Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2012
25 severe thunderstorm watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 25
- Busiest month
- May6 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- April 5, 20122 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 4:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 4 hr |
| Mar 24, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 23 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 24, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Walker and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Colquitt and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Habersham, Lumpkin and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Lincoln, McDuffie and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 17 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 15, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 11 more | 7 hr |
| May 15, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 7 hr |
| May 22, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 22, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt and 18 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chattahoochee, Coweta, Crawford, Harris, Heard, Lamar and 14 more | 115 min |
| Jun 4, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 39 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 80 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 8 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 41 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Bleckley, Brantley, Bryan and 35 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 7 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Fannin and 10 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Effingham County12
- Bryan County11
- Bulloch County11
- Candler County11
- Chatham County11
- Liberty County11
- Long County11
- McIntosh County11
- Evans County10
- Tattnall County10
- Jenkins County8
- Screven County8
- Burke County6
- Appling County6
- Atkinson County6
- Bacon County6
- Coffee County6
- Jeff Davis County6
- Montgomery County6
- Pierce County6
- Toombs County6
- Wheeler County6
- Colquitt County6
- Tift County6
- Worth County6
- Columbia County5
- Lincoln County5
- McDuffie County5
- Richmond County5
- Clinch County5
- Echols County5
- Emanuel County5
- Treutlen County5
- Ware County5
- Wayne County5
- Stephens County5
- Baker County5
- Ben Hill County5
- Calhoun County5
- Decatur County5
84 more counties
- Dougherty County5
- Early County5
- Grady County5
- Irwin County5
- Lee County5
- Miller County5
- Mitchell County5
- Randolph County5
- Seminole County5
- Terrell County5
- Thomas County5
- Turner County5
- Wilcox County5
- Berrien County5
- Brooks County5
- Cook County5
- Lanier County5
- Lowndes County5
- Dodge County5
- Telfair County5
- Brantley County4
- Camden County4
- Charlton County4
- Glynn County4
- Catoosa County4
- Dade County4
- Walker County4
- Elbert County4
- Franklin County4
- Habersham County4
- Hart County4
- Rabun County4
- Clay County4
- Pulaski County4
- Quitman County4
- Stewart County4
- Webster County4
- Johnson County4
- Laurens County4
- Fannin County3
- Gilmer County3
- Murray County3
- Whitfield County3
- Chattahoochee County3
- Crawford County3
- Crisp County3
- Dooly County3
- Harris County3
- Macon County3
- Marion County3
- Meriwether County3
- Muscogee County3
- Peach County3
- Schley County3
- Sumter County3
- Talbot County3
- Taylor County3
- Troup County3
- Upson County3
- Bleckley County3
- Houston County2
- Twiggs County2
- Wilkinson County2
- Chattooga County2
- Floyd County2
- Lumpkin County1
- Towns County1
- Union County1
- White County1
- Coweta County1
- Heard County1
- Lamar County1
- Monroe County1
- Pike County1
- Bibb County1
- Jefferson County1
- Washington County1
- Bartow County1
- Cherokee County1
- Gordon County1
- Haralson County1
- Paulding County1
- Pickens County1
- Polk County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.