Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 1997
47 tornado watches in 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 47
- Busiest month
- October10 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 21, 19974 tornado watches
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 8, 4:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Decatur, Grady, Seminole, Thomas | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooks, Decatur, Echols, Grady, Lowndes, Seminole and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 16, 12:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Cook and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 10:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Ben Hill and 76 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Baker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Chattahoochee and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brantley, Brooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Coweta, Dade and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Harris, Muscogee, Troup | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 56 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chattooga, Dade | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 57 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dade | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 37 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Butts, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Clayton and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker, Whitfield | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 12:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 39 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Calhoun, Carroll and 58 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 52 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Effingham | 4 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 49 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 45 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 66 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker, Whitfield | 6 hr |
| May 2, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 54 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattooga and 44 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 8:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 24, 10:15 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Decatur | 5 hr |
| Oct 24, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 66 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlton, Echols | 6 hr |
| Oct 25, 9:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dade | 7 hr |
| Oct 25, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bibb, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crawford, Early and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb and 54 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 26, 7:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crawford, Crisp and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 26, 11:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 47 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Decatur, Dooly and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 1, 4:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 55 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 1, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 12, 4:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Decatur, Grady, Thomas | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlton, Echols | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Decatur County19
- Seminole County18
- Grady County17
- Early County17
- Thomas County16
- Mitchell County16
- Baker County15
- Terrell County15
- Harris County15
- Miller County14
- Calhoun County14
- Randolph County14
- Lee County14
- Muscogee County14
- Brooks County13
- Echols County13
- Clay County13
- Sumter County13
- Talbot County13
- Colquitt County12
- Lowndes County12
- Dougherty County12
- Tift County12
- Chattahoochee County12
- Houston County12
- Macon County12
- Quitman County12
- Stewart County12
- Taylor County12
- Webster County12
- Atkinson County12
- Lanier County12
- Clinch County12
- Cook County11
- Worth County11
- Berrien County11
- Clayton County11
- Crisp County11
- Marion County11
- Peach County11
119 more counties
- Schley County11
- Troup County11
- Upson County11
- Charlton County11
- Ware County11
- Turner County10
- Bleckley County10
- Coweta County10
- Crawford County10
- Dooly County10
- Fayette County10
- Meriwether County10
- Pulaski County10
- Wilcox County10
- Chattooga County10
- Dade County10
- Heard County10
- Brantley County10
- Camden County10
- Glynn County10
- McIntosh County10
- Pierce County10
- Bacon County10
- Bartow County9
- DeKalb County9
- Dodge County9
- Douglas County9
- Gordon County9
- Gwinnett County9
- Hall County9
- Newton County9
- Paulding County9
- Pickens County9
- Twiggs County9
- Carroll County9
- Floyd County9
- Walker County9
- Jeff Davis County9
- Montgomery County9
- Bryan County9
- Coffee County9
- Liberty County9
- Wayne County9
- Banks County8
- Barrow County8
- Ben Hill County8
- Bibb County8
- Butts County8
- Cherokee County8
- Cobb County8
- Dawson County8
- Forsyth County8
- Fulton County8
- Henry County8
- Irwin County8
- Jackson County8
- Lamar County8
- Monroe County8
- Morgan County8
- Pike County8
- Rockdale County8
- Spalding County8
- Walton County8
- Wilkinson County8
- Gilmer County8
- Habersham County8
- Haralson County8
- Murray County8
- Polk County8
- Whitfield County8
- Laurens County8
- Evans County8
- Tattnall County8
- Telfair County8
- Treutlen County8
- Wheeler County8
- Effingham County8
- Appling County8
- Chatham County8
- Long County8
- Clarke County7
- Franklin County7
- Jasper County7
- Oconee County7
- Lumpkin County7
- Union County7
- White County7
- Catoosa County7
- Johnson County7
- Rabun County7
- Bulloch County7
- Candler County7
- Toombs County7
- Baldwin County6
- Jones County6
- Madison County6
- Putnam County6
- Stephens County6
- Emanuel County6
- Greene County5
- Fannin County5
- Towns County5
- Hancock County4
- Hart County4
- Glascock County4
- Jefferson County4
- Richmond County4
- Washington County4
- Jenkins County4
- Screven County4
- Oglethorpe County3
- Columbia County3
- Lincoln County3
- McDuffie County3
- Taliaferro County3
- Warren County3
- Wilkes County3
- Burke County3
- Elbert County2
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.