Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Georgia, 2012
81 tornado warnings in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 81
- Busiest month
- March38 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 3, 201235 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 21, 11:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Heard | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 12:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Coweta, Fayette | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 1:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Harris | 40 min |
| Jan 21, 1:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Talbot | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 2:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Hancock, Washington, Wilkinson | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 3:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Jefferson, Washington | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 3:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Macon | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 3:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dooly, Houston | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 4:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Pulaski | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 5:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Randolph, Terrell | 37 min |
| Jan 21, 8:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 8:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee, Ware | 45 min |
| Feb 18, 10:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Lanier | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 10:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Coffee | 38 min |
| Feb 18, 11:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bacon, Brantley, Pierce, Ware | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 9:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Butts, Henry, Jasper, Newton | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 9:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Wilkes | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 9:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 10:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 10:39 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Greene, Hancock, Morgan, Putnam, Taliaferro | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 11:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 12:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Mitchell | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 1:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Colquitt, Cook | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 1:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook, Tift | 17 min |
| Feb 24, 3:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Wayne | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 4:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Pierce, Wayne | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 4:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 7:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Polk | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 8:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Haralson, Paulding, Polk | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 8:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, Paulding | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 8:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Floyd | 53 min |
| Mar 2, 9:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 9:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and 1 more | 49 min |
| Mar 2, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty | 10 min |
| Mar 2, 9:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Bartow | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 9:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 10:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Lumpkin, White | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 12:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Troup | 45 min |
| Mar 3, 1:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Barrow, Gwinnett, Walton | 34 min |
| Mar 3, 7:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Miller, Mitchell | 42 min |
| Mar 3, 7:42 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Mitchell, Worth | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 8:29 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Mitchell | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 9:13 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 9:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 9:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Coffee | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 10:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Thomas | 24 min |
| Mar 3, 10:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 32 min |
| Mar 3, 10:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 11:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Effingham | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 11:31 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 12:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Ware | 42 min |
| Mar 3, 12:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Brooks, Lowndes | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 12:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Pierce, Ware | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 12:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Berrien, Cook, Lanier, Lowndes | 37 min |
| Mar 3, 1:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Pierce, Wayne | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 1:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Ware | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 1:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty, McIntosh | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 1:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Glynn, Wayne | 25 min |
| Mar 3, 1:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 2:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Pierce, Ware | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 2:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Brantley, Glynn, Pierce, Wayne | 28 min |
| Mar 3, 2:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 1:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Early | 18 min |
| Mar 23, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Clay, Early | 33 min |
| May 29, 10:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 1:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 1:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Toombs | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 1:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Tattnall | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 12:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jenkins | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 4:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Miller, Seminole | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dougherty, Worth | 11 min |
| Jun 25, 6:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 8:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden | 20 min |
| Jun 25, 8:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 8:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Glynn | 18 min |
| Jul 29, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Chatham | 19 min |
| Aug 2, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Liberty | 43 min |
| Dec 17, 1:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Telfair, Wilcox | 24 min |
| Dec 17, 1:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Wheeler | 26 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pierce County7
- Glynn County7
- Ware County6
- Brantley County6
- Wayne County5
- Liberty County5
- Hancock County4
- Coffee County4
- Berrien County4
- Greene County4
- Taliaferro County4
- Mitchell County4
- Cook County4
- Decatur County4
- Brooks County4
- Lowndes County4
- Camden County4
- Lanier County3
- Atkinson County3
- Clinch County3
- Bacon County3
- Colquitt County3
- Bryan County3
- Early County3
- Forsyth County3
- Gwinnett County3
- Hall County3
- Dougherty County3
- Coweta County2
- Washington County2
- Jasper County2
- Wilkes County2
- Morgan County2
- Putnam County2
- Warren County2
- Tift County2
- Appling County2
- Long County2
- McIntosh County2
- Haralson County2
55 more counties
- Polk County2
- Paulding County2
- Cherokee County2
- Cobb County2
- Baker County2
- Calhoun County2
- Barrow County2
- Miller County2
- Worth County2
- Grady County2
- Thomas County2
- Chatham County2
- Jenkins County2
- Heard County1
- Fayette County1
- Harris County1
- Talbot County1
- Baldwin County1
- Wilkinson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Macon County1
- Dooly County1
- Houston County1
- Pulaski County1
- Randolph County1
- Terrell County1
- Butts County1
- Henry County1
- Newton County1
- Oglethorpe County1
- Habersham County1
- Rabun County1
- Floyd County1
- DeKalb County1
- Fulton County1
- Bartow County1
- Jackson County1
- Dawson County1
- Lumpkin County1
- White County1
- Troup County1
- Walton County1
- Ben Hill County1
- Irwin County1
- Effingham County1
- Clay County1
- Bulloch County1
- Screven County1
- Toombs County1
- Tattnall County1
- Seminole County1
- Telfair County1
- Wilcox County1
- Montgomery 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.