Alert archive / Florida / Okaloosa County
Weather alerts in Okaloosa County, Florida, 2013
97 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Okaloosa County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 97
- Warnings
- 43
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- July33 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 23, 20137 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 3 tornado warnings covering Okaloosa County in 2013 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Okaloosa County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 3 | 73% | 3 | 33% | 23 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 6 | 1 | 83% | 5 | 100% | 114 min |
Each office's whole area, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Mobile, AL: tornado warnings | 23 | 3 | 87% | 9 | 78% | 35 min |
| NWS Mobile, AL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 131 | 30 | 77% | 66 | 71% | 21 min |
| NWS Mobile, AL: flash flood warnings | 55 | 19 | 65% | 47 | 87% | 110 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 9:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 61 min |
| Feb 11, 9:49 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 34 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:58 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Feb 12, 1:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Feb 12, 3:35 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Feb 12, 5:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Feb 13, 9:12 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 26 hr |
| Feb 21, 7:42 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 26 hr |
| Feb 21, 7:42 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 8 days |
| Feb 22, 10:19 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 10 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:59 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 4 days |
| Feb 24, 7:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 50 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:01 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 50 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:42 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 66 min |
| Feb 25, 9:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 25, 11:33 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:52 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Feb 25, 9:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Feb 25, 10:44 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 7:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Mar 23, 11:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Mar 23, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Mar 23, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 57 min |
| Mar 23, 5:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 11, 12:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Apr 11, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 11, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 62 min |
| Apr 14, 9:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 14, 9:57 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 9 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 114 min |
| Jun 6, 5:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 28, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 29, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 8:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 5 days |
| Jul 4, 6:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 7:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 10:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 32 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | 12 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 8:56 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 27 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | 12 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | 12 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | 12 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 10:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 11:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 11:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 7 days |
| Jul 12, 6:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 117 min |
| Jul 22, 11:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 22 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 116 min |
| Jul 22, 7:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 23, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 116 min |
| Jul 23, 6:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 24, 12:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 24, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 8:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 1:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | 5 days |
| Aug 17, 7:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 7:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 113 min |
| Aug 18, 4:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Aug 18, 1:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 3:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 62 min |
| Sep 3, 2:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 113 min |
| Sep 21, 9:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 118 min |
| Sep 21, 2:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 119 min |
| Sep 23, 10:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 119 min |
| Sep 24, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 24, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 77 min |
| Sep 24, 6:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 24, 6:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 2 hr |
| Sep 24, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | 4 hr |
| Sep 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | 45 min |
| Nov 26, 9:41 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 2 hr |
| Dec 21, 8:49 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 22 hr |
| Dec 23, 8:26 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | 50 hr |
| Dec 28, 6:42 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | 2 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 | 11 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 24 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 6 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| River Flood Warning | 17 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 24 |
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.