Alert archive / Indiana / Elkhart County

Weather alerts in Elkhart County, Indiana, 2011

190 weather alerts in 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Elkhart County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2011. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 190
Warnings: 43
Watches: 37
Advisories: 36
Busiest month: July36 alerts
Busiest day: July 2, 20118 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 Elkhart County in 2011 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.

Elkhart County, 2011

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	1	0	100%	1	0%
Severe thunderstorm warnings	26	18	31%	17	71%	27 min
Flash flood warnings	0			0

Each office's whole area, 2011

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Northern Indiana: tornado warnings	29	2	93%	19	32%	11 min
NWS Northern Indiana: severe thunderstorm warnings	245	134	45%	428	76%	24 min
NWS Northern Indiana: flash flood warnings	24	11	54%	17	82%	70 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, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 6, 2:56 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	IWX	25 hr
Jan 7, 11:50 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Watch	IWX	9 hr
Jan 7, 3:42 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	IWX	38 hr
Jan 7, 9:19 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	IWX	31 hr
Jan 17, 1:22 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	15 hr
Jan 19, 3:40 AM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	IWX	5 hr
Jan 20, 4:10 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	IWX	32 hr
Jan 24, 4:03 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	11 hr
Jan 30, 4:53 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	IWX	34 hr
Jan 31, 2:36 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	IWX	38 hr
Feb 1, 4:51 AM EST	Blizzard Warning	IWX	24 hr
Feb 2, 4:37 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	17 hr
Feb 3, 3:57 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	IWX	17 hr
Feb 8, 11:22 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	IWX	11 hr
Feb 9, 3:14 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	IWX	21 hr
Feb 19, 4:49 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	IWX	24 hr
Feb 20, 5:02 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	53 hr
Feb 21, 10:20 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 hr
Feb 23, 3:57 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	IWX	20 hr
Feb 23, 8:37 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	7 hr
Feb 24, 11:56 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	22 hr
Feb 24, 10:41 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Feb 26, 4:43 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	12 hr
Feb 27, 4:53 AM EST	Flood Watch	IWX	24 hr
Mar 3, 4:41 AM EST	Flood Watch	IWX	58 hr
Mar 23, 1:12 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Apr 11, 12:03 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Apr 11, 1:48 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Apr 11, 1:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	46 min
Apr 11, 2:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	40 min
Apr 15, 10:52 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	IWX	9 hr
Apr 19, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr
Apr 22, 10:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	14 min
Apr 26, 1:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Apr 26, 3:02 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 26, 3:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	37 hr
Apr 26, 4:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	67 min
Apr 26, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	32 min
Apr 26, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	20 min
Apr 26, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	30 min
Apr 26, 8:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
Apr 27, 11:47 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	34 hr
Apr 27, 11:47 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	21 hr
Apr 28, 1:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	9 hr
Apr 28, 9:02 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	47 hr
Apr 28, 9:02 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	3 days
Apr 28, 9:02 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	58 hr
Apr 28, 9:05 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	12 hr
Apr 28, 4:08 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	30 hr
Apr 28, 9:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	4 days
May 2, 9:55 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	22 hr
May 4, 4:14 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	IWX	28 hr
May 8, 3:43 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	IWX	5 hr
May 11, 6:40 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
May 11, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 11, 10:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	23 min
May 14, 3:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	2 hr
May 19, 11:22 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	IWX	12 hr
May 22, 5:16 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
May 22, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 22, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	52 min
May 22, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	63 min
May 22, 8:20 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
May 22, 10:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
May 23, 12:35 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
May 23, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 25, 9:50 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
May 25, 10:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	24 min
May 25, 11:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	60 min
May 25, 1:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	14 hr
May 26, 12:17 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	23 hr
May 27, 11:04 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	4 days
May 29, 12:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
May 29, 1:29 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 29, 1:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	5 hr
May 29, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	56 min
May 29, 3:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	39 min
May 29, 5:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	4 days
May 29, 9:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	24 min
May 31, 1:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
May 31, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 31, 7:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 4, 2:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	63 min
Jun 4, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 8, 3:46 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	IWX	15 hr
Jun 9, 12:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	43 min
Jun 9, 12:45 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jun 9, 1:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	30 min
Jun 17, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	31 min
Jun 21, 5:56 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jun 21, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	27 min
Jun 21, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	66 min
Jun 22, 11:46 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jun 22, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 22, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	34 min
Jul 2, 2:06 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
Jul 2, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jul 2, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	54 min
Jul 2, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	65 min
Jul 2, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	55 min
Jul 2, 6:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	3 hr
Jul 2, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	52 min
Jul 2, 7:17 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Jul 11, 6:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 11, 8:10 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Jul 11, 8:50 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Jul 11, 9:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	78 min
Jul 11, 10:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	75 min
Jul 11, 10:55 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Jul 16, 3:51 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Watch	IWX	66 hr
Jul 16, 3:51 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	IWX	28 hr
Jul 18, 3:59 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	IWX	16 hr
Jul 19, 1:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	23 min
Jul 19, 1:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	34 min
Jul 19, 4:06 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	IWX	5 hr
Jul 19, 9:23 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	IWX	5 days
Jul 21, 4:19 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jul 21, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	27 min
Jul 22, 12:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Jul 22, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 22, 11:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	51 min
Jul 23, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	45 min
Jul 23, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	49 min
Jul 23, 6:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	119 min
Jul 23, 7:06 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jul 28, 3:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	20 hr
Jul 29, 12:51 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jul 29, 2:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 29, 3:31 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jul 29, 4:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	57 min
Jul 29, 5:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	61 min
Aug 2, 4:19 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	IWX	16 hr
Aug 2, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Aug 2, 9:34 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Aug 2, 11:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	84 min
Aug 3, 12:25 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Aug 7, 4:12 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	IWX	5 hr
Aug 7, 12:14 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 7, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	55 min
Aug 7, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	30 min
Aug 7, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	34 min
Aug 7, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	43 min
Aug 7, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	35 min
Aug 9, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	42 min
Aug 9, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	54 min
Aug 9, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	40 min
Aug 9, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	46 min
Aug 13, 12:45 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Aug 13, 1:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Aug 13, 4:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Aug 13, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	37 min
Aug 13, 7:10 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Aug 20, 12:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Aug 24, 4:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Aug 24, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 24, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	26 min
Aug 24, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	33 min
Aug 24, 9:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	28 min
Sep 2, 4:22 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	IWX	16 hr
Sep 3, 1:24 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Sep 3, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Sep 3, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	30 min
Sep 3, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	45 min
Sep 3, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	38 min
Sep 3, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	35 min
Sep 3, 6:02 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Sep 3, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	50 min
Sep 3, 8:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
Sep 20, 12:18 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	IWX	10 hr
Sep 29, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	29 min
Sep 29, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	27 min
Oct 1, 3:27 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	IWX	30 hr
Oct 15, 4:20 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	IWX	14 hr
Oct 18, 9:45 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	IWX	42 hr
Oct 21, 4:04 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	IWX	28 hr
Oct 24, 2:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	41 min
Oct 25, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	63 min
Oct 29, 12:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	54 min
Nov 9, 3:42 AM EST	Wind Advisory	IWX	16 hr
Nov 12, 4:05 PM EST	Wind Advisory	IWX	27 hr
Nov 14, 12:41 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Nov 28, 2:48 PM EST	Flood Watch	IWX	19 hr
Nov 29, 3:36 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	IWX	9 hr
Nov 29, 9:20 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	12 hr
Nov 29, 12:02 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Nov 29, 12:05 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	16 hr
Nov 29, 3:12 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Dec 15, 11:16 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	3 days
Dec 15, 2:06 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	32 hr
Dec 21, 2:34 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	IWX	7 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	26
Tornado Warning	1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	15
Tornado Watch	4
Mesoscale Discussion	43
Special Weather Statement	31
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	2
River Flood Warning	10
Flash Flood Watch	5
Flood Watch	3
River Flood Watch	4
Areal Flood Advisory	3
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Lake Effect Snow Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	1
Lake Effect Snow Watch	1
Winter Storm Watch	4
Freezing Rain Advisory	1
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	2
Winter Weather Advisory	7
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	1
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	6
Cold
Frost Advisory	3
Wind Chill Advisory	4
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	5
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	5

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2010 2012

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.