanks, Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Floyd and 16 more4 hr
Apr 28, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 41 more5 hr
Apr 28, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBulloch, Burke, Candler, Clarke, Columbia, Effingham and 28 more6 hr
May 3, 8:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke and 72 more6 hr
May 3, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 30 more6 hr
May 3, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 5 more4 hr
May 9, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 46 more5 hr
May 9, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Candler, Chattahoochee and 50 more6 hr
May 9, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 38 more4 hr
May 27, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 64 more6 hr
May 27, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCQuitman6 hr
Jun 1, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 53 more6 hr
Jun 14, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 43 more6 hr
Jun 14, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaker, Brooks, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Colquitt and 24 more5 hr
Jun 14, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 33 more6 hr
Jun 17, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtkinson, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow and 89 more6 hr
Jun 18, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien and 54 more6 hr
Jul 4, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDade6 hr
Jul 4, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCatoosa, Chattooga, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon and 10 more6 hr
Aug 18, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppling, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Butts and 70 more6 hr
Oct 25, 10:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 45 more6 hr
Nov 21, 8:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Candler, Chattahoochee and 50 more5 hr
Nov 21, 11:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBurke, Candler, Jenkins, Richmond, Screven6 hr
Nov 30, 2:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 41 more7 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

118 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 5, 19973severe thunderstorm watches
  2. May 3, 19973severe thunderstorm watches
  3. May 9, 19973severe thunderstorm watches
  4. June 14, 19973severe thunderstorm watches
  5. April 21, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  6. April 28, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  7. May 27, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  8. July 4, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  9. November 22, 19972severe thunderstorm watches
  10. January 16, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  11. January 25, 19971severe thunderstorm watches
  12. February 21, 19971severe thunderstorm watches

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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.