Alert archive / Tennessee / Franklin County

Weather alerts in Franklin County, Tennessee, 2014

159 weather alerts in 2014, 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
159
Warnings
35
Watches
20
Advisories
25
Busiest month
April28 alerts
Busiest day
April 29, 201411 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

3 of 4 tornado warnings covering Franklin County in 2014 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 12 minutes after it went out.

Franklin County, 2014

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings4325%250%12 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings19668%1155%10 min
Flash flood warnings4175%367%169 min

Each office's whole area, 2014

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Huntsville, AL: tornado warnings391367%5463%15 min
NWS Huntsville, AL: severe thunderstorm warnings1415263%30759%16 min
NWS Huntsville, AL: flash flood warnings501276%2572%74 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, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 4, 2:05 PM CSTWind Chill WarningHUN70 hr
Jan 5, 4:59 AM CSTWind AdvisoryHUN23 hr
Jan 5, 5:22 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryHUN24 hr
Jan 11, 2:28 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN47 min
Jan 20, 2:50 PM CSTWind AdvisoryHUN25 hr
Jan 21, 9:36 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryHUN8 hr
Jan 23, 2:49 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryHUN27 hr
Jan 27, 5:05 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryHUN52 hr
Feb 9, 4:21 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchHUN23 hr
Feb 10, 2:51 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryHUN33 hr
Feb 10, 1:57 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchHUN15 hr
Feb 11, 1:46 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Feb 11, 4:29 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningHUN47 hr
Feb 14, 2:24 PM CSTWind AdvisoryHUN19 hr
Feb 18, 2:43 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN6 hr
Feb 19, 1:21 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN24 min
Feb 20, 3:46 AM CSTWind AdvisoryHUN20 hr
Feb 20, 5:29 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC46 min
Feb 20, 6:49 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Feb 20, 8:01 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Feb 20, 9:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN46 min
Feb 20, 10:11 PM CSTTornado WarningHUN49 min
Mar 2, 5:13 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryHUN35 hr
Mar 3, 2:05 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN40 min
Mar 5, 7:24 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN3 hr
Mar 11, 3:14 PM CDTWind AdvisoryHUN28 hr
Mar 24, 2:58 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryHUN7 hr
Mar 25, 5:13 AM CDTFreeze WarningHUN29 hr
Mar 30, 2:42 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryHUN17 hr
Apr 4, 2:52 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 4, 5:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Apr 4, 5:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN45 min
Apr 4, 6:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN15 min
Apr 6, 2:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchHUN32 hr
Apr 11, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN25 min
Apr 15, 3:59 AM CDTFreeze WarningHUN28 hr
Apr 15, 3:59 AM CDTWind AdvisoryHUN13 hr
Apr 27, 4:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchHUN51 hr
Apr 28, 12:39 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr
Apr 28, 12:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Apr 28, 5:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Apr 28, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningHUN36 min
Apr 28, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningHUN23 min
Apr 28, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN34 min
Apr 28, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN31 min
Apr 28, 7:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Apr 28, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN34 min
Apr 28, 7:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUN3 hr
Apr 28, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC11 hr
Apr 28, 8:27 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyHUN33 min
Apr 28, 9:11 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningHUN2 hr
Apr 28, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN15 min
Apr 28, 11:13 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUN4 hr
Apr 29, 9:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchHUN15 hr
Apr 29, 3:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC33 min
Apr 29, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr
Apr 30, 1:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUN3 hr
May 9, 10:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN26 min
May 11, 3:14 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN6 hr
May 13, 11:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN20 min
May 13, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN36 min
May 13, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN30 min
May 14, 10:56 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 14, 11:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 14, 2:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
May 14, 6:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
May 18, 10:06 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN11 hr
May 26, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN29 min
May 26, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN31 min
May 26, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN37 min
May 27, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN41 min
Jun 4, 11:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 5, 2:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jun 5, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN21 min
Jun 5, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN33 min
Jun 5, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 5, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN49 min
Jun 5, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN33 min
Jun 5, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN29 min
Jun 6, 10:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN47 min
Jun 7, 3:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 7, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 9, 7:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN14 min
Jun 9, 11:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchHUN31 hr
Jun 9, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 9, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN30 min
Jun 9, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN43 min
Jun 9, 10:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jun 10, 10:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jun 10, 10:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 10, 1:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jun 10, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN12 min
Jun 21, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN24 min
Jun 21, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN29 min
Jun 24, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN9 min
Jun 28, 2:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN36 min
Jun 29, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN51 min
Jul 1, 2:46 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN5 hr
Jul 8, 3:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jul 8, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN26 min
Jul 14, 3:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jul 14, 5:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 22, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN50 min
Jul 24, 4:10 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN5 hr
Aug 8, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN33 min
Aug 8, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN31 min
Aug 17, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN17 min
Aug 17, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN50 min
Aug 18, 4:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUN3 hr
Aug 18, 6:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUN5 hr
Aug 18, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN52 min
Aug 20, 2:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Aug 20, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN44 min
Aug 20, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN17 min
Aug 20, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Aug 20, 4:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN37 min
Aug 20, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN39 min
Aug 20, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN29 min
Aug 20, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN29 min
Aug 20, 5:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Aug 21, 8:56 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryHUN48 hr
Aug 31, 12:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN44 min
Aug 31, 1:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 31, 3:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 3, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN39 min
Sep 3, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN44 min
Sep 6, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN32 min
Sep 21, 2:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Sep 21, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN41 min
Oct 3, 2:11 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 4, 8:48 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryHUN12 hr
Oct 6, 3:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Oct 6, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN46 min
Oct 6, 5:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN36 min
Oct 6, 6:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Oct 7, 2:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN51 min
Oct 7, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN15 min
Oct 7, 3:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN33 min
Oct 7, 12:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 8, 3:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN62 min
Oct 8, 5:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN25 min
Oct 10, 1:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Oct 10, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN34 min
Oct 10, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN24 min
Oct 10, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN14 min
Oct 12, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN49 min
Oct 13, 4:27 AM CDTWind AdvisoryHUN17 hr
Oct 13, 4:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchHUN23 hr
Oct 13, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Oct 13, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN15 min
Oct 13, 7:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Oct 14, 6:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUN46 min
Oct 14, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUN34 min
Oct 22, 2:05 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryHUN13 hr
Oct 26, 1:40 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryHUN8 hr
Oct 31, 3:42 AM CDTFreeze WarningHUN29 hr
Oct 31, 2:58 PM CDTFreeze WarningHUN43 hr
Dec 23, 2:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUN45 min
Dec 27, 4:28 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchHUN30 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.