Tornado Watches in Georgia
880 tornado watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 880
- Busiest year
- 199855 tornado watches
- Average year
- 29over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Seminole County302
- Decatur County295
- Early County290
- Grady County289
- Miller County288
- Baker County278
- Calhoun County272
- Mitchell County272
- Thomas County265
- Clay County263
- Dougherty County261
- Brooks County259
- Terrell County255
- Randolph County247
- Lowndes County246
- Colquitt County242
- Quitman County239
- Cook County238
- Lee County236
- Berrien County234
- Lanier County234
- Worth County233
- Tift County231
- Muscogee County223
- Harris County222
- Sumter County222
- Webster County220
- Stewart County218
- Irwin County217
- Chattahoochee County215
- Echols County214
- Marion County214
- Schley County213
- Ben Hill County212
- Macon County211
- Turner County210
- Crisp County209
- Taylor County209
- Clinch County208
- Talbot County207
119 more counties
- Troup County204
- Dooly County203
- Wilcox County202
- Meriwether County201
- Ware County201
- Pulaski County199
- Peach County196
- Heard County195
- Upson County195
- Dodge County194
- Houston County193
- Atkinson County192
- Crawford County192
- Pike County192
- Telfair County192
- Charlton County186
- Lamar County185
- Bibb County184
- Monroe County184
- Pierce County184
- Coffee County183
- Twiggs County182
- Bleckley County180
- Brantley County180
- Wheeler County180
- Bacon County179
- Laurens County178
- Montgomery County177
- Carroll County176
- Spalding County176
- Wayne County176
- Jones County175
- Coweta County174
- Toombs County172
- Polk County171
- Jeff Davis County170
- Wilkinson County170
- Bryan County169
- Haralson County169
- Treutlen County169
- Emanuel County167
- Johnson County166
- Appling County165
- Butts County165
- Tattnall County165
- Camden County164
- Evans County164
- Fayette County164
- Henry County164
- Chatham County163
- Clayton County163
- Long County163
- Paulding County163
- Glynn County161
- Liberty County161
- Baldwin County159
- McIntosh County158
- Chattooga County157
- Douglas County157
- Floyd County156
- Bulloch County155
- Newton County155
- Jasper County154
- Rockdale County154
- Washington County153
- Effingham County152
- Bartow County151
- Candler County151
- DeKalb County150
- Fulton County150
- Putnam County147
- Screven County147
- Gordon County146
- Jefferson County145
- Dade County144
- Walker County144
- Cobb County143
- Whitfield County142
- Hancock County141
- Jenkins County141
- Morgan County140
- Burke County139
- Catoosa County138
- Glascock County138
- Gwinnett County138
- Walton County137
- Murray County135
- Warren County134
- Cherokee County132
- Greene County131
- Oconee County131
- Richmond County129
- Forsyth County127
- Clarke County126
- McDuffie County126
- Pickens County125
- Taliaferro County125
- Barrow County124
- Columbia County123
- Hall County119
- Dawson County118
- Wilkes County117
- Jackson County116
- Lincoln County116
- Gilmer County115
- Oglethorpe County115
- Banks County113
- Madison County111
- Fannin County109
- Lumpkin County107
- Franklin County102
- Hart County102
- Union County101
- White County98
- Elbert County97
- Stephens County93
- Towns County92
- Habersham County91
- Rabun County87
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Calhoun and 63 more | 9 hr |
| May 7, 2:58 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 11 hr |
| May 6, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 65 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Camden, Charlton, Glynn | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 60 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Calhoun and 65 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:14 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:31 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 79 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 19 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:49 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Colquitt, Crisp and 20 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
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.