Alert archive / Indiana / Allen County
Weather alerts in Allen County, Indiana, 2026
169 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Allen County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 169
- Warnings
- 44
- Watches
- 35
- Advisories
- 37
- Busiest month
- April40 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 31, 202612 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Allen County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 28 | 17 | 39% | 32 | 88% | 19 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Northern Indiana: tornado warnings | 48 | 14 | 71% | 53 | 57% | 11 min |
| NWS Northern Indiana: severe thunderstorm warnings | 309 | 153 | 50% | 674 | 74% | 19 min |
| NWS Northern Indiana: flash flood warnings | 14 | 7 | 50% | 43 | 56% | 115 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
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, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 1:34 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IWX | 14 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:37 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | IWX | 42 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:54 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | IWX | 55 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:21 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IWX | 39 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:57 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IWX | 71 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:15 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | IWX | 45 hr |
| Jan 27, 10:03 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | IWX | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:16 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | IWX | 19 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:51 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 9 hr |
| Feb 19, 5:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 49 min |
| Feb 19, 6:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 33 min |
| Feb 19, 10:03 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Feb 19, 1:39 PM EST | Wind Advisory | IWX | 29 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 25 min |
| Mar 4, 11:18 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 11 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:06 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 14 hr |
| Mar 10, 1:45 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | 16 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Mar 11, 1:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Mar 11, 5:23 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | 21 days |
| Mar 12, 1:30 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | IWX | 11 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:43 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | IWX | 31 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:58 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | 35 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 12:14 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Mar 26, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 10:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:55 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 7:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 9:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:31 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | 21 days |
| Apr 1, 9:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 12:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | 5 days |
| Apr 1, 12:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | 5 days |
| Apr 2, 1:55 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | 18 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | 69 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 2, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 118 min |
| Apr 2, 8:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 2, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 2:17 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | 27 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 24 min |
| Apr 13, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 13, 6:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 13, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 1:19 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | 43 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | 21 days |
| Apr 15, 1:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 3:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | 114 min |
| Apr 16, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 22 min |
| Apr 16, 4:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 10:31 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 9 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:56 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IWX | 19 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:56 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | IWX | 12 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:34 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IWX | 31 hr |
| Apr 22, 12:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 6:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Apr 24, 2:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:34 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | 12 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 1, 3:03 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | IWX | 9 hr |
| May 1, 11:53 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IWX | 21 hr |
| May 2, 1:04 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IWX | 19 hr |
| May 4, 4:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 9, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 43 min |
| May 11, 1:36 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IWX | 18 hr |
| May 18, 11:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 18, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 63 min |
| May 18, 2:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 19, 1:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 19, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 19, 4:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 19, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 31 min |
| May 24, 11:34 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 9 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:08 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | IWX | 30 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 1:49 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | IWX | 16 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 11, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 1:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 16, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:37 AM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | 19 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:16 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:16 AM EDT | Extreme Heat Watch | IWX | 11 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:29 PM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | IWX | 5 days |
| Jul 2, 11:33 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | IWX | 55 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 73 min |
| Jul 3, 10:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 7:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | 119 min |
| Jul 13, 12:57 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | IWX | 31 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:45 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | IWX | 31 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 18, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 8:52 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 27, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:18 AM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | 26 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:06 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 8:27 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | 11 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 9:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Aug 10, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 12:56 AM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | 3 days |
| Aug 11, 7:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 10:31 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 11, 11:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 4:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | 42 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:32 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | 3 days |
| Aug 26, 1:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Aug 31, 1:00 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | IWX | 4 days |
| Sep 4, 10:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:41 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Sep 5, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:59 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Sep 5, 6:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 28 min |
| Sep 15, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | 24 min |
| Sep 15, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 25 min |
| Sep 15, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 27 min |
| Sep 16, 8:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:18 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | 23 hr |
| Sep 17, 9:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | 4 hr |
| Sep 17, 10:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | 8 days |
| Sep 17, 10:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IWX | 7 days |
| Sep 17, 10:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 10:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:20 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | 47 hr |
| Sep 20, 1:58 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IWX | 10 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 | 28 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 19 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 38 |
| Special Weather Statement | 15 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 11 |
| Flood Watch | 10 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 11 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Extreme Heat Warning | 1 |
| Extreme Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.