Alert archive / Indiana / Franklin County
Weather alerts in Franklin County, Indiana, 2016
137 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Franklin County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 137
- Warnings
- 28
- Watches
- 20
- Advisories
- 45
- Busiest month
- April26 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 26, 20168 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Franklin County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 15 | 10 | 33% | 3 | 100% | 39 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 1 | 100% | 125 min |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Wilmington, OH: tornado warnings | 27 | 8 | 70% | 24 | 67% | 5 min |
| NWS Wilmington, OH: severe thunderstorm warnings | 202 | 119 | 41% | 445 | 63% | 17 min |
| NWS Wilmington, OH: flash flood warnings | 61 | 38 | 38% | 115 | 82% | 60 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 4, 1:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 114 min |
| Jan 9, 9:09 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILN | 14 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:06 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILN | 29 hr |
| Jan 12, 9:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 51 min |
| Jan 17, 4:12 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | ILN | 33 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILN | 34 hr |
| Feb 2, 11:05 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 5 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:22 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILN | 59 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 92 min |
| Feb 13, 2:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILN | 46 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:52 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILN | 14 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:00 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ILN | 27 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:01 PM EST | Flood Watch | ILN | 25 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:04 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ILN | 28 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:34 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILN | 2 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:18 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | ILN | 11 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:45 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILN | 14 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 9:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 19 min |
| Mar 31, 6:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 1, 3:58 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:58 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILN | 31 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:29 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | 31 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:38 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | ILN | 8 hr |
| Apr 2, 11:38 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILN | 11 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:00 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | 13 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:07 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | 30 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:00 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILN | 16 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 63 min |
| Apr 7, 3:14 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | 12 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:16 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | 13 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:16 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | 18 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:27 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | 23 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:27 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | 32 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:39 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | 30 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:21 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | 30 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:58 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | 18 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 6:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 26, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 6:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 3:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| May 1, 1:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 1, 6:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 1, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 25 min |
| May 1, 8:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 3 hr |
| May 1, 9:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 15, 10:40 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | 22 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 3:51 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILN | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 3:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 20, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 2:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILN | 30 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 12:51 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 23, 3:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 34 min |
| Jun 23, 4:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 45 min |
| Jun 23, 4:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:36 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 5:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILN | 38 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:08 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 9:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 21, 2:32 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILN | 4 days |
| Jul 28, 7:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 94 min |
| Jul 28, 7:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 7:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 113 min |
| Aug 10, 1:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 115 min |
| Aug 12, 9:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILN | 55 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:21 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILN | 10 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 15, 5:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 94 min |
| Aug 17, 8:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Aug 24, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Aug 24, 6:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Aug 24, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 8:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Aug 26, 9:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 1:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 9:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 117 min |
| Sep 8, 6:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 66 min |
| Sep 8, 8:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 112 min |
| Sep 8, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | 5 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | 111 min |
| Sep 8, 10:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 12:58 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | ILN | 16 hr |
| Sep 9, 1:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | 10 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILN | 12 hr |
| Sep 10, 1:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Sep 10, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 26 min |
| Sep 26, 8:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | 23 min |
| Oct 19, 2:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:20 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | ILN | 34 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:59 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ILN | 31 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:51 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ILN | 20 hr |
| Dec 25, 5:27 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILN | 11 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 | 15 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 28 |
| Special Weather Statement | 16 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 21 |
| River Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 6 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 6 |
| Freeze Watch | 5 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
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.