Alert archive / Alabama / Cherokee County
Weather alerts in Cherokee County, Alabama, 2022
117 weather alerts in 2022, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Cherokee County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 117
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 46
- Busiest month
- June18 alerts
- Busiest day
- September 4, 20228 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Cherokee County, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 4 | 3 | 25% | 4 | 75% | 20 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 5 | 2 | 60% | 6 | 17% | 23 min |
Each office's whole area, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Birmingham, AL: tornado warnings | 67 | 33 | 51% | 90 | 70% | 16 min |
| NWS Birmingham, AL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 210 | 134 | 36% | 461 | 69% | 24 min |
| NWS Birmingham, AL: flash flood warnings | 50 | 31 | 38% | 112 | 79% | 107 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | 26 hr |
| Jan 1, 6:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jan 1, 9:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jan 1, 10:07 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 1, 11:19 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jan 2, 2:54 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BMX | 25 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:32 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:20 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | 27 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:01 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BMX | 33 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:19 AM CST | Flood Watch | BMX | 50 hr |
| Feb 3, 7:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 38 min |
| Feb 4, 9:09 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | 24 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:20 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | 50 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:57 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 17, 7:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 25 min |
| Feb 17, 8:03 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:24 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | 42 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:10 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 8 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 45 min |
| Mar 7, 1:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:00 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BMX | 38 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:12 AM CST | Freeze Warning | BMX | 54 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:12 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | 39 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:22 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | BMX | 26 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:18 AM CST | Freeze Warning | BMX | 32 hr |
| Mar 16, 8:28 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 14 hr |
| Mar 21, 1:13 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 38 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | 24 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:45 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | 29 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:45 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 15 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 49 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:43 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 36 min |
| Apr 6, 5:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Apr 8, 3:47 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | 24 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:23 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | BMX | 11 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:07 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:34 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 8 hr |
| May 6, 1:02 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 6 hr |
| May 23, 4:32 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 6 hr |
| May 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 37 min |
| May 24, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 6:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:49 AM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | 19 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 8, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 1:37 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | 6 days |
| Jun 15, 4:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 12:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 2:25 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | 16 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 11:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 4:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:11 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | 5 days |
| Jul 6, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 12:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 9, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 10:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:40 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BMX | 39 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 21, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | 67 min |
| Jul 30, 5:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 30 min |
| Jul 30, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 16, 5:08 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 4 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:06 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 8 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 11:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 11:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | 24 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | 5 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:31 PM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | 25 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | 37 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:12 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:18 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | 23 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:12 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BMX | 29 hr |
| Oct 13, 1:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 43 min |
| Oct 16, 11:09 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | BMX | 4 hr |
| Oct 17, 3:04 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | BMX | 23 hr |
| Oct 17, 3:04 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 30 hr |
| Oct 17, 1:13 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | BMX | 37 hr |
| Oct 18, 2:16 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 31 hr |
| Oct 19, 2:23 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BMX | 31 hr |
| Oct 25, 1:18 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | 19 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:53 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 5 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:28 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 12 hr |
| Nov 26, 1:38 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | 31 hr |
| Nov 29, 5:04 PM CST | Flood Watch | BMX | 13 hr |
| Nov 29, 7:55 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | 80 min |
| Dec 3, 6:28 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 14 hr |
| Dec 6, 7:33 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | 30 hr |
| Dec 7, 11:39 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 9 hr |
| Dec 10, 12:06 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 8 hr |
| Dec 11, 11:37 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | 9 hr |
| Dec 13, 11:59 AM CST | Flood Watch | BMX | 36 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:26 AM CST | Wind Chill Watch | BMX | 36 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:50 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | BMX | 24 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:53 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | BMX | 57 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:58 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | BMX | 5 days |
| Dec 21, 2:09 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | BMX | 70 hr |
| Dec 26, 5:39 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BMX | 3 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.