Alert archive / Georgia / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Georgia, 2026
7 winter storm 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- January7 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 29, 20264 winter storm 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 21, 12:17 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll and 52 more | 61 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:37 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 45 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:57 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAE | Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 48 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:03 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAE | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:12 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Butts, Cherokee, Clarke and 40 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:16 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:23 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County2
- Banks County2
- Barrow County2
- Butts County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clarke County2
- Clayton County2
- Cobb County2
- Dawson County2
- DeKalb County2
- Fannin County2
- Forsyth County2
- Fulton County2
- Gilmer County2
- Glascock County2
- Greene County2
- Gwinnett County2
- Hall County2
- Hancock County2
- Henry County2
- Jackson County2
- Jasper County2
- Jefferson County2
- Jones County2
- Lumpkin County2
- Madison County2
- Morgan County2
- Murray County2
- Newton County2
- Oconee County2
- Oglethorpe County2
- Pickens County2
- Putnam County2
- Rockdale County2
- Taliaferro County2
- Towns County2
- Union County2
- Walton County2
- Warren County2
- Washington County2
38 more counties
- White County2
- Wilkes County2
- Elbert County2
- Franklin County2
- Habersham County2
- Hart County2
- Rabun County2
- Stephens County2
- Columbia County2
- Lincoln County2
- McDuffie County2
- Richmond County2
- Bartow County1
- Carroll County1
- Catoosa County1
- Chattooga County1
- Coweta County1
- Dade County1
- Douglas County1
- Fayette County1
- Floyd County1
- Gordon County1
- Haralson County1
- Paulding County1
- Polk County1
- Spalding County1
- Walker County1
- Whitfield County1
- Burke County1
- Emanuel County1
- Johnson County1
- Twiggs County1
- Wilkinson County1
- Bulloch County1
- Candler County1
- Effingham County1
- Jenkins County1
- Screven County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.