Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2004
45 tornado watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 45
- Busiest month
- September21 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 31, 20046 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 26, 5:15 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Crisp, Decatur, Dougherty and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 26, 10:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Haralson | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 43 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Burke, Columbia, Emanuel, Glascock and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 10:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dade | 7 hr |
| May 31, 1:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dawson and 21 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 4:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barrow, Butts, Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta and 22 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 11:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 17 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt and 15 more | 4 hr |
| May 31, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Charlton, Echols | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 8:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 38 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jenkins, Screven | 10 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooks, Charlton, Echols, Lowndes | 8 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brantley, Brooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Cook and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 33 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 29 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 6, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 49 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Charlton, Chatham and 8 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, Richmond and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Colquitt, Crawford and 26 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 16, 6:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Clinch, Coffee and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 84 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 29 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 19 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Burke, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 4:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Glynn and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Brantley, Bryan and 17 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Effingham and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 6:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Heard | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 8:25 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 44 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 9:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 10:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 40 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:50 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 9:05 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Butts, Carroll and 51 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 9, 11:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley, Brooks, Calhoun and 40 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 44 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 22, 8:05 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Early, Miller, Seminole | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lanier County17
- Berrien County16
- Brooks County16
- Lowndes County16
- Ben Hill County16
- Cook County15
- Charlton County15
- Echols County15
- Screven County15
- Grady County14
- Worth County14
- Colquitt County14
- Irwin County14
- Tift County14
- Bryan County14
- Bulloch County14
- Chatham County14
- Clinch County14
- Effingham County14
- Emanuel County14
- Jenkins County14
- Burke County14
- Mitchell County13
- Turner County13
- Atkinson County13
- Coffee County13
- Thomas County13
- Brantley County13
- Candler County13
- Evans County13
- Tattnall County13
- Ware County13
- Decatur County12
- Early County12
- Miller County12
- Seminole County12
- Bacon County12
- Pierce County12
- Wayne County12
- Long County12
119 more counties
- Jefferson County12
- Baker County11
- Calhoun County11
- Dougherty County11
- Johnson County11
- Liberty County11
- McIntosh County11
- Telfair County11
- Treutlen County11
- Richmond County11
- Camden County11
- Clay County10
- Appling County10
- Montgomery County10
- Toombs County10
- Glynn County10
- Terrell County9
- Jeff Davis County9
- Laurens County9
- Wheeler County9
- Columbia County9
- Glascock County9
- McDuffie County9
- Washington County9
- Randolph County8
- Wilcox County8
- Lincoln County8
- Crisp County7
- Lee County7
- Dodge County7
- Quitman County6
- Bleckley County6
- Warren County6
- Wilkinson County6
- Crawford County6
- Baldwin County5
- Greene County5
- Hancock County5
- Putnam County5
- Taliaferro County5
- Wilkes County5
- Jackson County5
- Madison County5
- Harris County5
- Heard County5
- Talbot County5
- Pulaski County5
- Peach County5
- Taylor County5
- Haralson County4
- Jones County4
- Morgan County4
- Franklin County4
- Hart County4
- Stephens County4
- Barrow County4
- Butts County4
- Carroll County4
- Clayton County4
- Cobb County4
- Coweta County4
- DeKalb County4
- Douglas County4
- Fayette County4
- Fulton County4
- Gwinnett County4
- Henry County4
- Lamar County4
- Meriwether County4
- Monroe County4
- Newton County4
- Pike County4
- Rockdale County4
- Spalding County4
- Troup County4
- Upson County4
- Walton County4
- Chattahoochee County4
- Dooly County4
- Macon County4
- Marion County4
- Muscogee County4
- Schley County4
- Sumter County4
- Webster County4
- Clarke County4
- Elbert County4
- Oconee County4
- Oglethorpe County4
- Twiggs County4
- Banks County3
- Bartow County3
- Cherokee County3
- Floyd County3
- Forsyth County3
- Habersham County3
- Rabun County3
- Paulding County3
- Stewart County3
- Bibb County3
- Houston County3
- Jasper County3
- Dade County2
- Catoosa County2
- Chattooga County2
- Dawson County2
- Fannin County2
- Gilmer County2
- Gordon County2
- Hall County2
- Lumpkin County2
- Murray County2
- Pickens County2
- Towns County2
- Union County2
- Walker County2
- White County2
- Whitfield County2
- Polk 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.