Alert archive / Tennessee / Giles County
Weather alerts in Giles County, Tennessee, 2016
84 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Giles County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 84
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 23
- Busiest month
- March12 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 31, 20167 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 7 tornado warnings covering Giles County in 2016 had a tornado report inside them.
Giles County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 7 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 7 | 4 | 43% | 6 | 17% | 3 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 3 | 100% | 81 min |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Nashville, TN: tornado warnings | 24 | 2 | 92% | 7 | 100% | 17 min |
| NWS Nashville, TN: severe thunderstorm warnings | 242 | 154 | 36% | 689 | 71% | 18 min |
| NWS Nashville, TN: flash flood warnings | 31 | 21 | 32% | 94 | 93% | 106 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 3:53 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 34 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OHX | 25 hr |
| Jan 20, 8:05 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | OHX | 13 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:30 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 36 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:22 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 36 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:52 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | 6 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:40 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Feb 2, 3:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 2, 5:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Feb 2, 8:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Feb 16, 6:31 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | OHX | 11 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:53 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 27 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:37 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | OHX | 13 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:35 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | OHX | 29 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:09 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | OHX | 30 hr |
| Mar 24, 10:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OHX | 9 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:38 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | OHX | 18 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Mar 31, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 6:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OHX | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 8:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 3:19 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | OHX | 29 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OHX | 23 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:50 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | OHX | 29 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 12, 9:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 12, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 42 min |
| May 12, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 52 min |
| May 20, 2:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 7:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 9:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:36 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OHX | 3 days |
| Aug 1, 5:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 2, 8:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:08 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 5:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | 114 min |
| Aug 21, 12:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | 2 hr |
| Oct 20, 12:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:04 PM CST | Frost Advisory | OHX | 18 hr |
| Nov 10, 2:02 PM CST | Frost Advisory | OHX | 18 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:21 PM CST | Freeze Watch | OHX | 14 hr |
| Nov 19, 2:57 AM CST | Freeze Warning | OHX | 30 hr |
| Nov 27, 1:57 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 34 hr |
| Nov 28, 5:24 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Nov 29, 5:24 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Nov 29, 6:47 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Nov 29, 8:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 27 min |
| Nov 29, 8:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | 16 min |
| Nov 29, 9:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Dec 17, 11:23 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 25 hr |
| Dec 17, 8:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Dec 17, 8:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:48 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Dec 18, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 29 min |
| Dec 18, 12:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 22 min |
| Dec 18, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 26 min |
| Dec 18, 2:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 12:50 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | OHX | 8 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Dec 28, 5:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 34 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 | 7 |
| Tornado Warning | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 22 |
| Special Weather Statement | 10 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| River Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Freezing 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.