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Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2003
110 tornado warnings in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 110
- Busiest month
- March42 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 20, 200326 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 8:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady, Mitchell | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 8:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Houston, Twiggs | 42 min |
| Feb 22, 9:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Warren | 35 min |
| Mar 5, 10:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Meriwether, Troup | 41 min |
| Mar 7, 5:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Grady, Mitchell, Thomas | 26 min |
| Mar 19, 2:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 2:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 3:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dade, Walker | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 3:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattooga | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 5:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 5:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 5:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 5:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 6:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard | 24 min |
| Mar 19, 6:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 6:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Polk | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 6:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 6:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Chattahoochee, Marion | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 6:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Marion | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 7:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Taylor | 41 min |
| Mar 19, 7:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Taylor | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 7:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 7:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 12:20 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Walton | 25 min |
| Mar 20, 3:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 49 min |
| Mar 20, 4:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Mitchell | 43 min |
| Mar 20, 5:31 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Worth | 44 min |
| Mar 20, 11:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook | 23 min |
| Mar 20, 11:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien | 22 min |
| Mar 20, 12:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien | 28 min |
| Mar 20, 12:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 50 min |
| Mar 20, 1:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon | 40 min |
| Mar 20, 1:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Wayne | 26 min |
| Mar 20, 1:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Long | 36 min |
| Mar 20, 2:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 2:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty | 28 min |
| Mar 20, 2:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 27 min |
| Mar 20, 2:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Wayne | 35 min |
| Mar 20, 2:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 40 min |
| Mar 20, 2:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 2:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 2:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 3:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Screven | 43 min |
| Mar 20, 4:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty | 29 min |
| Mar 20, 4:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 10:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 10:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Mitchell | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 1:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Paulding | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Paulding, Polk | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, Paulding | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Stewart | 34 min |
| May 2, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Haralson | 29 min |
| May 2, 11:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 35 min |
| May 6, 11:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow | 28 min |
| May 6, 12:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 25 min |
| May 6, 12:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pickens | 24 min |
| May 6, 12:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee | 24 min |
| May 6, 1:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hall | 29 min |
| May 6, 1:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth | 35 min |
| May 6, 1:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Banks, Hall, Jackson | 29 min |
| May 6, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Franklin | 33 min |
| May 6, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Jackson | 25 min |
| May 6, 1:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Madison | 36 min |
| May 6, 2:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 56 min |
| May 6, 2:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton | 36 min |
| May 6, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jackson | 17 min |
| May 6, 2:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Madison | 37 min |
| May 6, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Gwinnett | 35 min |
| May 6, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clarke, Oglethorpe | 32 min |
| May 6, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Oglethorpe | 30 min |
| May 6, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 30 min |
| May 6, 3:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lincoln | 25 min |
| May 6, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Wilkes | 42 min |
| May 7, 4:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 38 min |
| May 7, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 33 min |
| May 7, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Heard | 54 min |
| May 7, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 51 min |
| May 7, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 59 min |
| May 7, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Douglas, Fulton | 40 min |
| May 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Carroll, Heard | 37 min |
| May 7, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta | 31 min |
| May 7, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Fayette | 41 min |
| May 7, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Clayton, Henry | 49 min |
| May 7, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 46 min |
| May 7, 10:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 49 min |
| May 7, 11:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 25 min |
| May 8, 3:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris, Talbot | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Forsyth | 15 min |
| Jun 30, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Clay, Early | 25 min |
| Jun 30, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Clay, Randolph | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 8:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Quitman | 24 min |
| Jun 30, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Quitman | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 12:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jasper | 17 min |
| Jul 1, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock | 22 min |
| Jul 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 9:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Screven | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 10:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Screven | 36 min |
| Jul 1, 10:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Screven | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 11:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Screven | 24 min |
| Jul 13, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pickens | 26 min |
| Nov 19, 3:42 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Franklin, Stephens | 48 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Heard County6
- Screven County6
- Carroll County6
- Mitchell County5
- Polk County5
- Coffee County5
- Grady County4
- Haralson County4
- Bulloch County4
- Cobb County4
- Fulton County4
- Dade County3
- Chattahoochee County3
- Coweta County3
- Decatur County3
- Liberty County3
- Paulding County3
- Jackson County3
- Harris County3
- Troup County2
- Marion County2
- Taylor County2
- Crawford County2
- Peach County2
- Colquitt County2
- Berrien County2
- Atkinson County2
- Wayne County2
- Bryan County2
- DeKalb County2
- Cherokee County2
- Pickens County2
- Hall County2
- Forsyth County2
- Franklin County2
- Madison County2
- Oglethorpe County2
- Wilkes County2
- Douglas County2
- Clay County2
39 more counties
- Quitman County2
- Houston County1
- Twiggs County1
- Warren County1
- Meriwether County1
- Thomas County1
- Walker County1
- Chattooga County1
- Walton County1
- Seminole County1
- Baker County1
- Worth County1
- Cook County1
- Bacon County1
- Long County1
- Candler County1
- McIntosh County1
- Brantley County1
- Glynn County1
- Stewart County1
- Bartow County1
- Dawson County1
- Banks County1
- Barrow County1
- Elbert County1
- Hart County1
- Gwinnett County1
- Clarke County1
- Lincoln County1
- Fayette County1
- Clayton County1
- Henry County1
- Talbot County1
- Early County1
- Randolph County1
- Jasper County1
- Hancock County1
- Jenkins County1
- Stephens 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.