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Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2023

27 tornado watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
27
Busiest month
January9 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 12, 20234 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 1:56 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBarrow, Bartow, Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa and 57 more7 hr
Jan 3, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 4 more5 hr
Jan 4, 3:59 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Calhoun and 63 more7 hr
Jan 4, 8:36 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley and 41 more9 hr
Jan 12, 11:03 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson and 11 more6 hr
Jan 12, 1:06 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 74 more8 hr
Jan 12, 3:36 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more6 hr
Jan 12, 4:41 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBurke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Lincoln and 3 more3 hr
Jan 25, 4:03 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCDecatur, Grady, Thomas8 hr
Mar 2, 12:22 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCCatoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer and 7 more3 hr
Mar 3, 11:34 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 12 more5 hr
Mar 3, 2:41 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBanks, Barrow, Clarke, Cobb, Dawson, DeKalb and 21 more5 hr
Mar 12, 1:04 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 43 more7 hr
Mar 26, 7:34 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Chattahoochee, Crawford, Dodge and 27 more5 hr
Mar 27, 7:29 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Dodge, Dooly and 19 more4 hr
Apr 1, 4:19 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade and 11 more5 hr
Apr 3, 10:51 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 13 more6 hr
Apr 13, 6:40 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady and 5 more7 hr
Apr 13, 12:42 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien and 54 more6 hr
Jun 14, 12:17 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Chattahoochee and 39 more6 hr
Jun 14, 4:21 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 20 more6 hr
Jun 14, 6:41 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt and 19 more5 hr
Jun 15, 10:03 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more6 hr
Aug 30, 5:38 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 23 more12 hr
Dec 9, 8:48 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd and 5 more7 hr
Dec 9, 11:10 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCDouglas, Haralson, Paulding, Polk6 hr
Dec 10, 1:58 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBaker, Bibb, Calhoun, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clay and 36 more9 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

119 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 12, 20234tornado watches
  2. June 14, 20233tornado watches
  3. December 10, 20233tornado watches
  4. January 3, 20232tornado watches
  5. January 4, 20232tornado watches
  6. March 3, 20232tornado watches
  7. April 13, 20232tornado watches
  8. January 25, 20231tornado watches
  9. March 2, 20231tornado watches
  10. March 12, 20231tornado watches
  11. March 26, 20231tornado watches
  12. March 27, 20231tornado watches

Nearby

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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.