Alert archive / Georgia / Effingham County
Weather alerts in Effingham County, Georgia, 2026
84 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Effingham County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 84
- Warnings
- 18
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 27
- Busiest month
- August21 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 16, 20264 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Effingham County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 6 | 45% | 26 | 65% | 29 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Charleston, SC: tornado warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 4 | 25% | 1 min |
| NWS Charleston, SC: severe thunderstorm warnings | 96 | 48 | 50% | 376 | 48% | 19 min |
| NWS Charleston, SC: flash flood warnings | 19 | 11 | 42% | 63 | 70% | 52 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 7, 10:15 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 12 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:08 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 15 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:35 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | CHS | 32 hr |
| Jan 26, 12:30 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | CHS | 33 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:23 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CHS | 24 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:25 PM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | CHS | 24 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:50 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CHS | 51 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CHS | 46 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:33 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | CHS | 48 hr |
| Feb 1, 12:43 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | CHS | 32 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:44 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:50 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CHS | 11 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:50 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | CHS | 19 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:14 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 10 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:12 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:52 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 4 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:35 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:14 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Mar 16, 7:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Mar 16, 7:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:36 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Mar 16, 12:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Mar 17, 1:38 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | CHS | 32 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:15 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CHS | 19 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:00 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | CHS | 10 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:44 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | CHS | 32 hr |
| May 25, 1:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | 2 hr |
| May 27, 5:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | 3 hr |
| May 29, 5:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | 116 min |
| Jun 12, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 2:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 3:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 18, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 3:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 12:56 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | 30 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:39 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | 28 hr |
| Jul 9, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 32 min |
| Jul 12, 1:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 8:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 25 min |
| Jul 18, 2:16 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | 17 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:13 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | 29 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 28, 2:19 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | 29 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 1:30 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | 55 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 12:49 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | 31 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:26 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | 32 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 2:11 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | 30 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:16 PM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | CHS | 31 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 22, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 23 min |
| Aug 22, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 1:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Aug 25, 12:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 6:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | 94 min |
| Aug 26, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | 42 min |
| Sep 4, 1:54 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | 30 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Sep 6, 1:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | 76 min |
| Sep 6, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | 36 min |
| Sep 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 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 | 11 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 20 |
| Special Weather Statement | 14 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Extreme Heat Warning | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 10 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 1 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| 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.