Alert archive / Idaho / Clearwater County
Weather alerts in Clearwater County, Idaho, 2017
74 weather alerts in 2017, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Clearwater County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 74
- Warnings
- 9
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 45
- Busiest month
- January12 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20173 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Clearwater County, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% | |||
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Pocatello, ID: tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| NWS Pocatello, ID: severe thunderstorm warnings | 33 | 6 | 82% | 44 | 59% | 14 min |
| NWS Pocatello, ID: flash flood warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 7 | 0% | |
| NWS Missoula, MT: tornado warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% | |||
| NWS Missoula, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings | 13 | 8 | 38% | 24 | 38% | 20 min |
| NWS Missoula, MT: flash flood warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% | |||
| NWS Boise, ID: severe thunderstorm warnings | 23 | 3 | 87% | 44 | 7% | 17 min |
| NWS Boise, ID: flash flood warnings | 8 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Spokane, WA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 1 | 80% | 15 | 7% | 0 min |
| NWS Spokane, WA: flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 35 | 0% |
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 7, 1:35 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | 59 days |
| Jan 7, 1:35 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 50 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:31 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 21 hr |
| Jan 13, 9:49 AM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | OTX | 4 days |
| Jan 17, 12:42 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | 26 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:42 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 45 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:59 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 43 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:45 PM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | OTX | 4 days |
| Jan 29, 1:29 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | 39 days |
| Jan 30, 11:07 AM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | 40 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:07 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 40 hr |
| Jan 31, 5:04 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 29 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:36 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 23 hr |
| Feb 2, 12:54 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 69 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:09 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 21 hr |
| Feb 7, 8:24 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 24 hr |
| Feb 8, 10:42 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 23 hr |
| Feb 9, 9:57 AM PST | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | 50 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:39 PM PST | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 36 min |
| Feb 21, 2:39 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 31 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:58 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 46 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:39 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | 14 hr |
| Feb 27, 1:39 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 23 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:17 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 46 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:37 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 30 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:54 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 19 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:42 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 20 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:04 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 23 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:47 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | 26 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:17 AM PDT | River Flood Warning | MSO | 12 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:38 AM PDT | Flood Watch | MSO | 25 hr |
| Mar 17, 12:35 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | 58 hr |
| Mar 29, 9:51 AM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MSO | 30 hr |
| Apr 7, 11:50 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 55 min |
| Apr 7, 12:00 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:35 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 38 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:43 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 33 hr |
| May 5, 2:16 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 5, 5:28 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 47 min |
| May 16, 2:57 AM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 47 hr |
| May 16, 2:14 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 46 min |
| May 16, 4:18 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 2:28 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:46 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 7:13 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 5:26 PM PDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 5:27 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 11:22 AM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 4:21 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 12:03 PM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 56 hr |
| Aug 24, 7:59 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 14 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:49 AM PDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 56 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:48 PM PDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 22 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:06 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | MSO | 24 min |
| Sep 23, 12:29 PM PDT | Frost Advisory | MSO | 20 hr |
| Oct 11, 1:38 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 18 hr |
| Oct 12, 12:11 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 30 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:55 AM PDT | High Wind Warning | MSO | 5 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:38 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 4 days |
| Nov 4, 1:35 PM PDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 45 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:32 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 24 hr |
| Nov 28, 9:48 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 21 hr |
| Dec 2, 2:26 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 44 hr |
| Dec 4, 2:05 PM PST | Air Stagnation Advisory | OTX | 11 days |
| Dec 13, 5:15 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 14 hr |
| Dec 14, 1:27 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 45 hr |
| Dec 16, 1:45 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 44 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:45 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 39 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:03 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 53 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:31 AM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 43 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:17 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 25 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:40 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | 23 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:02 PM PST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | 3 days |
| Dec 27, 2:02 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | 20 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 | |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Special Weather Statement | 11 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 37 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Air Stagnation Advisory | 3 |
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.