Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, August 2026
2 severe thunderstorm watches in August 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 August 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- August 17, 20261 severe thunderstorm watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Catoosa County1
- Chattooga County1
- Dade County1
- Dawson County1
- Fannin County1
- Gilmer County1
- Gordon County1
- Habersham County1
- Lumpkin County1
- Murray County1
- Pickens County1
- Rabun County1
- Towns County1
- Union County1
- Walker County1
- White County1
- Whitfield County1
- Burke County1
- Columbia County1
- Lincoln County1
- McDuffie County1
- Richmond County1
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.