Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches / 1998
Tornado Watches in Georgia, January 1998
3 tornado watches in January 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- January 7, 19981 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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, 10:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Liberty and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Decatur, Grady, Seminole | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Decatur County2
- Grady County2
- Seminole County2
- Baker County1
- Calhoun County1
- Clay County1
- Colquitt County1
- Dougherty County1
- Early County1
- Lee County1
- Miller County1
- Mitchell County1
- Quitman County1
- Randolph County1
- Terrell County1
- Thomas County1
- Worth County1
- Appling County1
- Brantley County1
- Camden County1
- Charlton County1
- Glynn County1
- Liberty County1
- Long County1
- McIntosh County1
- Pierce County1
- Ware County1
- Wayne County1
Nearby
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.