Alert archive / Georgia / 2008
Weather alerts in Georgia, October 2008
126 weather alerts in October 2008, 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 in October 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 126
- Warnings
- 63
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 39
- Busiest day
- October 9, 200837 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 4:07 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 26 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Baker, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur and 12 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:14 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Early, Grady and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Coweta, Decatur and 16 more | 92 min |
| Oct 8, 3:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 39 min |
| Oct 8, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 54 min |
| Oct 8, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins | 40 min |
| Oct 8, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Decatur, Seminole | 49 min |
| Oct 8, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Baker, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell | 48 min |
| Oct 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Grady and 6 more | 54 min |
| Oct 8, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur | 38 min |
| Oct 8, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 40 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Greene, Morgan, Oconee | 40 min |
| Oct 8, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Decatur, Grady | 18 min |
| Oct 8, 9:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Jenkins, Screven | 115 min |
| Oct 8, 9:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Bacon, Candler, Clinch, Echols, Emanuel and 6 more | 84 min |
| Oct 8, 9:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 2 hr |
| Oct 9, 8:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Berrien, Lanier | 29 min |
| Oct 9, 8:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch | 39 min |
| Oct 9, 8:52 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan and 25 more | 83 min |
| Oct 9, 9:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling | 42 min |
| Oct 9, 9:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Echols | 45 min |
| Oct 9, 9:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Irwin, Tift | 41 min |
| Oct 9, 9:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Wayne | 41 min |
| Oct 9, 9:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Ben Hill, Irwin, Turner | 36 min |
| Oct 9, 10:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 66 min |
| Oct 9, 10:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Wilcox | 63 min |
| Oct 9, 10:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Evans, Liberty, Long, Tattnall | 43 min |
| Oct 9, 10:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Ware | 34 min |
| Oct 9, 10:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox | 53 min |
| Oct 9, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 9, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson | 21 min |
| Oct 9, 11:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Ware | 67 min |
| Oct 9, 11:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols, Ware | 26 min |
| Oct 9, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Houston | 43 min |
| Oct 9, 11:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Charlton, Clinch, Ware | 31 min |
| Oct 9, 12:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Pierce, Ware | 28 min |
| Oct 9, 12:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Pierce, Ware | 44 min |
| Oct 9, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton | 27 min |
| Oct 9, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long | 27 min |
| Oct 9, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton | 17 min |
| Oct 9, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Bacon, Ware | 36 min |
| Oct 9, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty | 46 min |
| Oct 9, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Effingham | 57 min |
| Oct 9, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Jeff Davis | 25 min |
| Oct 9, 1:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch and 20 more | 60 min |
| Oct 9, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Coffee, Jeff Davis | 21 min |
| Oct 9, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Camden | 25 min |
| Oct 9, 3:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Glynn, Wayne | 113 min |
| Oct 9, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Turner | 19 min |
| Oct 9, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Brantley, Camden, Glynn | 46 min |
| Oct 9, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | McIntosh | 48 min |
| Oct 11, 2:56 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 33 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:47 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 68 hr |
| Oct 12, 6:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh | 79 min |
| Oct 12, 7:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 10:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Chatham | 113 min |
| Oct 12, 1:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Chatham | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 7:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Bryan, Chatham | 90 min |
| Oct 13, 3:31 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 15 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:27 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 15 hr | |
| Oct 15, 10:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Camden, Charlton | 2 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:53 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Clinch and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 16, 4:53 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Long, Tattnall | 4 hr |
| Oct 19, 3:32 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 29 hr |
| Oct 19, 3:32 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Habersham, Rabun | 29 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:29 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb and 19 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:29 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | Fannin, Lumpkin, Towns, Union, White | 29 hr |
| Oct 19, 8:45 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 10 hr |
| Oct 20, 2:20 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAE | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 19 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:17 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven | 18 hr |
| Oct 22, 5:27 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 22 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:06 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 47 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:18 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 39 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:18 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 12 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:51 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | CHS | 48 hr | |
| Oct 23, 8:17 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 24, 4:36 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 15 hr | |
| Oct 24, 5:17 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | CAE | Burke | 103 min |
| Oct 24, 5:24 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 24, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Camden, Charlton | 51 min |
| Oct 25, 9:17 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | JAX | Camden, Glynn | 9 hr |
| Oct 25, 4:03 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 26, 8:45 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 34 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:55 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur and 15 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:13 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Clinch, Coffee and 4 more | 23 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:04 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 27 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:32 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 25 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:35 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 27, 5:04 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | JAX | Appling, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis | 14 hr |
| Oct 27, 9:57 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie | 8 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:51 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:56 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Stephens | 13 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:04 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, Echols and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:09 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 25 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:09 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clayton and 33 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:32 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 23 hr |
| Oct 27, 4:54 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall | 22 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:08 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:08 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer and 9 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:19 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | CAE | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 12 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:03 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Stephens | 29 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:23 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:16 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:24 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Clinch, Coffee and 4 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:31 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | CAE | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 17 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:56 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:11 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 90 more | 23 hr |
| Oct 29, 2:14 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | TAE | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay and 20 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 29, 2:42 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 20 hr |
| Oct 29, 2:47 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 18 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:05 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham | 13 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:05 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 13 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:25 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | CAE | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 12 hr |
| Oct 29, 4:01 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts and 55 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:46 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAE | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 5 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:46 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Stephens | 18 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:26 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | CAE | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 18 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:27 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven | 18 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:58 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Bleckley and 82 more | 27 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:59 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Stephens | 16 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:05 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Elbert, Hart | 30 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:37 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAE | Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 29 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:27 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Screven and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:06 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | Bibb, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clayton, Coweta and 29 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:34 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Early, Lee and 5 more | 26 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 | 33 |
| Tornado Warning | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 8 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 12 |
| Freeze Watch | 6 |
| Frost Advisory | 14 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 8 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| High Surf Advisory | 2 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Decatur County17
- Clinch County17
- Camden County17
- Echols County14
- Wilcox County14
- Glynn County14
- Coweta County13
- Heard County13
- Meriwether County13
- Troup County13
- Bulloch County13
- Candler County13
- Appling County13
- Bacon County13
- Dooly County13
- Emanuel County13
- Houston County13
- Montgomery County13
- Pulaski County13
- Toombs County13
- Baker County12
- Grady County12
- Seminole County12
- Chattahoochee County12
- Harris County12
- Marion County12
- Muscogee County12
- Schley County12
- Stewart County12
- Talbot County12
- Webster County12
- Jenkins County12
- Atkinson County12
- Crisp County12
- Jeff Davis County12
- Macon County12
- Peach County12
- Sumter County12
- Ware County12
- Carroll County12
119 more counties
- Dawson County12
- Douglas County12
- Fayette County12
- Fulton County12
- Gilmer County12
- Pickens County12
- Fannin County12
- Lumpkin County12
- Towns County12
- Union County12
- White County12
- Henry County12
- Pike County12
- Spalding County12
- Mitchell County11
- Bleckley County11
- Coffee County11
- Dodge County11
- Johnson County11
- Laurens County11
- Pierce County11
- Telfair County11
- Treutlen County11
- Twiggs County11
- Wheeler County11
- Wilkinson County11
- Greene County11
- Morgan County11
- Oconee County11
- Screven County11
- Effingham County11
- Bartow County11
- Catoosa County11
- Chattooga County11
- Cherokee County11
- Cobb County11
- Dade County11
- Gordon County11
- Haralson County11
- Murray County11
- Paulding County11
- Polk County11
- Walker County11
- Whitfield County11
- Bibb County11
- Butts County11
- Clayton County11
- Crawford County11
- Lamar County11
- Monroe County11
- Rockdale County11
- Taylor County11
- Upson County11
- Burke County10
- Columbia County10
- Lincoln County10
- McDuffie County10
- Calhoun County10
- Clay County10
- Dougherty County10
- Early County10
- Miller County10
- Quitman County10
- Randolph County10
- Turner County10
- Tattnall County10
- Floyd County10
- Baldwin County10
- Banks County10
- Barrow County10
- Clarke County10
- DeKalb County10
- Forsyth County10
- Glascock County10
- Gwinnett County10
- Hall County10
- Hancock County10
- Jackson County10
- Jasper County10
- Jefferson County10
- Jones County10
- Madison County10
- Newton County10
- Oglethorpe County10
- Putnam County10
- Taliaferro County10
- Walton County10
- Warren County10
- Washington County10
- Wilkes County10
- Richmond County9
- Brooks County9
- Colquitt County9
- Terrell County9
- Thomas County9
- Worth County9
- Tift County9
- Irwin County9
- Brantley County9
- Charlton County9
- Evans County9
- Wayne County9
- Elbert County9
- Hart County9
- Lee County8
- Lowndes County8
- Ben Hill County8
- Lanier County8
- Liberty County8
- Long County8
- Chatham County8
- Cook County7
- Berrien County7
- Bryan County7
- Franklin County7
- Stephens County7
- McIntosh County6
- Habersham County5
- Rabun County5
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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.