Alert archive / Alabama / Choctaw County
Weather alerts in Choctaw County, Alabama, 2008
186 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Choctaw County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 186
- Warnings
- 77
- Watches
- 40
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- January29 alerts
- Busiest day
- January 10, 20088 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 Choctaw County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them.
Choctaw County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 7 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 33 | 5 | 85% | 7 | 57% | 19 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Mobile, AL: tornado warnings | 165 | 10 | 94% | 17 | 82% | 33 min |
| NWS Mobile, AL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 300 | 54 | 82% | 117 | 68% | 19 min |
| NWS Mobile, AL: flash flood warnings | 28 | 3 | 89% | 19 | 74% | 212 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 1, 11:34 AM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | 20 hr |
| Jan 1, 11:34 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | MOB | 45 hr |
| Jan 2, 5:27 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 37 hr |
| Jan 3, 11:40 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | MOB | 21 hr |
| Jan 8, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:32 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jan 10, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | 66 min |
| Jan 10, 1:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jan 10, 3:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jan 10, 3:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 21 min |
| Jan 10, 3:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jan 10, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 56 min |
| Jan 10, 5:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jan 18, 9:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MOB | 10 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:01 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | MOB | 29 hr |
| Jan 19, 7:18 AM CST | Snow Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Jan 19, 10:17 AM CST | Heavy Snow Warning | MOB | 3 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:36 PM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | MOB | 15 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:52 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 27 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:11 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | MOB | 29 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:01 PM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | MOB | 11 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:40 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 11 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:17 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MOB | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 6:39 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 23 hr |
| Jan 29, 9:34 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 6:04 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 12 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jan 31, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 45 min |
| Jan 31, 7:34 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Feb 6, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 41 min |
| Feb 6, 5:04 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:30 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 29 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:12 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:19 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Feb 12, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 49 min |
| Feb 12, 3:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | 39 min |
| Feb 12, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 62 min |
| Feb 14, 5:57 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 11 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:05 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Feb 17, 5:26 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 17, 7:13 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Feb 17, 9:43 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Feb 17, 11:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | 27 min |
| Feb 21, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 21, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 25 min |
| Feb 21, 11:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 67 min |
| Feb 22, 1:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:41 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Feb 25, 11:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Feb 26, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:50 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Feb 26, 4:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 63 min |
| Mar 2, 1:43 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 7 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:05 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 25 hr |
| Mar 3, 8:59 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Mar 3, 9:56 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | 25 min |
| Mar 3, 11:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 67 min |
| Mar 7, 3:35 PM CST | Snow Advisory | MOB | 5 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:18 PM CST | Freeze Watch | MOB | 23 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:18 PM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | 16 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:14 PM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | 16 hr |
| Mar 17, 10:51 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | 8 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:24 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | 47 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 54 min |
| Mar 22, 2:41 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 24 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:45 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 26 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 29 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:21 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | MOB | 22 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:46 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MOB | 18 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 27 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:26 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 9 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Apr 4, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:25 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 38 min |
| Apr 11, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | 53 min |
| Apr 11, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 52 min |
| Apr 11, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 5:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 113 min |
| Apr 11, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 27 min |
| Apr 11, 7:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 11, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 8:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 99 min |
| Apr 13, 3:47 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | MOB | 33 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:15 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MOB | 19 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:54 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | MOB | 28 hr |
| Apr 18, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 9:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 76 min |
| Apr 28, 5:38 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 24 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 37 hr |
| May 3, 4:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 3, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 39 min |
| May 3, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | 14 min |
| May 3, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 41 min |
| May 3, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 59 min |
| May 8, 10:19 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | 8 hr |
| May 8, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 15, 7:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| May 15, 8:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 15, 8:58 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 15, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 41 min |
| May 15, 12:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 1, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 7:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 97 min |
| Jun 17, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 22 min |
| Jun 20, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 14 min |
| Jun 29, 9:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 29, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 5:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 11:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 7:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 22 min |
| Aug 2, 10:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Aug 3, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 2:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 12, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 5 days |
| Aug 22, 3:11 PM CDT | Hurricane Local Statement | MOB | 32 hr |
| Aug 23, 12:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 21 hr |
| Aug 23, 11:25 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 1:10 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 4:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Aug 31, 5:57 PM CDT | Hurricane Local Statement | MOB | 27 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 9:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Oct 1, 5:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 14 hr |
| Oct 25, 2:06 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 7 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 29 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:55 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | MOB | 29 hr |
| Nov 8, 1:51 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 28 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:10 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 28 hr |
| Nov 13, 5:01 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 4 hr |
| Nov 14, 8:15 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 18, 5:58 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 23 hr |
| Nov 19, 4:41 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 12 hr |
| Nov 20, 4:07 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 11 hr |
| Nov 20, 4:18 AM CST | Freeze Watch | MOB | 11 hr |
| Nov 20, 2:37 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 27 hr |
| Nov 20, 2:37 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 50 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:16 PM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | MOB | 22 hr |
| Nov 21, 1:29 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | MOB | 18 hr |
| Nov 29, 5:27 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Nov 29, 6:13 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 2 hr |
| Dec 9, 8:03 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:25 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Dec 10, 1:41 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 45 min |
| Dec 11, 2:20 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MOB | 13 hr |
| Dec 11, 9:46 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 9 days |
| Dec 14, 9:34 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 7 days |
| Dec 16, 9:36 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 13 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:10 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 21 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:22 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | 24 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:23 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | 30 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:50 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | MOB | 14 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Dec 24, 5:21 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 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 | 33 |
| Tornado Warning | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 19 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 43 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 5 |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Heavy Snow Warning | 1 |
| Snow Advisory | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 6 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Hard Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 17 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
| Tropical | |
| Hurricane Local Statement | 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.