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Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2003
48 tornado watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 48
- Busiest month
- May15 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 22, 20035 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 12:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bibb, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crawford and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 41 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 22, 6:50 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Barrow and 97 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:55 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Charlton, Chatham and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Haralson, Polk | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:55 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Walker and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Polk, Troup | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Calhoun and 71 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Bacon, Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham and 11 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Bibb, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 50 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 20, 8:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 7:05 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Decatur, Grady, Seminole | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Walker | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 51 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Heard | 5 hr |
| May 5, 7:15 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 19 more | 3 hr |
| May 5, 9:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Clarke and 43 more | 8 hr |
| May 6, 1:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 6 hr |
| May 6, 2:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chattooga, Dade | 6 hr |
| May 6, 8:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chattooga, Dade, Walker | 5 hr |
| May 6, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Burke, Butts and 59 more | 7 hr |
| May 7, 11:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chattooga, Floyd, Haralson, Heard, Polk and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll and 61 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 8:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Dodge and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 17, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 6 hr |
| May 17, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 85 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 12:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Calhoun and 58 more | 5 hr |
| May 18, 1:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Effingham and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clay, Coweta and 18 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bibb, Brooks, Butts, Calhoun, Carroll and 60 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 74 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 21 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 26, 7:05 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Decatur, Early and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 28, 11:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Echols, Glynn, McIntosh | 6 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Camden | 6 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Gordon, Murray, Walker and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 18, 5:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Early, Harris, Lamar and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 18, 10:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley, Brooks, Calhoun and 40 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 2:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Butts and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 4:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 41 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chattahoochee County15
- Marion County15
- Stewart County15
- Webster County15
- Lamar County15
- Crawford County14
- Schley County14
- Taylor County14
- Monroe County14
- Pike County14
- Troup County14
- Upson County14
- Bibb County13
- Macon County13
- Muscogee County13
- Peach County13
- Sumter County13
- Talbot County13
- Chattooga County13
- Spalding County13
- Evans County13
- Houston County13
- Jones County13
- Pulaski County13
- Twiggs County13
- Clay County12
- Harris County12
- Quitman County12
- Randolph County12
- Seminole County12
- Terrell County12
- Dade County12
- Meriwether County12
- Baldwin County12
- Bleckley County12
- Bulloch County12
- Dooly County12
- Tattnall County12
- Calhoun County11
- Miller County11
119 more counties
- Butts County11
- Carroll County11
- Catoosa County11
- Haralson County11
- Heard County11
- Henry County11
- Jasper County11
- Newton County11
- Paulding County11
- Walker County11
- Jefferson County11
- Jenkins County11
- Laurens County11
- Washington County11
- Wilkinson County11
- Bryan County11
- Effingham County11
- Baker County10
- Decatur County10
- Early County10
- Lee County10
- Polk County10
- Rockdale County10
- Walton County10
- Burke County10
- Candler County10
- Dodge County10
- Emanuel County10
- Glascock County10
- Johnson County10
- Screven County10
- Wheeler County10
- Wilcox County10
- Chatham County10
- Dougherty County9
- Clayton County9
- Coweta County9
- Douglas County9
- Fayette County9
- Fulton County9
- Gordon County9
- Whitfield County9
- Crisp County9
- McDuffie County9
- Montgomery County9
- Putnam County9
- Telfair County9
- Toombs County9
- Warren County9
- Liberty County9
- Long County9
- Mitchell County8
- Barrow County8
- DeKalb County8
- Appling County8
- Bacon County8
- Brooks County8
- Columbia County8
- Echols County8
- Grady County8
- Hancock County8
- Lincoln County8
- Morgan County8
- Pierce County8
- Richmond County8
- Taliaferro County8
- Tift County8
- Treutlen County8
- Ware County8
- Wilkes County8
- McIntosh County8
- Wayne County8
- Cobb County7
- Dawson County7
- Floyd County7
- Gwinnett County7
- Murray County7
- Pickens County7
- Ben Hill County7
- Berrien County7
- Clinch County7
- Coffee County7
- Colquitt County7
- Cook County7
- Greene County7
- Irwin County7
- Jeff Davis County7
- Oconee County7
- Oglethorpe County7
- Thomas County7
- Turner County7
- Worth County7
- Bartow County6
- Cherokee County6
- Fannin County6
- Forsyth County6
- Gilmer County6
- Lumpkin County6
- Atkinson County6
- Clarke County6
- Lanier County6
- Lowndes County6
- Brantley County6
- Hall County5
- Towns County5
- Union County5
- Camden County5
- Charlton County5
- Glynn County5
- Franklin County5
- Jackson County5
- Elbert County5
- Madison County5
- White County4
- Banks County4
- Habersham County4
- Stephens County4
- Hart County4
- Rabun 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.