Alert archive / Georgia / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Georgia, 2026
13 tornado watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 13
- Busiest month
- March6 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 16, 20264 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 10, 4:49 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Coweta, Floyd, Haralson and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:49 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Colquitt, Crisp and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 19 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:31 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 79 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:14 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Butts, Calhoun and 65 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 60 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Camden, Charlton, Glynn | 4 hr |
| May 6, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 65 more | 7 hr |
| May 7, 2:58 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Calhoun and 63 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lee County7
- Randolph County7
- Terrell County7
- Chattahoochee County6
- Muscogee County6
- Baker County6
- Calhoun County6
- Clay County6
- Dougherty County6
- Early County6
- Miller County6
- Quitman County6
- Seminole County6
- Coweta County5
- Harris County5
- Heard County5
- Meriwether County5
- Troup County5
- Colquitt County5
- Decatur County5
- Grady County5
- Marion County5
- Mitchell County5
- Schley County5
- Stewart County5
- Sumter County5
- Tift County5
- Turner County5
- Webster County5
- Worth County5
- Carroll County4
- Crisp County4
- Ben Hill County4
- Berrien County4
- Brooks County4
- Cook County4
- Irwin County4
- Lanier County4
- Lowndes County4
- Thomas County4
119 more counties
- Butts County4
- Clayton County4
- Fayette County4
- Greene County4
- Henry County4
- Lamar County4
- Pike County4
- Rockdale County4
- Spalding County4
- Talbot County4
- Taylor County4
- Upson County4
- Wilkes County4
- Chattooga County3
- Floyd County3
- Haralson County3
- Polk County3
- Appling County3
- Atkinson County3
- Bacon County3
- Brantley County3
- Clinch County3
- Coffee County3
- Echols County3
- Glynn County3
- Jeff Davis County3
- Long County3
- McIntosh County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pierce County3
- Tattnall County3
- Telfair County3
- Toombs County3
- Ware County3
- Wayne County3
- Wheeler County3
- Baldwin County3
- Bibb County3
- Bleckley County3
- Crawford County3
- Dodge County3
- Dooly County3
- Glascock County3
- Hancock County3
- Houston County3
- Jasper County3
- Jefferson County3
- Johnson County3
- Jones County3
- Laurens County3
- Macon County3
- Monroe County3
- Morgan County3
- Newton County3
- Peach County3
- Pulaski County3
- Putnam County3
- Taliaferro County3
- Twiggs County3
- Warren County3
- Washington County3
- Wilcox County3
- Wilkinson County3
- Cobb County3
- DeKalb County3
- Douglas County3
- Fulton County3
- Gwinnett County3
- Paulding County3
- Camden County2
- Charlton County2
- Emanuel County2
- Treutlen County2
- Bryan County2
- Bulloch County2
- Burke County2
- Candler County2
- Chatham County2
- Columbia County2
- Effingham County2
- Evans County2
- Jenkins County2
- Liberty County2
- McDuffie County2
- Richmond County2
- Screven County2
- Bartow County2
- Fannin County2
- Gilmer County2
- Gordon County2
- Murray County2
- Pickens County2
- Whitfield County2
- Banks County2
- Barrow County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clarke County2
- Dawson County2
- Forsyth County2
- Hall County2
- Jackson County2
- Lumpkin County2
- Madison County2
- Oconee County2
- Oglethorpe County2
- Towns County2
- Union County2
- Walton County2
- White County2
- Lincoln County1
- Catoosa County1
- Dade County1
- Walker County1
- Elbert County1
- Franklin County1
- Habersham County1
- Hart County1
- Rabun County1
- Stephens County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.