Alert archive / Georgia / Burke County
Weather alerts in Burke County, Georgia, 2019
118 weather alerts in 2019, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Burke County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 118
- Warnings
- 26
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 38
- Busiest month
- June21 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 3, 201911 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 3 tornado warnings covering Burke County in 2019 had a tornado report inside them.
Burke County, 2019
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 16 | 11 | 31% | 5 | 100% | 18 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2019
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Columbia, SC: tornado warnings | 20 | 6 | 70% | 20 | 75% | 14 min |
| NWS Columbia, SC: severe thunderstorm warnings | 155 | 114 | 26% | 469 | 84% | 22 min |
| NWS Columbia, SC: flash flood warnings | 5 | 3 | 40% | 5 | 60% | 53 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 4, 12:41 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 24 hr |
| Jan 5, 7:55 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CHS | 21 days |
| Jan 9, 3:41 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 14 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:06 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 39 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:20 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 18 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 48 min |
| Jan 25, 9:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CHS | 21 days |
| Feb 11, 1:49 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 31 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:00 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 13 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 58 min |
| Feb 12, 3:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 89 min |
| Feb 12, 4:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 55 min |
| Feb 12, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 55 min |
| Feb 21, 12:15 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 11 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:26 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 10 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:27 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 17 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:43 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:38 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 8 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:34 AM EST | Dense Smoke Advisory | CAE | 13 min |
| Mar 1, 4:47 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:20 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:19 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Mar 3, 3:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 3:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 4:28 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Mar 3, 4:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | 19 min |
| Mar 3, 5:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | 43 min |
| Mar 3, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 6:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:28 PM EST | Freeze Watch | CAE | 12 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:50 AM EST | Freeze Warning | CAE | 31 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:42 PM EST | Freeze Warning | CAE | 19 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:42 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAE | 29 hr |
| Mar 25, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 23 min |
| Mar 25, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 56 min |
| Mar 27, 8:14 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAE | 25 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 7:41 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 39 hr |
| Apr 14, 12:54 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 51 min |
| Apr 18, 1:39 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 34 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:44 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 1:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Apr 19, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 4:01 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 16 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:35 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 33 hr |
| May 2, 5:56 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 3 hr |
| May 4, 3:56 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 6 hr |
| May 4, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 28 min |
| May 4, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 44 min |
| May 8, 6:43 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 2 hr |
| May 11, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 51 min |
| May 11, 6:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| May 18, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 12:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 4, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 8, 4:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 3:17 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 18 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 20, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 20, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 4:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 1:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 22, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 51 min |
| Jun 22, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 4:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 22, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 3:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 26 min |
| Jul 15, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 4:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 19, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 35 min |
| Aug 1, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 31 min |
| Aug 15, 4:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 23, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 51 min |
| Sep 10, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | 24 min |
| Sep 10, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 39 min |
| Sep 26, 6:48 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 2 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:55 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 2:42 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 23 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:04 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 5 hr |
| Oct 31, 11:32 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 14 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 47 min |
| Oct 31, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | 65 min |
| Nov 7, 11:38 AM EST | Freeze Watch | CAE | 15 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:03 AM EST | Freeze Warning | CAE | 29 hr |
| Nov 9, 1:21 PM EST | Freeze Warning | CAE | 20 hr |
| Nov 11, 1:48 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 41 hr |
| Nov 15, 10:26 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 45 hr |
| Nov 23, 1:04 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 18 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:14 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 53 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:18 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | 35 hr |
| Dec 14, 1:12 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | 2 hr |
| Dec 18, 6:09 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CHS | 14 days |
| Dec 21, 2:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | CAE | 59 hr |
| Dec 28, 5:37 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 2 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:45 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | 3 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 | 16 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 16 |
| Special Weather Statement | 27 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 19 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 14 |
| Dense Smoke Advisory | 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.