Alert archive / Georgia / Dawson County
Weather alerts in Dawson County, Georgia, 2026
100 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Dawson County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 100
- Warnings
- 31
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 19
- Busiest month
- July24 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 16, 20268 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Dawson County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 15 | 11 | 27% | 4 | 100% | 26 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Atlanta, GA: tornado warnings | 29 | 14 | 52% | 29 | 72% | 7 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 353 | 220 | 38% | 903 | 72% | 18 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: flash flood warnings | 77 | 47 | 39% | 147 | 84% | 71 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
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, 11:02 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 10 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:16 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 9 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:30 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 11 hr |
| Jan 7, 11:26 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 11 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:38 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 29 hr |
| Jan 10, 9:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 37 min |
| Jan 10, 10:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 28 min |
| Jan 10, 11:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 5 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:10 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | 95 min |
| Jan 10, 5:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | 21 days |
| Jan 10, 5:20 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | 14 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:17 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | FFC | 61 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:14 AM EST | Ice Storm Warning | FFC | 3 days |
| Jan 24, 12:28 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | FFC | 46 hr |
| Jan 25, 12:57 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 26, 12:54 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | FFC | 32 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:12 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | FFC | 32 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:35 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | FFC | 24 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:44 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | FFC | 44 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:50 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | FFC | 49 hr |
| Feb 4, 9:10 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 110 min |
| Feb 6, 1:12 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 24 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:36 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 18 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:03 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | FFC | 22 hr |
| Feb 26, 7:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 10:50 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:15 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 11 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:52 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 13 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:46 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 43 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:37 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Mar 16, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 4:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 26 min |
| Mar 16, 5:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 43 min |
| Mar 16, 10:24 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 16 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:54 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 4 min |
| Mar 16, 10:58 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 9 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:05 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 32 hr |
| Mar 18, 1:02 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | 20 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:31 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | 11 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:54 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 30 hr |
| Apr 12, 10:15 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 22 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:49 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:41 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 23 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:18 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | 11 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:38 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 18 hr |
| May 2, 12:20 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | 21 hr |
| May 5, 2:55 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 41 hr |
| May 6, 5:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 6, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 6, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 36 min |
| May 6, 9:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 17, 5:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 17, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 37 min |
| May 17, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 24 min |
| May 21, 3:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 22, 2:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 24, 12:30 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 58 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:05 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 17 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 18, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 3:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 22, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 29 min |
| Jul 1, 12:55 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | 3 days |
| Jul 1, 1:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 2, 6:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 3, 12:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 1:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:19 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 59 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 1:37 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | FFC | 30 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 9:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 28, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 21 min |
| Aug 17, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 26 min |
| Sep 6, 1:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 18, 2:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 26 min |
| Sep 22, 6:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 4 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 | 15 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 19 |
| Special Weather Statement | 13 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flood Watch | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 4 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.