Alert archive / Indiana / Knox County

Weather alerts in Knox County, Indiana, 2016

173 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Knox County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
173
Warnings
96
Watches
16
Advisories
23
Busiest month
March31 alerts
Busiest day
March 31, 201611 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Knox County, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings151127%2361%17 min
Flash flood warnings4175%1100%15 min

Each office's whole area, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Indianapolis, IN: tornado warnings531081%1974%18 min
NWS Indianapolis, IN: severe thunderstorm warnings1437349%22564%19 min
NWS Indianapolis, IN: flash flood warnings221245%26100%73 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 9, 4:00 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryIND18 hr
Jan 19, 4:11 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryIND29 hr
Jan 19, 9:21 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Feb 2, 7:19 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Feb 13, 3:58 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryIND35 hr
Feb 15, 8:41 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryIND3 hr
Feb 18, 2:44 PM ESTWind AdvisoryIND28 hr
Feb 21, 2:25 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryIND4 hr
Feb 23, 12:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND7 days
Feb 23, 12:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND8 days
Feb 23, 12:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND12 days
Feb 23, 12:11 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND13 days
Feb 23, 4:05 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryIND49 hr
Feb 24, 11:00 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND7 days
Feb 24, 11:00 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND3 days
Feb 25, 4:58 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND8 days
Feb 25, 4:58 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND8 days
Feb 28, 5:03 AM ESTWind AdvisoryIND14 hr
Feb 29, 11:56 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND7 days
Feb 29, 11:56 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND7 days
Feb 29, 11:56 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND8 days
Mar 8, 11:49 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND8 days
Mar 8, 11:49 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND6 days
Mar 8, 11:49 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND9 days
Mar 8, 11:49 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND15 days
Mar 8, 11:49 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND15 days
Mar 8, 11:49 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND48 hr
Mar 8, 11:49 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND48 hr
Mar 8, 11:49 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND48 hr
Mar 8, 11:49 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND48 hr
Mar 10, 12:19 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryIND5 hr
Mar 11, 10:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND5 days
Mar 12, 9:53 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND9 days
Mar 12, 9:53 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND9 days
Mar 12, 9:53 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningIND10 days
Mar 24, 1:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Mar 25, 3:23 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryIND18 hr
Mar 27, 3:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 27, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 27, 6:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 28, 3:45 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryIND17 hr
Mar 31, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND5 days
Mar 31, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND4 days
Mar 31, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND6 days
Mar 31, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND7 days
Mar 31, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND8 days
Mar 31, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND17 days
Mar 31, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND17 days
Mar 31, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND10 days
Mar 31, 11:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND10 days
Mar 31, 1:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Mar 31, 6:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Apr 1, 2:29 PM EDTFreeze WatchIND13 hr
Apr 1, 2:29 PM EDTWind AdvisoryIND26 hr
Apr 2, 3:45 AM EDTFreeze WarningIND29 hr
Apr 2, 4:33 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningIND3 hr
Apr 3, 3:20 PM EDTFreeze WatchIND13 hr
Apr 4, 3:50 AM EDTFreeze WarningIND29 hr
Apr 7, 3:26 PM EDTFreeze WatchIND12 hr
Apr 8, 3:34 AM EDTFreeze WarningIND31 hr
Apr 10, 10:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND8 days
Apr 10, 10:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND8 days
Apr 10, 10:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND10 days
Apr 10, 10:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND9 days
Apr 10, 10:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND10 days
Apr 10, 10:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND10 days
Apr 10, 10:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND8 days
Apr 12, 3:36 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryIND17 hr
Apr 26, 1:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Apr 26, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 26, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND32 min
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND3 days
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND7 days
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND9 days
Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND9 days
Apr 29, 10:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND6 days
Apr 29, 10:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND6 days
Apr 29, 10:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND9 days
May 1, 1:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 1, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND41 min
May 1, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND46 min
May 1, 6:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 1, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
May 1, 9:21 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 1, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND50 min
May 7, 2:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
May 7, 6:32 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
May 7, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 7, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND42 min
May 7, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND43 min
May 7, 8:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND5 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND4 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND6 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND7 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND8 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND6 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND6 days
May 11, 2:54 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryIND7 hr
May 11, 4:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
May 11, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 11, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND47 min
May 11, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND38 min
May 13, 11:13 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND58 hr
May 13, 11:13 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND63 hr
May 26, 10:05 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jun 1, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIND23 min
Jun 1, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIND46 min
Jun 1, 4:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Jun 12, 6:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 15, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 15, 4:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIND3 hr
Jun 15, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND28 min
Jun 15, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND31 min
Jun 15, 7:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Jun 26, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIND50 min
Jun 26, 9:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIND3 hr
Jun 26, 10:15 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningIND3 hr
Jul 3, 3:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchIND19 hr
Jul 3, 2:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 3, 3:24 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 3, 6:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 3, 10:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchIND16 hr
Jul 6, 10:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND37 min
Jul 8, 6:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jul 13, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr
Jul 13, 6:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 13, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND38 min
Jul 13, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 13, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND48 min
Jul 17, 4:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jul 18, 8:59 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jul 20, 2:53 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryIND4 days
Jul 22, 6:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIND43 min
Jul 23, 3:52 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryIND5 hr
Jul 28, 3:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningIND3 hr
Aug 13, 3:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchIND3 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND7 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND7 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND9 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND10 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND8 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND4 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND5 days
Aug 13, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND7 days
Aug 13, 12:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningIND3 hr
Aug 14, 8:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningIND3 hr
Aug 18, 6:36 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryIND3 hr
Aug 24, 4:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Aug 26, 2:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Aug 27, 10:01 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningIND6 hr
Aug 28, 10:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementIND41 min
Aug 28, 10:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningIND3 hr
Aug 28, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND22 min
Aug 29, 1:33 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningIND6 hr
Sep 9, 3:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 9, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Sep 9, 9:30 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Sep 17, 11:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND4 days
Sep 17, 11:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND4 days
Sep 17, 11:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND5 days
Sep 17, 11:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND4 days
Sep 17, 11:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND6 days
Sep 19, 4:00 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryIND6 hr
Oct 3, 4:12 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryIND5 hr
Oct 19, 2:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 19, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIND41 min
Oct 19, 4:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 20, 11:28 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIND4 days
Nov 18, 2:19 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Dec 17, 3:57 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryIND32 hr
Dec 17, 6:32 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Dec 25, 7:02 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryIND8 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.

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.