Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2005
41 tornado watches in 2005. 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 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 41
- Busiest month
- March15 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 27, 20057 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 13, 11:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Muscogee, Quitman, Troup | 5 hr |
| Jan 13, 5:40 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Butts and 55 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooks, Clinch, Decatur, Echols, Grady, Lanier and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 22, 8:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:05 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Brantley, Bryan and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 12:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bibb, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crawford and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Butts, Carroll, Clarke, Clayton, Coweta and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 6:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb and 60 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 26, 9:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Floyd, Haralson, Polk | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 61 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:05 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Ware | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 45 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 55 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:40 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 5:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow and 104 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Brantley, Brooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Floyd | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:05 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley and 40 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 16 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Dougherty, Early and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun and 21 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien and 36 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Bibb, Brooks, Butts, Calhoun, Chattahoochee and 46 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Butts, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Coweta and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton and 25 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Ben Hill and 103 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 93 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 5 hr |
| Sep 25, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chattooga | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham | 7 hr |
| Dec 5, 12:50 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 15, 6:56 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Lanier, Lowndes, Seminole and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:40 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Barrow, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb and 84 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:51 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bulloch, Burke and 27 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brooks County17
- Decatur County17
- Grady County17
- Lowndes County17
- Thomas County17
- Seminole County17
- Lanier County16
- Baker County16
- Calhoun County16
- Clay County16
- Cook County16
- Dougherty County16
- Early County16
- Miller County16
- Mitchell County16
- Harris County15
- Randolph County15
- Tift County15
- Meriwether County14
- Muscogee County14
- Troup County14
- Clinch County14
- Echols County14
- Berrien County14
- Atkinson County14
- Upson County14
- Quitman County13
- Schley County13
- Taylor County13
- Ware County13
- Colquitt County13
- Irwin County13
- Stewart County13
- Terrell County13
- Worth County13
- Coffee County13
- Chattahoochee County13
- Talbot County13
- Heard County12
- Crawford County12
119 more counties
- Macon County12
- Pulaski County12
- Sumter County12
- Wilcox County12
- Bacon County12
- Marion County12
- Pike County12
- Butts County11
- Dodge County11
- Dooly County11
- Monroe County11
- Peach County11
- Ben Hill County11
- Lee County11
- Turner County11
- Lamar County11
- Webster County11
- Carroll County11
- Coweta County11
- Spalding County11
- Bibb County10
- Crisp County10
- Houston County10
- Montgomery County10
- Telfair County10
- Toombs County10
- Twiggs County10
- Wheeler County10
- Clayton County10
- DeKalb County10
- Haralson County10
- Polk County10
- Bleckley County9
- Jones County9
- Newton County9
- Brantley County9
- Charlton County9
- Pierce County9
- Jeff Davis County9
- Fayette County9
- Henry County9
- Rockdale County9
- Cobb County9
- Douglas County9
- Fulton County9
- Paulding County9
- Laurens County8
- Wilkinson County8
- Appling County8
- Bartow County8
- Baldwin County7
- Clarke County7
- Jasper County7
- Johnson County7
- Morgan County7
- Oconee County7
- Treutlen County7
- Glynn County7
- Floyd County7
- Cherokee County7
- Forsyth County7
- Gwinnett County7
- Emanuel County6
- Putnam County6
- Tattnall County6
- Walton County6
- Camden County6
- Wayne County6
- Chattooga County6
- Hall County6
- Banks County5
- Candler County5
- Evans County5
- Glascock County5
- Greene County5
- Jackson County5
- Lincoln County5
- McDuffie County5
- Oglethorpe County5
- Dade County5
- Dawson County5
- Fannin County5
- Gilmer County5
- Gordon County5
- Lumpkin County5
- Murray County5
- Pickens County5
- Union County5
- Walker County5
- White County5
- Whitfield County5
- Franklin County4
- Hancock County4
- Jefferson County4
- Jenkins County4
- Madison County4
- Stephens County4
- Taliaferro County4
- Warren County4
- Washington County4
- Wilkes County4
- Bryan County4
- Long County4
- Bulloch County4
- Barrow County4
- Catoosa County4
- Habersham County4
- Columbia County3
- Elbert County3
- Hart County3
- Richmond County3
- Screven County3
- Liberty County3
- McIntosh County3
- Chatham County3
- Towns County3
- Rabun County3
- Burke County2
- Effingham 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.