Alert archive / Alabama / Choctaw County
Weather alerts in Choctaw County, Alabama, 2018
144 weather alerts in 2018, 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
- 144
- Warnings
- 49
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 28
- Busiest month
- December25 alerts
- Busiest day
- December 28, 201810 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 1 tornado warnings covering Choctaw County in 2018 had a tornado report inside them.
Choctaw County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 12 | 3 | 75% | 1 | 100% | 32 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 11 | 9 | 18% | 7 | 100% | 145 min |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Mobile, AL: tornado warnings | 27 | 7 | 74% | 14 | 71% | 10 min |
| NWS Mobile, AL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 127 | 40 | 69% | 124 | 60% | 21 min |
| NWS Mobile, AL: flash flood warnings | 44 | 27 | 39% | 81 | 96% | 162 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, 3:44 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MOB | 29 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:55 PM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | MOB | 69 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:27 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MOB | 28 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:25 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 8 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:57 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 9 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:09 PM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | MOB | 13 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:55 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | MOB | 27 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:14 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | MOB | 12 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:49 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MOB | 44 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:49 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MOB | 39 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:02 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | MOB | 66 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:13 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | MOB | 23 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:12 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | MOB | 18 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:24 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | MOB | 30 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:25 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 47 min |
| Feb 7, 6:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 47 min |
| Feb 7, 7:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 50 min |
| Feb 7, 8:34 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 13 days |
| Feb 7, 8:34 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 13 days |
| Feb 10, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 49 min |
| Feb 10, 8:29 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:50 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 11 days |
| Feb 24, 8:50 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 11 days |
| Mar 7, 3:01 PM CST | Freeze Watch | MOB | 13 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:05 AM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | 28 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:44 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 5 days |
| Mar 9, 7:44 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 5 days |
| Mar 11, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 37 min |
| Mar 11, 5:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 46 min |
| Mar 12, 5:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MOB | 16 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | MOB | 12 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:45 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | MOB | 29 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:18 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 5 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:23 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | 16 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:56 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 94 min |
| Apr 3, 11:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Apr 6, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 39 min |
| Apr 6, 11:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 4 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 9 days |
| Apr 13, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 16 days |
| Apr 13, 9:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 39 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:19 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | 18 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 14, 10:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 61 min |
| Apr 14, 12:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 14, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 2:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 8:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | 13 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 22 min |
| Apr 22, 9:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 7 days |
| May 16, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 54 min |
| May 16, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 49 min |
| May 17, 11:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 49 min |
| May 17, 11:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 41 min |
| May 17, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 47 min |
| May 17, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 48 min |
| May 19, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 46 min |
| May 23, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 44 min |
| May 24, 10:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 5 days |
| May 25, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 24 min |
| May 30, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 49 min |
| May 30, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 62 min |
| May 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 4:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 7:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 30, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 5:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 8:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 65 min |
| Jul 20, 3:17 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MOB | 16 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 14 min |
| Jul 22, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 1:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 2:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 72 min |
| Sep 2, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 26 min |
| Sep 3, 5:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 58 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 5 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 6:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 2 hr |
| Nov 1, 4:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 1, 5:27 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 1, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 42 min |
| Nov 1, 7:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | 31 min |
| Nov 1, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 45 min |
| Nov 7, 10:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 66 min |
| Nov 7, 10:34 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Nov 7, 11:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 45 min |
| Nov 13, 3:11 PM CST | Freeze Watch | MOB | 13 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:41 AM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | 29 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:37 AM CST | Freeze Warning | MOB | 28 hr |
| Nov 24, 11:37 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 9 hr |
| Dec 1, 4:31 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Dec 7, 10:30 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 7 days |
| Dec 7, 10:30 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 7 days |
| Dec 26, 3:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | 55 hr |
| Dec 26, 11:10 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 20 days |
| Dec 26, 11:10 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 20 days |
| Dec 27, 8:29 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 10 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 3:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 56 min |
| Dec 27, 4:27 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 5:07 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Dec 27, 5:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 6:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | 47 min |
| Dec 28, 2:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 45 min |
| Dec 28, 3:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 19 min |
| Dec 28, 3:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 4:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 6:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:03 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | 27 hr |
| Dec 29, 12:00 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | 12 hr |
| Dec 29, 9:43 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 31 hr |
| Dec 29, 11:47 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | 36 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 | 12 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 13 |
| Special Weather Statement | 40 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 11 |
| River Flood Warning | 13 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 11 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Hard Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
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.