Alert archive / Idaho / Benewah County
Weather alerts in Benewah County, Idaho, 2012
98 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Benewah County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 98
- Warnings
- 31
- Watches
- 21
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest month
- July17 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 4, 20125 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Benewah County, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 7 | 6 | 14% | 3 | 100% | 10 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Spokane, WA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 48 | 36 | 25% | 83 | 71% | 19 min |
| NWS Spokane, WA: flash flood warnings | 6 | 5 | 17% | 18 | 22% | 16 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 15, 3:50 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 30 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:23 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | 55 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:30 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 4 days |
| Jan 16, 3:30 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 31 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:32 PM PST | Wind Advisory | OTX | 27 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:17 AM PST | Wind Advisory | OTX | 14 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:22 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 42 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:59 PM PST | Wind Advisory | OTX | 21 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:49 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | 43 hr |
| Jan 29, 9:46 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 28 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:22 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | 33 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:05 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 56 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:46 PM PST | High Wind Watch | OTX | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:40 AM PST | High Wind Warning | OTX | 38 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:48 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | 14 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:18 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 46 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:18 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 41 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:59 AM PST | Wind Advisory | OTX | 32 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:11 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | 26 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:03 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 60 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:03 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 29 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:15 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | 28 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:06 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | 12 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:24 PM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 48 hr |
| Mar 29, 1:13 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | 22 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:22 AM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | OTX | 48 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:42 AM PDT | Areal Flood Warning | OTX | 47 hr |
| Mar 30, 12:58 PM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | 5 days |
| Apr 1, 3:37 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | 11 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:28 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 39 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:15 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 8 hr |
| Apr 21, 9:59 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | 16 days |
| Apr 25, 5:50 AM PDT | River Flood Watch | OTX | 30 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:47 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OTX | 39 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:40 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 11:51 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | OTX | 4 days |
| Jun 4, 11:49 AM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 4, 12:46 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:34 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | OTX | 14 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:45 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 4, 4:56 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 6:42 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 4, 7:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 7:56 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 7:33 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:21 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 9:27 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 10:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 10:50 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 13, 9:49 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 9:44 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | OTX | 24 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:51 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | OTX | 8 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | OTX | 36 min |
| Jul 16, 5:39 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 11:49 AM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | OTX | 34 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:38 AM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:18 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 1:29 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 20, 2:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 3:20 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OTX | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 5:21 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 5, 11:48 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 28 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:56 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 26 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:27 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 58 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:00 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | OTX | 42 hr |
| Sep 15, 9:37 AM PDT | Air Stagnation Advisory | OTX | 5 days |
| Sep 30, 3:24 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | OTX | 24 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:12 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | OTX | 31 hr |
| Oct 2, 4:11 PM PDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | OTX | 6 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:19 AM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | 42 hr |
| Oct 19, 3:17 PM PDT | Wind Advisory | OTX | 27 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:30 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | 18 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:25 AM PDT | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 31 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:17 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 29 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:51 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | 24 hr |
| Nov 7, 2:37 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 49 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:52 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 42 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:54 PM PST | High Wind Watch | OTX | 36 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:43 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 42 hr |
| Nov 18, 11:41 AM PST | Flood Watch | OTX | 69 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:03 AM PST | Wind Advisory | OTX | 19 hr |
| Nov 20, 8:48 PM PST | Wind Advisory | OTX | 19 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:22 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | 24 hr |
| Dec 1, 2:59 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 42 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:04 PM PST | Wind Advisory | OTX | 27 hr |
| Dec 5, 3:16 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | 24 hr |
| Dec 5, 10:42 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 52 hr |
| Dec 6, 9:54 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 36 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:48 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 33 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:48 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 33 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:05 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | 31 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:05 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 23 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:10 AM PST | Wind Advisory | OTX | 39 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:10 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 41 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:57 PM PST | High Wind Warning | OTX | 25 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:27 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 43 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:55 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | OTX | 33 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:55 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | OTX | 33 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.
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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.