Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 1998
152 tornado warnings in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 152
- Busiest month
- April66 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 7, 199823 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 7, 8:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 39 min |
| Jan 7, 8:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Elbert | 50 min |
| Feb 17, 12:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden, Charlton | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 3:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 58 min |
| Mar 8, 3:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling | 59 min |
| Mar 20, 6:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | White | 24 min |
| Mar 20, 7:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rabun | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 10:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 2:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 3:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 3:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 3:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jenkins | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 3:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Stewart | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 4:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Screven | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Webster | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 4:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 4:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Laurens, Twiggs | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 5:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel, Johnson | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 6:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Morgan | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 6:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gordon | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Emanuel | 18 min |
| Apr 3, 6:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 7:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fayette | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 7:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 7:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Spalding | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 7:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 8:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Newton, Rockdale | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 9:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Upson | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 9:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 10:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Putnam | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 10:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 11:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson, Laurens | 26 min |
| Apr 8, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford | 17 min |
| Apr 8, 7:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 23 min |
| Apr 8, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 14 min |
| Apr 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pike | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 9:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 10:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Polk | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 11:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 11:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Paulding | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 12:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 12:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fulton | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 12:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | DeKalb, Gwinnett | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 12:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 27 min |
| Apr 9, 1:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Hall, Jackson | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 1:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Douglas | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 1:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 3:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Jeff Davis | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 4:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Jeff Davis | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 5:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 5:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling | 66 min |
| Apr 9, 6:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Pulaski | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 6:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Long, Tattnall | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 6:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 28 min |
| Apr 9, 6:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 11:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 11:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga, Floyd | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 11:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 18 min |
| Apr 17, 12:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 12:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 1:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Lumpkin | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 3:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Pickens | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 11:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 11:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 7:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 8:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Catoosa, Walker | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 9:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walker, Whitfield | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 10:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 11:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gordon | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 1:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jones, Twiggs | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 1:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin | 34 min |
| May 3, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Lanier | 33 min |
| May 3, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth, Fulton | 35 min |
| May 3, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 37 min |
| May 3, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bleckley, Houston, Twiggs | 34 min |
| May 3, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Monroe | 37 min |
| May 3, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper, Monroe | 33 min |
| May 3, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jones | 35 min |
| May 3, 9:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 21 min |
| May 3, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson | 36 min |
| May 4, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon | 48 min |
| May 7, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fannin | 32 min |
| May 7, 3:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Union | 36 min |
| May 7, 4:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Towns | 33 min |
| May 7, 4:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Rabun | 62 min |
| May 7, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Habersham | 47 min |
| May 7, 6:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Elbert | 46 min |
| May 7, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade | 20 min |
| May 7, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Forsyth | 36 min |
| May 7, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Lumpkin | 34 min |
| May 7, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walker | 36 min |
| May 7, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall | 33 min |
| May 7, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Jackson | 34 min |
| May 7, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett | 34 min |
| May 7, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gordon | 32 min |
| May 7, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Murray | 33 min |
| May 7, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 36 min |
| May 7, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pickens | 33 min |
| May 7, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oconee | 35 min |
| May 7, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 34 min |
| May 7, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lincoln | 38 min |
| May 7, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 32 min |
| May 7, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 34 min |
| May 7, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 36 min |
| May 7, 8:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett, Hall | 33 min |
| May 7, 8:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 34 min |
| May 8, 12:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll | 32 min |
| May 8, 1:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 64 min |
| May 8, 2:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Chatham | 17 min |
| May 8, 2:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon | 66 min |
| May 8, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Ware | 65 min |
| May 8, 2:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Pierce | 62 min |
| May 8, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden | 64 min |
| May 8, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 63 min |
| May 8, 4:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden | 66 min |
| May 10, 2:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Screven | 51 min |
| May 10, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Effingham | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Toombs | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow, Cherokee | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 4:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Polk | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll | 19 min |
| Jun 4, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 22 min |
| Jun 4, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Jasper | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chattahoochee, Muscogee | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lincoln | 68 min |
| Jul 4, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Chatham | 19 min |
| Jul 5, 11:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Chatham | 63 min |
| Aug 14, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Charlton | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden | 62 min |
| Sep 3, 11:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Screven | 31 min |
| Sep 28, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Stewart | 21 min |
| Sep 29, 12:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 38 min |
| Sep 29, 12:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Miller | 25 min |
| Sep 29, 4:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady, Mitchell | 49 min |
| Sep 29, 5:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady, Mitchell | 63 min |
| Sep 29, 6:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Mitchell | 61 min |
| Sep 29, 1:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Stewart | 36 min |
| Sep 29, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 30 min |
| Sep 29, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Worth | 30 min |
| Sep 29, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon, Schley | 31 min |
| Sep 29, 5:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 35 min |
| Sep 29, 5:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Worth | 29 min |
| Sep 29, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Johnson | 35 min |
| Sep 29, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Sumter | 35 min |
| Sep 29, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon, Taylor | 34 min |
| Sep 29, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 34 min |
| Sep 29, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon | 45 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Camden County5
- Walker County5
- Gwinnett County5
- Floyd County5
- Cherokee County5
- Appling County4
- Johnson County4
- Bleckley County4
- Laurens County4
- Twiggs County4
- Coffee County3
- Emanuel County3
- Stewart County3
- Screven County3
- Catoosa County3
- Gordon County3
- Coweta County3
- Henry County3
- Bartow County3
- Hall County3
- Pickens County3
- Forsyth County3
- Bacon County3
- Chatham County3
- Mitchell County3
- Oglethorpe County2
- Elbert County2
- Charlton County2
- Rabun County2
- Jefferson County2
- Fayette County2
- Clayton County2
- Butts County2
- Meriwether County2
- Troup County2
- Polk County2
- Cobb County2
- Fulton County2
- Barrow County2
- Jackson County2
73 more counties
- Jeff Davis County2
- Effingham County2
- Long County2
- Chattooga County2
- Dawson County2
- Lumpkin County2
- Dade County2
- Jones County2
- Monroe County2
- Jasper County2
- Lincoln County2
- Carroll County2
- Montgomery County2
- Grady County2
- Decatur County2
- Worth County2
- Macon County2
- White County1
- Washington County1
- Jenkins County1
- Webster County1
- Morgan County1
- Heard County1
- Spalding County1
- Newton County1
- Rockdale County1
- Upson County1
- Hancock County1
- Taliaferro County1
- Warren County1
- Putnam County1
- Wilkinson County1
- Crawford County1
- Pike County1
- Haralson County1
- Paulding County1
- DeKalb County1
- Douglas County1
- Bryan County1
- Bulloch County1
- Pulaski County1
- Tattnall County1
- Dodge County1
- Liberty County1
- Whitfield County1
- Baldwin County1
- Berrien County1
- Lanier County1
- Houston County1
- Fannin County1
- Union County1
- Towns County1
- Habersham County1
- Banks County1
- Murray County1
- Clarke County1
- Oconee County1
- Wilkes County1
- Ware County1
- Pierce County1
- Treutlen County1
- Toombs County1
- Chattahoochee County1
- Muscogee County1
- Talbot County1
- Early County1
- Miller County1
- Dougherty County1
- Seminole County1
- Schley County1
- Sumter County1
- Taylor County1
- Wheeler County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.