Alert archive

Weather alerts in Georgia

106,408 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
106,408
Warnings
40,896
Watches
3,802
Advisories
10,972
Busiest year
20235,930 alerts
Average year
2,595over 41 years on file

Over time

By year

Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.

By month of the year

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

ProductAlerts
Severe storms
Extreme Wind Warning4
Severe Thunderstorm Warning26,459
Tornado Warning3,427
Severe Thunderstorm Watch686
Tornado Watch880
Mesoscale Discussion3,503
Special Weather Statement46,503
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning694
Flash Flood Warning2,257
River Flood Warning4,233
Flash Flood Watch322
Flood Watch328
River Flood Watch6
Areal Flood Advisory4,204
River Flood Advisory20
Winter
Heavy Snow Warning2
Ice Storm Warning9
Winter Storm Warning92
Winter Storm Watch87
Freezing Rain Advisory22
Snow Advisory12
Winter Weather Advisory272
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning65
Extreme Heat Warning21
Excessive Heat Watch38
Extreme Heat Watch16
Heat Advisory847
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning10
Freeze Warning807
Hard Freeze Warning169
Wind Chill Warning8
Extreme Cold Watch11
Freeze Watch548
Hard Freeze Watch120
Wind Chill Watch3
Cold Weather Advisory68
Frost Advisory523
Wind Chill Advisory137
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning58
High Wind Watch25
Lake Wind Advisory980
Wind Advisory799
Fire
Red Flag Warning749
Fire Weather Watch509
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory3
Dense Fog Advisory1,785
Dense Smoke Advisory43
Freezing Fog Advisory16
Tropical
Hurricane Warning16
Inland Tropical Storm Warning3
Storm Surge Warning11
Tropical Storm Warning74
Hurricane Watch20
Inland Hurricane Watch1
Inland Tropical Storm Watch4
Storm Surge Watch14
Tropical Storm Watch60
Hurricane Local Statement17
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning38
High Surf Warning1
Coastal Flood Watch39
Coastal Flood Advisory475
High Surf Advisory149
Coastal Flood Statement123
Rip Current Statement400
Marine
Gale Warning96
Special Marine Warning1,592
Storm Warning1
Gale Watch83
Storm Watch2
Marine Dense Fog Advisory93
Marine Dense Smoke Advisory5
Small Craft Advisory503
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas16
Marine Weather Statement192

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

119 more counties

The latest warnings

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 6:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCDawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens4 hr
Sep 22, 6:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningFFCGilmer, Gordon, Murray2 hr
Sep 21, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDouglas12 min
Sep 21, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCCobb, Douglas, Fulton28 min
Sep 21, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCPolk33 min
Sep 21, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHabersham, Rabun48 min
Sep 21, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCDade, Walker25 min
Sep 20, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESeminole67 min
Sep 20, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFFCBarrow, Morgan, Oconee, Walton33 min
Sep 20, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPHart44 min
Sep 20, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAESeminole61 min
Sep 20, 5:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJAXAtkinson, Clinch, Ware46 min

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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. Rebuilt daily.