Alert archive / Georgia / Franklin County
Weather alerts in Franklin County, Georgia, 2023
91 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Franklin County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 91
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 18
- Busiest month
- August24 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 20, 20235 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 1 tornado warnings covering Franklin County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them.
Franklin County, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 14 | 12 | 14% | 9 | 100% | 15 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: tornado warnings | 14 | 3 | 79% | 11 | 27% | 2 min |
| NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: severe thunderstorm warnings | 392 | 296 | 24% | 895 | 86% | 21 min |
| NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC: flash flood warnings | 20 | 10 | 50% | 28 | 93% | 93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 9:29 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | 14 hr |
| Jan 1, 9:38 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | 12 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:37 AM EST | Flood Watch | GSP | 7 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:32 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | 6 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:16 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jan 12, 4:41 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 23 min |
| Jan 17, 10:04 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | 13 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:58 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | 9 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:52 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 43 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:41 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:41 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Mar 12, 3:24 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:04 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:04 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | 32 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:25 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | 31 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:31 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:59 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | 30 hr |
| Mar 17, 10:52 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | 17 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:30 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | 11 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:30 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | 32 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:33 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | 43 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:30 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | 35 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:04 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | 24 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:51 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 12:05 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | 36 hr |
| Apr 1, 8:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 6:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 6:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 9:54 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | 23 hr |
| May 2, 3:19 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | 24 hr |
| May 3, 4:26 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | 16 hr |
| May 8, 1:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 55 min |
| May 13, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 39 min |
| May 13, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 1:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 10:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 2:49 PM EDT | Flood Watch | GSP | 3 days |
| Jun 25, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 2:42 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | 29 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 75 min |
| Jul 15, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 2:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 20, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 20, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 5:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 28, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 50 min |
| Jul 29, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 1:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Aug 7, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 4:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Aug 12, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 40 min |
| Aug 12, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 3:51 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | 16 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:51 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | 29 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 68 min |
| Aug 25, 2:53 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | 17 hr |
| Aug 25, 2:36 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | 29 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:51 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | 15 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 7:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | 41 min |
| Sep 12, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 35 min |
| Sep 12, 3:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:50 AM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | GSP | 24 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:00 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | 13 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:50 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | 30 hr |
| Nov 1, 5:45 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | 28 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 | 14 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 11 |
| Special Weather Statement | 22 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 8 |
| Freeze Watch | 7 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| 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.
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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.