Alert archive / Georgia / Towns County
Weather alerts in Towns County, Georgia, 2009
128 weather alerts in 2009, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Towns County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 128
- Warnings
- 33
- Watches
- 36
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest month
- February22 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 18, 20098 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Towns County, 2009
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 2 | 60% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 100% | 43 min |
Each office's whole area, 2009
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Atlanta, GA: tornado warnings | 131 | 26 | 80% | 58 | 84% | 24 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 468 | 174 | 63% | 500 | 64% | 24 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: flash flood warnings | 58 | 23 | 60% | 51 | 65% | 150 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 3, 5:16 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 9 hr |
| Jan 5, 5:13 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 56 hr |
| Jan 6, 9:40 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | 22 hr |
| Jan 6, 5:37 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:56 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 18 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:42 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 39 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:46 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | 12 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:46 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 26 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:57 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 42 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:57 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | FFC | 32 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:30 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 51 hr |
| Jan 17, 7:04 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 14 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:24 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 27 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:56 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 27 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:55 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 27 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 37 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:23 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | 25 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:20 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | FFC | 8 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:20 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | FFC | 29 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:08 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 29 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:53 AM EST | High Wind Watch | FFC | 14 hr |
| Feb 10, 5:04 PM EST | High Wind Warning | FFC | 28 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:29 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 64 min |
| Feb 11, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 35 min |
| Feb 11, 7:07 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Feb 17, 3:09 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 30 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:52 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 27 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:03 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 28 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:14 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 15 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:41 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | 24 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:41 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 29 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:02 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 29 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:53 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 32 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:20 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 31 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:41 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 31 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:46 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:20 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | 36 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:51 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 15 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:02 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 48 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:25 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 4 days |
| Mar 28, 1:07 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 31 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:22 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 2, 11:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Apr 2, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 5, 4:15 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 63 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:56 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 12 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:40 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 29 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:00 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 32 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:04 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Apr 10, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:16 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:28 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | FFC | 7 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:56 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 4 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:26 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 28 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:36 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 16 hr |
| May 2, 4:04 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 36 hr |
| May 3, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 5, 3:31 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 27 hr |
| May 6, 4:21 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 15 hr |
| May 6, 10:27 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 6, 11:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 8, 6:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 18, 5:34 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | 10 hr |
| May 19, 3:18 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 16 hr |
| May 28, 4:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 2:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 11, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 3:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 78 min |
| Jun 17, 10:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:15 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 18, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 4:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 27, 2:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 7:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 7:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Sep 9, 12:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Sep 9, 12:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Sep 9, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 23 min |
| Sep 17, 1:20 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 5 days |
| Sep 20, 7:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 1:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | FFC | 12 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 41 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:44 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 23 hr |
| Oct 9, 7:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Oct 12, 3:46 AM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 18 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 29 hr |
| Oct 17, 5:00 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 24 hr |
| Oct 18, 5:19 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 23 hr |
| Oct 18, 5:19 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 28 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:48 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 28 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:34 PM EDT | Flood Watch | FFC | 27 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:23 PM EST | Frost Advisory | FFC | 18 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:47 PM EST | Freeze Warning | FFC | 18 hr |
| Nov 8, 4:35 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | FFC | 62 hr |
| Nov 10, 2:55 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 32 hr |
| Nov 10, 11:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | 5 hr |
| Dec 1, 12:43 PM EST | High Wind Watch | FFC | 13 hr |
| Dec 2, 1:23 AM EST | High Wind Warning | FFC | 21 hr |
| Dec 4, 3:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 20 hr |
| Dec 5, 12:18 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 8, 4:36 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 37 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:28 PM EST | High Wind Warning | FFC | 27 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:15 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 27 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:55 PM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 36 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:37 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 18 hr |
| Dec 17, 4:35 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 40 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:58 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 12 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:56 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 39 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:43 PM EST | High Wind Warning | FFC | 15 hr |
| Dec 25, 7:13 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 8 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:35 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 6 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 | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 26 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Flood Watch | 11 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 22 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 13 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 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.