Alert archive / Georgia / Towns County
Weather alerts in Towns County, Georgia, 2023
90 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 90
- Warnings
- 20
- Watches
- 22
- Advisories
- 21
- Busiest month
- March25 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 3, 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.
Towns County, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 6 | 5 | 17% | 1 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Atlanta, GA: tornado warnings | 34 | 11 | 68% | 61 | 57% | 16 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 605 | 325 | 46% | 1,761 | 70% | 21 min |
| NWS Atlanta, GA: flash flood warnings | 42 | 19 | 55% | 123 | 72% | 169 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, 9:27 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 14 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:19 AM EST | Flood Watch | FFC | 33 hr |
| Jan 10, 5:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:39 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 19 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:06 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:39 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | 23 hr |
| Jan 17, 6:42 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 18 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:59 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 35 hr |
| Jan 30, 8:38 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 15 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:56 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 24 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 38 min |
| Feb 17, 1:26 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:12 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 39 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:40 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Mar 2, 5:43 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 40 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:27 AM EST | High Wind Warning | FFC | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:12 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Mar 3, 2:41 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 4:41 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Mar 12, 2:38 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 13 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:04 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 31 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:04 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 31 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:04 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 24 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:30 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 20 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:06 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 22 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:08 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 7 hr |
| Mar 17, 10:16 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 17 hr |
| Mar 17, 10:16 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 25 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:36 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 23 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:36 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 31 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:04 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 36 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:04 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 33 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:44 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 19 hr |
| Mar 23, 6:13 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 4 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:42 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 29 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 3:01 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 32 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:05 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 7 hr |
| May 2, 3:55 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | 16 hr |
| May 3, 3:41 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 16 hr |
| May 7, 5:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 8, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 43 min |
| May 12, 11:31 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 10 hr |
| May 16, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 2:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 6, 12:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 4:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 23 min |
| Jul 1, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 1, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 10:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 11:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 18 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, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 29, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 11:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 43 min |
| Aug 15, 4:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 3:12 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | FFC | 35 min |
| Oct 7, 3:12 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | FFC | 31 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:58 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 24 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:00 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 24 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:00 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 30 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:23 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | FFC | 14 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:50 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | FFC | 30 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:59 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 16 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | FFC | 24 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:43 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 33 hr |
| Nov 28, 8:36 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | FFC | 9 hr |
| Nov 28, 8:39 AM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 4 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:10 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:20 PM EST | Wind Advisory | FFC | 22 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 | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 9 |
| Special Weather Statement | 18 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 9 |
| Freeze Watch | 10 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 12 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| 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.