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Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2002

25 tornado watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
25
Busiest month
November13 tornado watches
Busiest day
November 11, 20026 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 5:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 16 more6 hr
Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCCatoosa, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Rabun and 4 more5 hr
Sep 14, 4:55 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Early8 hr
Sep 26, 12:35 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Early8 hr
Sep 26, 12:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 9 more5 hr
Sep 26, 12:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clay and 50 more7 hr
Sep 26, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCQuitman6 hr
Nov 5, 1:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley, Brooks and 50 more5 hr
Nov 5, 6:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAtkinson, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun and 39 more5 hr
Nov 5, 10:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 35 more6 hr
Nov 6, 3:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBrantley, Bryan, Camden, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch and 9 more6 hr
Nov 10, 5:35 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCDade6 hr
Nov 10, 8:55 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 13 more5 hr
Nov 10, 11:05 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 52 more6 hr
Nov 11, 3:10 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCClay, Quitman, Randolph5 hr
Nov 11, 3:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll and 53 more6 hr
Nov 11, 5:40 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Bleckley, Burke, Candler, Columbia, Dodge and 25 more5 hr
Nov 11, 7:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 24 more6 hr
Nov 12, 2:40 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAtkinson, Bacon, Baker, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 23 more5 hr
Nov 12, 7:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Camden and 16 more5 hr
Dec 19, 4:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCChattahoochee, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Muscogee and 6 more6 hr
Dec 19, 8:20 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 25 more5 hr
Dec 24, 6:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Crisp, Decatur and 14 more6 hr
Dec 24, 9:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 31 more5 hr
Dec 31, 8:35 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 2 more5 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

119 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. November 11, 20026tornado watches
  2. September 26, 20024tornado watches
  3. November 5, 20022tornado watches
  4. November 6, 20022tornado watches
  5. November 12, 20022tornado watches
  6. December 24, 20022tornado watches
  7. March 12, 20021tornado watches
  8. April 28, 20021tornado watches
  9. September 14, 20021tornado watches
  10. November 10, 20021tornado watches
  11. December 19, 20021tornado watches
  12. December 20, 20021tornado watches

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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.