Alert archive / Georgia / Banks County
Weather alerts in Banks County, Georgia, 2013
106 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Banks County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 106
- Warnings
- 30
- Watches
- 28
- Advisories
- 21
- Busiest month
- March24 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 23, 20135 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Banks County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 8 | 7 | 13% | 3 | 33% | 38 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 3 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 92 min |
Each office's whole area, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Atlanta, GA: tornado warnings | 22 | 10 | 55% | 35 | 71% | 15 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 270 | 207 | 23% | 423 | 78% | 21 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: flash flood warnings | 102 | 69 | 32% | 151 | 88% | 103 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 13, 2:58 PM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 4 days |
| Jan 16, 2:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | FFC | 13 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:01 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 19 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | FFC | 29 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:24 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | FFC | 29 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:43 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 48 hr |
| Jan 30, 8:11 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:50 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jan 30, 1:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 45 min |
| Feb 1, 2:58 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 43 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:13 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 6 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:24 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 34 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:32 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 19 hr |
| Feb 20, 7:42 PM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 70 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:04 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 7 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:50 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 58 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:29 PM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 18 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:04 AM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 30 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:29 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 20 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:15 AM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 30 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:09 PM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 43 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:16 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 34 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:47 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Mar 6, 2:07 PM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 19 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:37 AM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 30 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:12 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 20 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:16 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 31 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:48 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 16 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:49 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 12 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:06 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 31 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:11 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | 24 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:59 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 16 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 17 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:26 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 12 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:26 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 27 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:52 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 30 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:19 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 30 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:33 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 30 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:55 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 26 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:45 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | 18 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 11, 8:24 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 42 min |
| Apr 11, 10:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 11, 11:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 9:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 11 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:23 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 8 hr |
| May 3, 3:54 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 4 days |
| May 4, 11:40 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 8 hr |
| May 19, 7:38 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 12 hr |
| May 20, 4:06 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 6 hr |
| May 22, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 26 min |
| May 22, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 4:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 2, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 4:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 22 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:57 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 1:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 4 days |
| Jul 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:51 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 3 days |
| Jul 10, 3:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 22 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 24 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 33 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 25 min |
| Jul 22, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 9:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 10:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 25, 5:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 48 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 4:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | 12 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 24 min |
| Aug 22, 3:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 10:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 2:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:49 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | 29 hr |
| Oct 24, 4:27 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 24 hr |
| Oct 25, 4:40 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 29 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:13 AM EST | Freeze Watch | FFC | 24 hr |
| Nov 12, 4:58 AM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 29 hr |
| Nov 12, 4:58 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 20 hr |
| Nov 12, 2:01 PM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 43 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:54 PM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 31 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:21 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 41 hr |
| Dec 3, 9:15 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 13 hr |
| Dec 4, 5:13 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 11 hr |
| Dec 21, 10:33 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 53 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:23 PM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 47 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 | 8 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 13 |
| Special Weather Statement | 14 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 8 |
| Flood Watch | 9 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 16 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 9 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
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.