Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2011
35 tornado watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 35
- Busiest month
- April15 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 5, 20113 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 1, 7:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Early, Miller and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:29 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 48 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:39 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:41 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 74 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 26, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll and 61 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bryan, Bulloch and 46 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:28 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 73 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:48 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:41 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga and 50 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattooga and 45 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:12 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 69 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:05 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:57 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bulloch, Burke, Butts and 56 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:48 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee and 36 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Haralson, Polk and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 66 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:56 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Burke and 80 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Bulloch, Burke, Candler and 37 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:48 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 4, 12:41 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Cook and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 9 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Chattooga and 46 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 81 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:11 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Screven | 7 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:26 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Camden, Charlton and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 16, 10:46 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Ben Hill, Berrien and 83 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 16, 8:14 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 22, 6:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Chattahoochee, Clayton and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts and 77 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Meriwether County16
- Pike County16
- Troup County16
- Coweta County15
- Fayette County15
- Harris County15
- Henry County15
- Spalding County15
- Lamar County15
- Clayton County14
- Heard County14
- Newton County14
- Rockdale County14
- Butts County14
- Crawford County14
- Monroe County14
- Muscogee County14
- Schley County14
- Taylor County14
- Upson County14
- Carroll County13
- Cobb County13
- DeKalb County13
- Douglas County13
- Fulton County13
- Haralson County13
- Bibb County13
- Houston County13
- Jasper County13
- Jones County13
- Macon County13
- Peach County13
- Talbot County13
- Chattooga County12
- Clarke County12
- Forsyth County12
- Gwinnett County12
- Polk County12
- Walton County12
- Baldwin County12
119 more counties
- Chattahoochee County12
- Dooly County12
- Marion County12
- Twiggs County12
- Webster County12
- Wilkinson County12
- Cherokee County11
- Dawson County11
- Floyd County11
- Hall County11
- Madison County11
- Oconee County11
- Paulding County11
- Towns County11
- Bleckley County11
- Crisp County11
- Hancock County11
- Pulaski County11
- Putnam County11
- Sumter County11
- Washington County11
- Banks County10
- Barrow County10
- Bartow County10
- Gordon County10
- Jackson County10
- Lumpkin County10
- Pickens County10
- Union County10
- White County10
- Dodge County10
- Johnson County10
- Laurens County10
- Stewart County10
- Wilcox County10
- Morgan County10
- Catoosa County9
- Dade County9
- Fannin County9
- Gilmer County9
- Walker County9
- Whitfield County9
- Emanuel County9
- Glascock County9
- Jefferson County9
- Telfair County9
- Treutlen County9
- Greene County9
- Oglethorpe County9
- Baker County8
- Calhoun County8
- Clay County8
- Decatur County8
- Early County8
- Miller County8
- Seminole County8
- Elbert County8
- Franklin County8
- Hart County8
- Murray County8
- Stephens County8
- Montgomery County8
- Toombs County8
- Warren County8
- Wheeler County8
- Screven County8
- Habersham County7
- Rabun County7
- Dougherty County7
- Grady County7
- Lee County7
- Mitchell County7
- Terrell County7
- Worth County7
- Bryan County7
- Bulloch County7
- Candler County7
- Chatham County7
- Effingham County7
- Evans County7
- Jenkins County7
- Tattnall County7
- Taliaferro County7
- Wilkes County7
- Ben Hill County6
- Brooks County6
- Colquitt County6
- Cook County6
- Irwin County6
- Quitman County6
- Randolph County6
- Thomas County6
- Turner County6
- Liberty County6
- Columbia County6
- McDuffie County6
- Berrien County5
- Lanier County5
- Lowndes County5
- Tift County5
- Long County5
- McIntosh County5
- Burke County5
- Lincoln County5
- Richmond County5
- Appling County4
- Wayne County4
- Jeff Davis County3
- Bacon County3
- Brantley County3
- Camden County3
- Charlton County3
- Clinch County3
- Echols County3
- Glynn County3
- Pierce County3
- Ware County3
- Atkinson County2
- Coffee 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.