Alert archive / California / Inyo County

Weather alerts in Inyo County, California, 2013

102 weather alerts in 2013, 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
102
Warnings
55
Watches
17
Advisories
28
Busiest month
August26 alerts
Busiest day
July 28, 20139 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, 2013

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings6267%70%
Flash flood warnings371754%3762%78 min

Each office's whole area, 2013

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Las Vegas, NV: severe thunderstorm warnings741481%7549%18 min
NWS Las Vegas, NV: flash flood warnings30310665%25473%67 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 9, 3:10 PM PSTWind AdvisoryVEF28 hr
Feb 6, 3:19 PM PSTWind AdvisoryVEF39 hr
Feb 18, 2:59 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryVEF49 hr
Feb 18, 3:12 PM PSTWind AdvisoryVEF49 hr
Mar 4, 2:34 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchVEF24 hr
Mar 5, 2:15 PM PSTHigh Wind WarningVEF29 hr
Mar 5, 2:15 PM PSTWind AdvisoryVEF28 hr
Mar 8, 4:05 PM PSTFlash Flood WarningVEF85 min
Mar 18, 2:46 PM PDTHigh Wind WatchVEF24 hr
Mar 19, 3:10 PM PDTWind AdvisoryVEF36 hr
Apr 6, 3:47 AM PDTHigh Wind WatchVEF23 hr
Apr 7, 3:15 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningVEF36 hr
Apr 8, 3:36 AM PDTWind AdvisoryVEF19 hr
Apr 9, 3:30 AM PDTWind AdvisoryVEF37 hr
Apr 12, 12:38 PM PDTWind AdvisoryVEF4 days
Apr 14, 6:13 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningVEF33 hr
Jun 4, 2:46 PM PDTExcessive Heat WatchVEF23 hr
Jun 5, 2:03 PM PDTExcessive Heat WarningVEF4 days
Jun 11, 2:55 PM PDTFire Weather WatchVEF24 hr
Jun 24, 2:52 AM PDTExcessive Heat WatchVEF49 hr
Jun 26, 3:31 AM PDTExcessive Heat WarningVEF9 days
Jul 4, 8:13 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEF92 min
Jul 19, 1:28 PM PDTFlash Flood WatchVEF4 days
Jul 20, 8:41 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEF34 min
Jul 20, 9:31 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF119 min
Jul 20, 10:35 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF85 min
Jul 22, 2:07 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Jul 22, 2:18 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEF57 min
Jul 22, 3:39 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Jul 22, 3:46 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Jul 22, 4:50 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Jul 22, 4:54 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEF66 min
Jul 23, 2:52 AM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEF113 min
Jul 23, 2:13 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF2 hr
Jul 26, 10:20 AM PDTFlash Flood WatchVEF16 hr
Jul 28, 11:47 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF2 hr
Jul 28, 11:51 AM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Jul 28, 1:04 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF86 min
Jul 28, 1:14 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF2 hr
Jul 28, 2:03 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF117 min
Jul 28, 2:21 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Jul 28, 3:11 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Jul 28, 3:52 PM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 28, 4:13 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF62 min
Jul 28, 5:09 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Aug 18, 1:07 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEF3 hr
Aug 18, 1:28 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Aug 18, 2:17 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEF3 hr
Aug 18, 4:11 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF2 hr
Aug 18, 4:23 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEF3 hr
Aug 18, 4:50 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEF3 hr
Aug 18, 5:11 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF109 min
Aug 19, 1:55 PM PDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 23, 2:12 PM PDTFlash Flood WatchVEF4 days
Aug 23, 3:34 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEF41 min
Aug 24, 12:17 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF118 min
Aug 24, 12:20 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEF40 min
Aug 24, 3:53 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF112 min
Aug 27, 3:11 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEF2 hr
Aug 28, 12:50 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Aug 30, 2:36 AM PDTFlash Flood WatchVEF18 hr
Aug 30, 12:55 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF4 hr
Aug 30, 2:15 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF2 hr
Aug 30, 2:52 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEF3 hr
Aug 30, 3:55 PM PDTFlash Flood WatchVEF54 hr
Aug 30, 4:32 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF118 min
Aug 30, 4:52 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEF83 min
Aug 31, 1:23 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Aug 31, 1:49 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEF3 hr
Aug 31, 3:03 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Aug 31, 4:55 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Aug 31, 5:41 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF2 hr
Aug 31, 7:16 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Sep 3, 5:09 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF2 hr
Sep 8, 2:44 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryVEF3 hr
Sep 8, 4:06 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF114 min
Sep 8, 5:12 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF2 hr
Sep 8, 5:36 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF3 hr
Sep 8, 6:38 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF112 min
Sep 8, 6:42 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningVEF48 min
Sep 8, 6:48 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningVEF117 min
Sep 16, 2:37 PM PDTWind AdvisoryVEF30 hr
Sep 20, 3:00 AM PDTHigh Wind WatchVEF12 hr
Sep 20, 2:47 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningVEF33 hr
Sep 23, 2:57 PM PDTHigh Wind WatchVEF19 hr
Sep 24, 10:21 AM PDTHigh Wind WarningVEF37 hr
Sep 24, 10:21 AM PDTWind AdvisoryVEF25 hr
Oct 8, 3:03 AM PDTWinter Weather AdvisoryVEF48 hr
Oct 27, 2:27 PM PDTHigh Wind WarningVEF21 hr
Oct 27, 2:27 PM PDTWind AdvisoryVEF30 hr
Nov 20, 2:46 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryVEF4 days
Dec 1, 2:33 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchVEF12 hr
Dec 2, 2:11 AM PSTHigh Wind WarningVEF46 hr
Dec 2, 2:11 AM PSTWind AdvisoryVEF46 hr
Dec 2, 2:50 PM PSTHard Freeze WatchVEF37 hr
Dec 4, 3:27 AM PSTHard Freeze WarningVEF54 hr
Dec 5, 2:44 PM PSTHigh Wind WatchVEF24 hr
Dec 5, 3:00 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryVEF55 hr
Dec 6, 2:58 PM PSTWinter Storm WarningVEF19 hr
Dec 8, 2:48 AM PSTHard Freeze WarningVEF54 hr
Dec 18, 2:44 AM PSTWinter Storm WatchVEF12 hr
Dec 18, 2:48 PM PSTWinter Weather AdvisoryVEF31 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.