Alert archive / Florida / Columbia County
Weather alerts in Columbia County, Florida, 2023
174 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Columbia County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 174
- Warnings
- 39
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- June37 alerts
- Busiest day
- January 4, 202310 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 6 tornado warnings covering Columbia County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them.
Columbia County, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 6 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 27 | 9 | 67% | 13 | 15% | 11 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Jacksonville, FL: tornado warnings | 54 | 9 | 83% | 14 | 79% | 9 min |
| NWS Jacksonville, FL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 330 | 143 | 57% | 366 | 68% | 16 min |
| NWS Jacksonville, FL: flash flood warnings | 12 | 3 | 75% | 6 | 100% | 42 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, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 8:36 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jan 4, 12:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 46 min |
| Jan 4, 12:36 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jan 4, 1:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 43 min |
| Jan 4, 1:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 1:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 32 min |
| Jan 4, 2:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 28 min |
| Jan 4, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 35 min |
| Jan 4, 2:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 47 min |
| Jan 4, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 25 min |
| Jan 13, 12:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 29 min |
| Jan 22, 6:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 82 min |
| Feb 3, 5:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 52 min |
| Feb 10, 2:22 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Feb 10, 3:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 40 min |
| Feb 11, 5:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 12:27 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 38 min |
| Mar 10, 5:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 35 min |
| Mar 10, 6:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 25 min |
| Mar 10, 6:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 1:04 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 7:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Mar 12, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 34 min |
| Mar 12, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 12:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 12:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 3 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 1:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | 22 min |
| Mar 28, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 11:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 4:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 26, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 2:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Apr 27, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 6:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 2:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 9, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 29 min |
| May 9, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 15 min |
| May 11, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 47 min |
| May 11, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 24 min |
| May 11, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 39 min |
| May 11, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 44 min |
| May 11, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 47 min |
| May 12, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 48 min |
| May 12, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 24 min |
| May 12, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 21 min |
| May 12, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 25 min |
| May 16, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 39 min |
| May 16, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 47 min |
| May 18, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 29 min |
| May 18, 2:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 3 hr |
| May 18, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 24 min |
| May 22, 11:05 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 22, 1:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 115 min |
| May 22, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 36 min |
| May 22, 2:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 2 hr |
| May 22, 5:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 2 hr |
| May 22, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 32 min |
| May 22, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 49 min |
| May 22, 7:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 21 min |
| Jun 13, 3:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 13, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 7:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 14, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 9:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 14, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 10:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 10:15 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 15, 3:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 7:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 7:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 105 min |
| Jun 19, 9:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:36 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 19, 10:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 3:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 96 min |
| Jun 20, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 12:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 9:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 12:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 112 min |
| Jun 22, 1:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 113 min |
| Jun 27, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 11:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 10:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 10:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 10, 12:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 4:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 10:06 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 23, 11:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 12:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 1:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 39 min |
| Jul 30, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 42 min |
| Jul 30, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 9:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | JAX | 7 days |
| Aug 10, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 3:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 115 min |
| Aug 16, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 8:59 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | JAX | 42 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 1:10 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Aug 30, 4:23 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:38 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:49 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 31, 11:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 10:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 52 min |
| Sep 11, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 32 min |
| Sep 15, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 58 min |
| Sep 17, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 34 min |
| Sep 26, 2:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Sep 26, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 42 min |
| Oct 12, 12:49 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 12, 8:48 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 22, 6:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 37 min |
| Dec 2, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 31 min |
| Dec 2, 2:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | 46 min |
| Dec 2, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | 36 min |
| Dec 2, 3:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | 39 min |
| Dec 10, 11:16 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 51 min |
| Dec 10, 1:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 48 min |
| Dec 10, 1:44 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Dec 10, 7:56 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 64 min |
| Dec 10, 9:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JAX | 59 min |
| Dec 17, 1:25 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 4 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:59 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 3 hr |
| Dec 17, 5:53 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 3 hr |
| Dec 17, 9:03 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 117 min |
| Dec 17, 10:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JAX | 11 days |
| Dec 17, 11:04 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | 60 min |
| Dec 19, 10:15 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JAX | 21 days |
| Dec 20, 9:52 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JAX | 21 days |
| Dec 20, 9:54 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JAX | 59 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 27 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 6 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 26 |
| Special Weather Statement | 73 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 6 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 24 |
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.