Alert archive / Georgia / Cherokee County
Weather alerts in Cherokee County, Georgia, 2025
162 weather alerts in 2025, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Cherokee County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 162
- Warnings
- 59
- Watches
- 24
- Advisories
- 23
- Busiest month
- June32 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 2, 202510 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 2 tornado warnings covering Cherokee County in 2025 had a tornado report inside them; 2 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 15 minutes after it went out.
Cherokee County, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 3 | 67% | 15 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 36 | 27 | 25% | 72 | 83% | 23 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 2 | 0% | 2 | 100% | 69 min |
Each office's whole area, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Atlanta, GA: tornado warnings | 65 | 21 | 68% | 41 | 68% | 12 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 408 | 185 | 55% | 1,170 | 79% | 24 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: flash flood warnings | 46 | 23 | 50% | 71 | 72% | 62 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 5, 4:03 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 35 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:40 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | FFC | 35 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:14 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | FFC | 41 hr |
| Jan 10, 5:19 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 28 min |
| Jan 10, 8:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 4:30 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:25 PM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | FFC | 14 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:02 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 7 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:43 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | FFC | 32 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:06 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | FFC | 43 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 41 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:52 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | FFC | 18 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:25 PM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 65 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:04 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | 21 days |
| Feb 13, 3:07 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | 34 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:46 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 5:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | 13 hr |
| Feb 13, 7:47 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | 3 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:15 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | 8 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 33 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:29 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:51 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Feb 16, 2:02 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 53 min |
| Feb 16, 4:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 34 min |
| Feb 16, 11:56 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 6 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:04 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 43 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:29 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | FFC | 20 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:36 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | FFC | 32 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:31 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 7:45 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:32 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 53 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:36 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Mar 5, 12:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 39 min |
| Mar 5, 1:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 50 min |
| Mar 5, 2:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 38 min |
| Mar 5, 2:35 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:55 PM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 19 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:39 AM EST | Freeze Watch | FFC | 10 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:37 PM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 19 hr |
| Mar 13, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 9:12 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 32 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Mar 15, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | 15 min |
| Mar 15, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 2:27 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 11 hr |
| Mar 20, 1:45 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 32 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:41 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 29 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:24 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 17 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Mar 31, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 2:46 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 53 hr |
| Apr 6, 10:09 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 7, 2:00 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 13 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:39 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 31 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 7:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Apr 10, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 25 min |
| Apr 12, 2:07 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | 19 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 49 min |
| May 2, 11:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 34 min |
| May 2, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 32 min |
| May 2, 12:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 2, 12:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 34 min |
| May 2, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 35 min |
| May 2, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 34 min |
| May 2, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 36 min |
| May 2, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 28 min |
| May 2, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 27 min |
| May 2, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 2, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 60 min |
| May 2, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 40 min |
| May 2, 9:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 2, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 37 min |
| May 3, 5:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 3, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 3, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 27 min |
| May 8, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 8, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 48 min |
| May 19, 2:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 20, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 20, 9:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 20, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 41 min |
| May 20, 11:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | 21 min |
| May 21, 12:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 41 min |
| May 21, 12:25 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 25, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 25, 5:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 25, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 48 min |
| May 25, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 2:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 18 days |
| Jun 7, 4:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 7, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 4:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 12:58 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | 3 days |
| Jun 26, 12:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 26, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 5:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 27, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 24 min |
| Jun 27, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 7:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 7:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 29 min |
| Jul 1, 1:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 1:14 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | 4 days |
| Aug 3, 8:09 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 3 days |
| Aug 13, 10:13 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 13 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 3:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 20, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 27 min |
| Sep 6, 2:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Sep 6, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 27 min |
| Sep 24, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 31 min |
| Sep 24, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 32 min |
| Oct 22, 2:03 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 8 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:25 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | 33 hr |
| Nov 8, 2:03 AM EST | Freeze Watch | FFC | 24 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:30 AM EST | Freeze Watch | FFC | 23 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:30 AM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 31 hr |
| Nov 9, 5:08 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 4 hr |
| Nov 10, 1:04 AM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 33 hr |
| Nov 19, 11:41 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 10 hr |
| Nov 25, 7:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 50 min |
| Nov 25, 8:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 40 min |
| Dec 6, 8:44 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 14 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:25 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 6 hr |
| Dec 13, 12:42 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | FFC | 43 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:07 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | 9 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:16 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 18 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 | 36 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 26 |
| Special Weather Statement | 30 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 7 |
| Flood Watch | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Warning | 6 |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 5 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 4 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
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.