Alert archive / Indiana / Howard County
Weather alerts in Howard County, Indiana, 2015
109 weather alerts in 2015, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Howard County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 109
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 22
- Advisories
- 34
- Busiest month
- June25 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 13, 20155 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Howard County, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 3 | 67% | 1 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Indianapolis, IN: tornado warnings | 18 | 2 | 89% | 7 | 43% | 9 min |
| NWS Indianapolis, IN: severe thunderstorm warnings | 141 | 59 | 58% | 209 | 62% | 21 min |
| NWS Indianapolis, IN: flash flood warnings | 48 | 13 | 73% | 35 | 77% | 72 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 2, 3:07 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 10 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:46 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IND | 12 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 30 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:05 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IND | 19 hr |
| Jan 5, 7:29 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:43 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | IND | 54 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:43 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | IND | 57 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:33 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 13 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:23 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | IND | 28 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:08 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 44 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:08 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:23 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 32 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IND | 26 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:51 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IND | 45 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 37 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:49 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | IND | 30 hr |
| Feb 14, 11:54 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:39 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | IND | 55 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:13 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IND | 35 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:13 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 10 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:22 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | IND | 30 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:31 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | IND | 17 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:49 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | IND | 19 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:03 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 39 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:13 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:38 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | IND | 10 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:53 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 16 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:43 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 9 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:15 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 8 hr |
| Apr 8, 8:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | 37 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 10:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 10:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:28 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 7 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:47 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IND | 28 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:28 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | 18 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:01 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | 29 hr |
| May 4, 6:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 11, 1:14 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 26, 1:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 26, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 27, 12:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 27, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 8 min |
| May 30, 11:51 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 30, 3:29 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IND | 19 hr |
| May 30, 5:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | 3 hr |
| May 30, 7:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 4:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 21 min |
| Jun 7, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 9:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 8:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 1:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 14, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 19 min |
| Jun 17, 6:46 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 7 days |
| Jun 18, 10:56 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 11 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 2:08 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 22, 9:17 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | 24 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 7 days |
| Jun 27, 8:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 7 days |
| Jul 8, 3:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | 27 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | 24 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 10:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 3:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | 23 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 13, 8:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jul 17, 3:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 3:47 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | IND | 27 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 3, 12:19 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Aug 3, 3:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 45 min |
| Sep 18, 10:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Sep 18, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 45 min |
| Oct 7, 3:39 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 8 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:42 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | 34 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:42 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | 54 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:46 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | 20 hr |
| Oct 17, 10:01 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | 24 hr |
| Oct 19, 1:14 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | IND | 7 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:49 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 39 hr |
| Nov 18, 10:05 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 7 hr |
| Nov 21, 11:26 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 21, 12:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 7 hr |
| Dec 4, 7:32 PM EST | Freezing Fog Advisory | IND | 16 hr |
| Dec 7, 5:16 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 8 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:28 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | IND | 3 days |
| Dec 27, 3:34 PM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 27 hr |
| Dec 29, 10:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 24 hr |
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.