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Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2009
49 tornado watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 49
- Busiest month
- April17 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 28, 20094 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 6, 5:37 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clarke and 39 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:51 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Calhoun, Chattahoochee and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:10 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:42 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:32 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Ben Hill, Berrien and 103 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:58 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:44 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Chatham, Evans, Liberty, Long, McIntosh and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:25 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Crawford and 43 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:39 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 73 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:43 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 39 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:41 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Camden and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:27 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butts, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Clayton, Coweta and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 6:02 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:05 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Grady, Lanier and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:17 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 48 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:29 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Chattahoochee and 28 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 2, 8:31 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Glynn, Ware | 9 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Early, Harris, Marion and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:23 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield | 8 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Clarke and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Columbia and 53 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:24 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burke | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:11 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:33 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Dougherty, Early and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:12 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt and 17 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Camden and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:53 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brooks, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Lanier and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:42 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin and 19 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 10:27 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 75 more | 9 hr |
| May 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 7 hr |
| Oct 27, 9:14 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Grady and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 27, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham | 3 hr |
| Dec 2, 4:11 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 2, 10:32 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill and 59 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 2, 2:08 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Columbia and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 2, 2:46 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 12:09 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:32 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 64 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 6:11 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Richmond | 4 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:46 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 25, 5:01 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Dodge and 20 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Miller County20
- Early County19
- Calhoun County17
- Mitchell County17
- Seminole County17
- Terrell County17
- Baker County16
- Clay County15
- Decatur County15
- Dougherty County15
- Lee County15
- Berrien County15
- Cook County15
- Quitman County14
- Randolph County14
- Brooks County14
- Colquitt County14
- Grady County14
- Lanier County14
- Lowndes County14
- Ware County14
- Turner County13
- Worth County13
- Clinch County13
- Echols County13
- Chattahoochee County12
- Marion County12
- Muscogee County12
- Ben Hill County12
- Irwin County12
- Thomas County12
- Tift County12
- Appling County12
- Bacon County12
- Charlton County12
- Pierce County12
- Schley County11
- Stewart County11
- Webster County11
- Atkinson County11
119 more counties
- Brantley County11
- Camden County11
- Wayne County11
- Harris County10
- Sumter County10
- Montgomery County10
- Telfair County10
- Toombs County10
- Wheeler County10
- Coffee County10
- Glynn County10
- Jeff Davis County10
- Bartow County9
- Carroll County9
- Floyd County9
- Gordon County9
- Haralson County9
- Heard County9
- Murray County9
- Paulding County9
- Polk County9
- Baldwin County9
- Crisp County9
- Dodge County9
- Houston County9
- Jones County9
- Laurens County9
- Macon County9
- Talbot County9
- Twiggs County9
- Washington County9
- Wilcox County9
- Wilkinson County9
- Meriwether County9
- Treutlen County9
- Bryan County9
- Chatham County9
- Bibb County8
- Bleckley County8
- Crawford County8
- Dooly County8
- Johnson County8
- Lamar County8
- Monroe County8
- Peach County8
- Pike County8
- Pulaski County8
- Taylor County8
- Upson County8
- Catoosa County8
- Chattooga County8
- Dade County8
- Walker County8
- Whitfield County8
- Emanuel County8
- Richmond County8
- Troup County8
- Liberty County8
- Long County8
- McIntosh County8
- Cherokee County7
- Clayton County7
- Coweta County7
- Fayette County7
- Henry County7
- Burke County7
- Butts County7
- Jefferson County7
- Spalding County7
- Evans County7
- Tattnall County7
- Clarke County6
- Cobb County6
- Douglas County6
- Fulton County6
- Hart County6
- Newton County6
- Oconee County6
- Oglethorpe County6
- Walton County6
- Glascock County6
- Hancock County6
- Jasper County6
- Putnam County6
- Taliaferro County6
- Banks County5
- Barrow County5
- DeKalb County5
- Elbert County5
- Fannin County5
- Forsyth County5
- Franklin County5
- Gilmer County5
- Gwinnett County5
- Habersham County5
- Hall County5
- Jackson County5
- Madison County5
- Pickens County5
- Rockdale County5
- Stephens County5
- Columbia County5
- Greene County5
- Morgan County5
- Warren County5
- Dawson County4
- Lumpkin County4
- Rabun County4
- Union County4
- White County4
- Lincoln County4
- McDuffie County4
- Wilkes County4
- Bulloch County4
- Candler County4
- Jenkins County4
- Screven County4
- Effingham County4
- Towns County3
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.