Alert archive / Illinois / Richland County
Weather alerts in Richland County, Illinois, 2014
95 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Richland County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 95
- Warnings
- 27
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 22
- Busiest month
- February12 alerts
- Busiest day
- February 20, 20147 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 1 tornado warnings covering Richland County in 2014 had a tornado report inside them.
Richland County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 6 | 2 | 67% | 2 | 100% | 5 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Lincoln, IL: tornado warnings | 23 | 8 | 65% | 19 | 84% | 14 min |
| NWS Lincoln, IL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 109 | 51 | 53% | 227 | 55% | 22 min |
| NWS Lincoln, IL: flash flood warnings | 40 | 10 | 75% | 35 | 69% | 83 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:16 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | 30 hr |
| Jan 3, 11:40 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | 16 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:01 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ILX | 44 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:15 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | ILX | 69 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:33 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | 10 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:02 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | 4 days |
| Jan 22, 3:45 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ILX | 55 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:02 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ILX | 66 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:32 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:01 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | 39 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:33 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | 44 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:19 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | 27 hr |
| Feb 14, 9:59 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | 36 hr |
| Feb 19, 8:02 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | 7 days |
| Feb 19, 9:16 PM CST | High Wind Watch | ILX | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:15 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:23 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Feb 20, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 56 min |
| Feb 20, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 5:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:24 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | 36 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:04 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ILX | 33 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:32 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 10:39 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ILX | 12 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:03 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ILX | 48 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | 10 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | 8 days |
| Apr 3, 6:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 3, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | 62 min |
| Apr 14, 3:08 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ILX | 18 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:07 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ILX | 16 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | 6 days |
| Apr 28, 6:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 8, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | 55 min |
| May 9, 11:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 9, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 9, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 11, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 46 min |
| May 14, 8:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | 5 days |
| May 21, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 21, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 4, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 8, 12:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 13, 12:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 14, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 3:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 25 min |
| Aug 19, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 20, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 3:07 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ILX | 5 days |
| Aug 23, 11:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Aug 24, 3:00 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | ILX | 64 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | 17 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 11:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | 5 days |
| Sep 5, 2:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Sep 5, 7:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Sep 10, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Sep 10, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | 39 min |
| Sep 11, 10:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | 7 days |
| Sep 17, 1:26 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | 8 hr |
| Oct 2, 11:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Oct 2, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Oct 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Oct 2, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | 21 min |
| Oct 3, 6:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | 3 days |
| Oct 4, 2:41 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ILX | 16 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Oct 13, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Oct 18, 2:51 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ILX | 29 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:00 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ILX | 42 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:18 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | 6 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:40 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILX | 18 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:40 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | 11 hr |
| Dec 1, 1:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:14 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ILX | 10 hr |
| Dec 5, 12:44 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | 9 hr |
| Dec 5, 7:29 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | 7 days |
| Dec 14, 7:29 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:55 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | 8 days |
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.