Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings / 1997
Tornado Warnings in Georgia, October 1997
21 tornado warnings in October 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in October 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 21
- Busiest day
- October 26, 199715 tornado warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 12:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Quitman | 18 min |
| Oct 24, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crisp | 39 min |
| Oct 25, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 24 min |
| Oct 25, 5:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pike | 24 min |
| Oct 25, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 59 min |
| Oct 26, 5:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Muscogee | 48 min |
| Oct 26, 6:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 94 min |
| Oct 26, 8:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Upson | 22 min |
| Oct 26, 9:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lamar | 24 min |
| Oct 26, 11:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 12:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Sumter | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 12:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller | 43 min |
| Oct 26, 12:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun | 48 min |
| Oct 26, 12:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 12:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston | 22 min |
| Oct 26, 1:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 1:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt | 43 min |
| Oct 26, 1:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 10 min |
| Oct 26, 3:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Thomas | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 4:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon | 66 min |
| Oct 26, 8:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Echols | 49 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Quitman County1
- Crisp County1
- Meriwether County1
- Pike County1
- Atkinson County1
- Coffee County1
- Muscogee County1
- Harris County1
- Upson County1
- Lamar County1
- Early County1
- Dooly County1
- Sumter County1
- Decatur County1
- Miller County1
- Baker County1
- Calhoun County1
- Dougherty County1
- Houston County1
- Bleckley County1
- Pulaski County1
- Colquitt County1
- Laurens County1
- Thomas County1
- Bacon County1
- Echols County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.