Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 1996
55 tornado warnings in 1996. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 55
- Busiest month
- March35 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 6, 199616 tornado warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Washington | 52 min |
| Feb 2, 6:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Charlton | 49 min |
| Feb 2, 7:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 7:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 52 min |
| Mar 6, 7:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Stewart | 57 min |
| Mar 6, 7:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Talbot | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 8:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion | 39 min |
| Mar 6, 10:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Worth | 32 min |
| Mar 6, 11:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Turner | 39 min |
| Mar 6, 11:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Dodge, Pulaski | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 12:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 1:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Turner | 36 min |
| Mar 6, 3:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 31 min |
| Mar 6, 3:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon | 42 min |
| Mar 6, 4:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Wayne | 61 min |
| Mar 6, 4:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Seminole | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 6:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady | 26 min |
| Mar 6, 6:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 36 min |
| Mar 6, 7:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 7:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 55 min |
| Mar 15, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Floyd | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 4:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 4:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Fulton | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 6:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 39 min |
| Mar 16, 2:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pike | 63 min |
| Mar 16, 2:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar | 43 min |
| Mar 16, 3:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jones | 53 min |
| Mar 16, 4:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Wilkinson | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 4:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Washington | 53 min |
| Mar 16, 5:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Jefferson, Johnson | 40 min |
| Mar 16, 5:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Jenkins | 66 min |
| Mar 16, 6:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen | 51 min |
| Mar 16, 6:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Screven | 69 min |
| Mar 16, 6:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Candler | 49 min |
| Mar 16, 7:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch | 57 min |
| Mar 18, 8:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 10:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 5:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oconee | 32 min |
| Apr 13, 7:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lincoln | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Screven | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 7:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 47 min |
| May 7, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Madison | 31 min |
| Sep 16, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 33 min |
| Sep 16, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker | 33 min |
| Oct 7, 11:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden | 59 min |
| Oct 7, 11:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 69 min |
| Nov 7, 9:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard | 31 min |
| Nov 7, 9:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson | 19 min |
| Nov 8, 12:16 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 44 min |
| Nov 8, 6:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 38 min |
| Nov 8, 10:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Charlton | 32 min |
| Nov 21, 8:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Screven | 23 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Glynn County3
- Grady County3
- Screven County3
- Washington County2
- Charlton County2
- Turner County2
- Laurens County2
- Decatur County2
- Floyd County2
- Emanuel County2
- Jefferson County2
- Bulloch County2
- Heard County2
- Brantley County1
- Chattahoochee County1
- Muscogee County1
- Stewart County1
- Meriwether County1
- Talbot County1
- Marion County1
- Worth County1
- Bleckley County1
- Dodge County1
- Pulaski County1
- Wilcox County1
- Coffee County1
- Bacon County1
- Wayne County1
- Seminole County1
- Bartow County1
- Cobb County1
- DeKalb County1
- Fulton County1
- Pike County1
- Lamar County1
- Jones County1
- Baldwin County1
- Wilkinson County1
- Johnson County1
- Jenkins 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.