Alert archive / California / Inyo County
Weather alerts in Inyo County, California, 2008
120 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Inyo County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 120
- Warnings
- 47
- Watches
- 34
- Advisories
- 39
- Busiest month
- July27 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 13, 200813 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Inyo County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 10 | 1 | 90% | 4 | 25% | 112 min |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Las Vegas, NV: tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Las Vegas, NV: severe thunderstorm warnings | 64 | 5 | 92% | 24 | 42% | 29 min |
| NWS Las Vegas, NV: flash flood warnings | 86 | 19 | 78% | 56 | 59% | 36 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, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:18 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | 24 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:10 PM PST | Blizzard Warning | VEF | 62 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:58 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | 11 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:08 AM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 25 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:32 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | 54 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:57 AM PST | Snow Advisory | VEF | 32 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:06 PM PST | Snow Advisory | VEF | 12 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:09 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | 25 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:39 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | 36 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:10 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | 36 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:14 PM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 26 hr |
| Jan 27, 9:47 PM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | 20 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:29 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | 6 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:34 AM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:20 PM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | 15 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:15 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:11 PM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 19 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:00 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | 35 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:14 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | 33 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:22 AM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 10 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:55 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | 20 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:40 AM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 35 hr |
| Feb 13, 11:03 AM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | 12 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:12 PM PST | Heavy Snow Warning | VEF | 10 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:09 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | 12 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:54 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | 54 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:06 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | 25 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:52 AM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | 36 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:52 PM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | 51 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:52 PM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 51 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:15 AM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 15 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:40 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:42 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 44 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:14 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | 35 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:09 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | 9 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:09 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 17 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:59 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | 24 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:58 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | 43 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:12 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 37 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:34 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 57 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:21 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | 24 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:38 AM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | 23 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:08 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | 37 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:07 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 43 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:54 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 56 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:53 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | 29 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:55 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 56 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:10 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 18 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:55 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 6 hr |
| May 11, 9:58 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | 9 hr |
| May 17, 2:58 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | VEF | 24 hr |
| May 18, 2:44 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | 25 hr |
| May 18, 3:21 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | VEF | 28 hr |
| May 18, 3:21 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | VEF | 52 hr |
| May 19, 3:16 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 35 hr |
| May 19, 3:46 PM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | 13 hr |
| May 20, 4:23 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | 32 hr |
| May 20, 4:23 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 43 hr |
| May 20, 2:49 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 29 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:53 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 50 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:57 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | 11 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:05 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 35 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:05 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | VEF | 24 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:52 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | VEF | 27 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:00 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | VEF | 30 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:38 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | VEF | 23 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:38 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | VEF | 47 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:48 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 117 min |
| Jul 12, 6:15 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:19 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | VEF | 26 min |
| Jul 12, 6:38 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:38 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 4 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:43 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:13 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 92 min |
| Jul 12, 8:34 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:00 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 9:47 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:24 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | 17 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:31 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 71 min |
| Jul 13, 3:17 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 1:37 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 113 min |
| Jul 14, 9:33 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | VEF | 117 min |
| Jul 15, 1:01 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:22 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 109 min |
| Jul 16, 3:05 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 115 min |
| Jul 17, 10:15 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | 11 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:06 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:43 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:42 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | 23 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:19 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | VEF | 11 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:01 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | VEF | 13 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:35 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | VEF | 8 hr |
| Aug 25, 1:43 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 116 min |
| Aug 27, 8:44 PM PDT | Excessive Heat Watch | VEF | 8 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:15 AM PDT | Excessive Heat Warning | VEF | 11 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:12 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | VEF | 23 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:35 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 32 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:20 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 19 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:14 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | VEF | 2 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:22 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 16 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:22 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 21 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:55 AM PDT | High Wind Watch | VEF | 8 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:55 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | VEF | 24 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:56 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | VEF | 18 hr |
| Oct 10, 12:00 PM PDT | High Wind Warning | VEF | 16 hr |
| Nov 3, 4:00 PM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 27 hr |
| Nov 8, 2:53 PM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 28 hr |
| Nov 23, 3:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | 24 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:07 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | 55 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:22 AM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 19 hr |
| Dec 11, 4:14 AM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | 33 hr |
| Dec 12, 1:34 PM PST | High Wind Warning | VEF | 26 hr |
| Dec 12, 1:34 PM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 32 hr |
| Dec 14, 5:24 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | VEF | 35 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:15 PM PST | High Wind Watch | VEF | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 9:17 PM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 18 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:33 PM PST | Wind Advisory | VEF | 27 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:30 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | VEF | 24 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:26 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | VEF | 56 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:35 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | VEF | 35 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 | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 10 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 10 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Heavy Snow Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 7 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 6 |
| Snow Advisory | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 7 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 12 |
| High Wind Watch | 15 |
| Wind Advisory | 25 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 8 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 4 |
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.