Alert archive / Georgia / Ben Hill County
Weather alerts in Ben Hill County, Georgia, 2018
98 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Ben Hill County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 98
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 26
- Busiest month
- December14 alerts
- Busiest day
- December 2, 20188 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 warnings covering Ben Hill County in 2018 had a tornado report inside them.
Ben Hill County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 6 | 33% | 3 | 100% | 16 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Tallahassee, FL: tornado warnings | 44 | 6 | 86% | 11 | 64% | 9 min |
| NWS Tallahassee, FL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 314 | 207 | 34% | 449 | 88% | 22 min |
| NWS Tallahassee, FL: flash flood warnings | 21 | 11 | 48% | 29 | 93% | 95 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 1, 1:38 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | 21 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:14 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | TAE | 32 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:22 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | TAE | 22 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:11 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | 19 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:24 PM EST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | 23 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:34 PM EST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | 19 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:16 AM EST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | 34 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:31 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | 35 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:31 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | TAE | 30 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:50 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | 43 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:25 PM EST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | 19 hr |
| Feb 9, 10:16 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 13 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:54 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 5:44 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:04 PM EST | Frost Advisory | TAE | 11 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:40 PM EST | Frost Advisory | TAE | 19 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:40 PM EST | Freeze Warning | TAE | 19 hr |
| Mar 11, 7:21 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 3 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:29 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | TAE | 10 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:06 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | TAE | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:32 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | TAE | 11 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:43 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | TAE | 18 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:42 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | TAE | 18 hr |
| Mar 21, 9:57 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | TAE | 10 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Apr 15, 10:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 3:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 15, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 36 min |
| May 15, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 40 min |
| May 15, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 44 min |
| May 28, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 29 min |
| May 28, 2:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 33 min |
| May 28, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 11:55 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 7:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 6, 9:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 8:10 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 10:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jul 22, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 8:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 53 min |
| Jul 28, 6:47 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 52 min |
| Sep 27, 3:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 29, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | 51 min |
| Sep 29, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 36 min |
| Oct 8, 5:16 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | 12 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:42 PM EDT | Hurricane Warning | TAE | 55 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:42 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | TAE | 60 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | 45 hr |
| Oct 10, 5:46 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Oct 10, 11:30 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 105 min |
| Oct 10, 2:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Oct 10, 9:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 5, 8:04 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 12:47 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 10 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:11 PM EST | Frost Advisory | TAE | 18 hr |
| Nov 16, 7:43 PM EST | Frost Advisory | TAE | 12 hr |
| Nov 19, 5:45 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 4 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:04 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 8 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:55 PM EST | Freeze Watch | TAE | 13 hr |
| Nov 27, 4:23 AM EST | Freeze Warning | TAE | 28 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | 3 days |
| Dec 1, 6:53 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Dec 1, 10:18 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Dec 2, 12:27 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Dec 2, 3:03 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:48 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Dec 2, 4:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | 40 min |
| Dec 2, 7:00 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 2, 10:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Dec 2, 12:32 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Dec 8, 3:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | 28 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | 31 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:22 PM EST | Wind Advisory | TAE | 28 hr |
| Dec 29, 9:48 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 12 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:21 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 10 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 | 9 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 16 |
| Special Weather Statement | 20 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Hard Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 5 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 11 |
| Tropical | |
| Hurricane Warning | 1 |
| 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.