Alert archive / Georgia / Banks County
Weather alerts in Banks County, Georgia, 2020
98 weather alerts in 2020, 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 98
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- February18 alerts
- Busiest day
- February 6, 20206 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 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Banks County, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% | |||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 10 | 9% | 7 | 100% | 17 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 2 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
Each office's whole area, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Atlanta, GA: tornado warnings | 60 | 19 | 68% | 46 | 57% | 10 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 344 | 231 | 33% | 1,039 | 65% | 18 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: flash flood warnings | 74 | 36 | 51% | 209 | 67% | 137 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 3, 6:12 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:47 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 31 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:42 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:48 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jan 11, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 50 min |
| Jan 11, 6:36 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jan 13, 10:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 36 hr |
| Jan 14, 5:15 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 5 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:41 PM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 24 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 56 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:54 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 96 min |
| Feb 6, 8:12 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:12 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:13 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | 21 days |
| Feb 6, 12:17 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:09 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | 4 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:47 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 28 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | FFC | 12 hr |
| Feb 8, 9:00 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 12:54 AM EST | Freezing Fog Advisory | FFC | 8 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:08 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 33 hr |
| Feb 9, 9:10 AM EST | Freezing Fog Advisory | FFC | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 11:41 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 23 hr |
| Feb 13, 7:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 60 min |
| Feb 17, 12:38 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 10 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 16 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:06 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 28 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:37 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:42 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 2 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:41 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 3:29 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 29 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:08 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 29 hr |
| Apr 11, 11:23 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 35 hr |
| Apr 12, 11:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Apr 12, 11:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 2:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 33 min |
| Apr 13, 3:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 3:49 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 17 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 34 min |
| May 4, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 5, 12:08 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| May 5, 3:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 5, 7:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 5, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 17 min |
| May 5, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 14 min |
| May 5, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 30 min |
| May 6, 3:39 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 17 hr |
| May 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 32 min |
| May 22, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 22, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 52 min |
| May 29, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 6:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 15, 1:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 2:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 2:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 67 min |
| Jul 18, 12:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 12:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 34 min |
| Jul 27, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 1:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Aug 6, 2:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 12:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 25 min |
| Sep 15, 3:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 47 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:49 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 19 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:30 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 7 hr |
| Oct 10, 7:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Oct 10, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 22 min |
| Oct 24, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 37 min |
| Oct 26, 11:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 68 hr |
| Oct 27, 5:09 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | FFC | 18 hr |
| Oct 28, 11:04 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | FFC | 24 hr |
| Oct 29, 7:43 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 8 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:17 PM EST | Frost Advisory | FFC | 19 hr |
| Nov 15, 6:49 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 4 hr |
| Nov 17, 12:15 PM EST | Frost Advisory | FFC | 20 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:55 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 9 hr |
| Dec 31, 6:22 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 5 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 | 11 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 16 |
| Special Weather Statement | 24 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 6 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 9 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 10 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Tropical | |
| Tropical Storm Warning | 1 |
| Tropical Storm Watch | 1 |
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.