Alert archive / Idaho / Butte County
Weather alerts in Butte County, Idaho, 2018
84 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Butte County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 84
- Warnings
- 34
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 14
- Busiest month
- August22 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 31, 20185 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 2 tornado warnings covering Butte County in 2018 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 5 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Butte County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 5 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 10 | 5 | 50% | 5 | 80% | 22 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pocatello, ID: tornado warnings | 10 | 3 | 70% | 14 | 14% | 12 min |
| NWS Pocatello, ID: severe thunderstorm warnings | 65 | 20 | 69% | 106 | 70% | 17 min |
| NWS Pocatello, ID: flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 21 | 24% | 40 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, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 8:07 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PIH | 18 hr |
| Mar 22, 6:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PIH | 18 hr |
| Mar 22, 6:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PIH | 42 hr |
| Mar 22, 6:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PIH | 18 hr |
| Apr 7, 5:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 6:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | 23 min |
| May 4, 7:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 53 min |
| May 12, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | 21 min |
| May 17, 1:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 47 min |
| May 20, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 92 min |
| May 20, 3:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | 50 min |
| May 22, 3:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 53 min |
| May 25, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 47 min |
| May 27, 2:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 42 min |
| May 27, 2:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 34 min |
| May 27, 3:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 38 min |
| May 27, 3:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 31 min |
| May 30, 8:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 88 min |
| May 31, 12:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 31, 1:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 31, 3:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PIH | 34 min |
| May 31, 3:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | 44 min |
| May 31, 6:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 82 min |
| Jun 17, 12:17 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 1:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 1:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 2:28 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 10, 3:48 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 17 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 2:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 61 min |
| Jul 25, 9:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 29 min |
| Jul 31, 2:51 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 30 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 9:19 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 24 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:41 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 24 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:26 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 64 min |
| Aug 8, 1:55 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PIH | 24 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:31 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | PIH | 55 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:14 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 3 days |
| Aug 15, 2:03 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PIH | 24 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:39 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 48 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:41 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | 41 min |
| Aug 17, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PIH | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 7:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 1:52 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PIH | 13 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:52 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 30 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:38 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 17 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:48 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PIH | 11 hr |
| Aug 23, 1:04 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 56 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:32 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | PIH | 10 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:58 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 16 hr |
| Sep 6, 1:52 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PIH | 25 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:30 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 31 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:37 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 31 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:07 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PIH | 24 hr |
| Sep 14, 2:14 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 31 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:08 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 31 hr |
| Sep 20, 12:48 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PIH | 23 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:40 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PIH | 32 hr |
| Sep 23, 4:32 AM MDT | Frost Advisory | PIH | 28 hr |
| Sep 23, 4:32 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | PIH | 33 hr |
| Sep 24, 1:29 PM MDT | Hard Freeze Warning | PIH | 20 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:35 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | PIH | 19 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:26 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | PIH | 19 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:38 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PIH | 19 hr |
| Oct 24, 5:06 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PIH | 7 hr |
| Nov 1, 2:50 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | PIH | 41 hr |
| Nov 3, 2:05 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | PIH | 40 hr |
| Nov 20, 1:23 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PIH | 48 hr |
| Nov 22, 8:02 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PIH | 3 hr |
| Nov 22, 1:01 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PIH | 47 hr |
| Nov 22, 1:01 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PIH | 41 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:12 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PIH | 30 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:09 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PIH | 37 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:01 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PIH | 31 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:09 PM MST | Wind Advisory | PIH | 28 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:26 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | PIH | 49 min |
| Dec 30, 11:31 AM MST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 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 | 10 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 5 |
| Special Weather Statement | 21 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Snow Squall Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 15 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.