Alert archive / Georgia / Catoosa County
Weather alerts in Catoosa County, Georgia, 2017
136 weather alerts in 2017, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Catoosa County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 136
- Warnings
- 21
- Watches
- 22
- Advisories
- 26
- Busiest month
- March24 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 21, 20175 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Catoosa County, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 8 | 5 | 38% | 8 | 88% | 29 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Atlanta, GA: tornado warnings | 80 | 39 | 51% | 140 | 59% | 11 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 351 | 230 | 34% | 893 | 69% | 17 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: flash flood warnings | 49 | 18 | 63% | 57 | 74% | 96 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 2, 11:57 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 3 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:29 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | FFC | 11 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:36 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | FFC | 44 hr |
| Jan 6, 6:13 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:33 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | FFC | 8 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:31 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | FFC | 21 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 20 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:56 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 39 hr |
| Jan 22, 8:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:54 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 50 min |
| Feb 8, 2:45 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 29 hr |
| Feb 8, 5:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 8, 8:04 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Feb 8, 9:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Feb 25, 2:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 3:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 119 min |
| Mar 1, 11:08 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:48 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:11 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 2:34 AM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 30 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 39 min |
| Mar 10, 1:50 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Mar 11, 3:55 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 29 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:39 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 29 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:34 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 31 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:34 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 42 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 21, 5:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Mar 21, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 37 min |
| Mar 21, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 4:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Mar 27, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Mar 27, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 26 min |
| Mar 27, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 11:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 5, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 7:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 9:03 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 23 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 7:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 4:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MRX | 9 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 20 min |
| Apr 30, 3:30 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 41 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 27 min |
| May 3, 3:47 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 40 hr |
| May 4, 9:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 66 min |
| May 6, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 28 min |
| May 12, 2:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 12, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 28 min |
| May 20, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 27 min |
| May 20, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 30 min |
| May 24, 7:41 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 24, 10:04 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| May 27, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 27, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 58 min |
| May 29, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 41 min |
| May 29, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 1:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 31 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:20 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 7 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 35 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 1, 4:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 17 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 5:03 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 7:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 8:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 24 min |
| Jul 4, 9:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 49 min |
| Jul 6, 1:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 1:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jul 27, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 3:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 11 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:38 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 28 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 3:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Sep 5, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 27 min |
| Sep 5, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 13 min |
| Sep 9, 3:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 60 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:23 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | FFC | 22 days |
| Sep 10, 6:09 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | FFC | 41 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Sep 11, 10:56 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 4 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:17 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 7:05 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | FFC | 36 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 38 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:21 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | FFC | 18 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:08 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 10 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:51 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 23 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:41 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 30 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:41 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 16 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:06 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 40 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:37 PM EST | Freeze Watch | FFC | 13 hr |
| Nov 18, 8:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 48 min |
| Nov 19, 2:48 AM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 30 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:55 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 5 hr |
| Dec 5, 11:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 47 min |
| Dec 5, 12:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 45 min |
| Dec 7, 3:07 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 43 hr |
| Dec 7, 9:45 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | FFC | 30 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:05 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 19 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:44 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 9:01 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 119 min |
| Dec 18, 10:50 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 10 hr |
| Dec 19, 7:34 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 11 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:46 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 14 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 45 min |
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 | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 24 |
| Special Weather Statement | 43 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 7 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 14 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 8 |
| Tropical | |
| Tropical Storm Warning | 2 |
| Tropical Storm Watch | 2 |
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.