Friday, Oct 9: parts of Georgia are under a Slight Risk of severe storms. Saturday: Slight Risk. Sunday: General thunderstorms.
The Storm Prediction Center's outlook for Georgia over the next three days, the SevereWX forecast for each Georgia city we cover, and what a typical severe weather year looks like here.
Georgia averages 36 tornadoes a year (1996–2025), about 5.2 of them rated EF2 or stronger.
48% of them touch down between March and May, and April alone accounts for 24%. The busiest year on record in that span was 2017, with 117.
Storm reports average about 114 for large hail a year (3.8 of them 2 inches or larger) and 868 for damaging wind (2016–2025).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Tornadoes are counted in the state where they began. One storm can produce many reports. spc.noaa.gov