Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 2026
15 severe thunderstorm watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- July6 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 1, 20262 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Lincoln, Rabun and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bibb, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp and 25 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 42 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Burke, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Catoosa, Cherokee, Clarke, Dade and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 7 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 7 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Lincoln and 3 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dade County5
- Walker County5
- Lincoln County5
- Chattooga County4
- Cherokee County4
- Elbert County4
- Franklin County4
- Habersham County4
- Rabun County4
- Stephens County4
- Catoosa County4
- Dawson County4
- Fannin County4
- Gilmer County4
- Gordon County4
- Lumpkin County4
- Murray County4
- Pickens County4
- Towns County4
- Union County4
- White County4
- Whitfield County4
- Burke County4
- Columbia County4
- McDuffie County4
- Richmond County4
- Bartow County3
- Carroll County3
- Coweta County3
- Fayette County3
- Floyd County3
- Haralson County3
- Heard County3
- Meriwether County3
- Troup County3
- Hart County3
- Baker County3
- Calhoun County3
- Clay County3
- Decatur County3
101 more counties
- Dougherty County3
- Early County3
- Lee County3
- Miller County3
- Quitman County3
- Randolph County3
- Seminole County3
- Terrell County3
- Clayton County2
- Cobb County2
- DeKalb County2
- Douglas County2
- Fulton County2
- Paulding County2
- Polk County2
- Bibb County2
- Monroe County2
- Spalding County2
- Banks County2
- Barrow County2
- Forsyth County2
- Gwinnett County2
- Hall County2
- Jackson County2
- Walton County2
- Ben Hill County2
- Berrien County2
- Brooks County2
- Colquitt County2
- Cook County2
- Grady County2
- Irwin County2
- Lanier County2
- Lowndes County2
- Mitchell County2
- Thomas County2
- Tift County2
- Turner County2
- Worth County2
- Clarke County2
- Madison County2
- Oconee County2
- Chattahoochee County1
- Crawford County1
- Crisp County1
- Dooly County1
- Harris County1
- Houston County1
- Lamar County1
- Macon County1
- Marion County1
- Muscogee County1
- Peach County1
- Pike County1
- Pulaski County1
- Schley County1
- Stewart County1
- Sumter County1
- Talbot County1
- Taylor County1
- Upson County1
- Webster County1
- Wilcox County1
- Butts County1
- Henry County1
- Newton County1
- Rockdale County1
- Baldwin County1
- Emanuel County1
- Glascock County1
- Greene County1
- Hancock County1
- Jasper County1
- Jefferson County1
- Jenkins County1
- Johnson County1
- Jones County1
- Morgan County1
- Oglethorpe County1
- Putnam County1
- Screven County1
- Taliaferro County1
- Twiggs County1
- Warren County1
- Washington County1
- Wilkes County1
- Wilkinson County1
- Appling County1
- Atkinson County1
- Bacon County1
- Brantley County1
- Camden County1
- Charlton County1
- Clinch County1
- Coffee County1
- Echols County1
- Glynn County1
- Jeff Davis County1
- Pierce County1
- Ware County1
- Wayne County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.