Alert archive / Indiana / Lawrence County
Weather alerts in Lawrence County, Indiana, 2008
182 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Lawrence County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 182
- Warnings
- 72
- Watches
- 33
- Advisories
- 37
- Busiest month
- June40 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 4, 20088 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 3 tornado warnings covering Lawrence County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them.
Lawrence County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 15 | 7 | 53% | 5 | 60% | 19 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 7 | 5 | 29% | 5 | 80% | 60 min |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Indianapolis, IN: tornado warnings | 29 | 9 | 69% | 13 | 62% | 15 min |
| NWS Indianapolis, IN: severe thunderstorm warnings | 238 | 98 | 59% | 301 | 71% | 18 min |
| NWS Indianapolis, IN: flash flood warnings | 75 | 29 | 61% | 80 | 73% | 108 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 8, 1:22 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jan 8, 6:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | 115 min |
| Jan 8, 8:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 7:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 5 days |
| Jan 10, 11:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 49 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 68 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 5 days |
| Jan 10, 11:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 6 days |
| Jan 10, 11:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 6 days |
| Jan 10, 11:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 4 days |
| Jan 10, 11:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 4 days |
| Jan 11, 1:36 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | IND | 349 days |
| Jan 14, 11:17 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | IND | 346 days |
| Jan 18, 2:20 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | IND | 44 hr |
| Jan 28, 6:21 PM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 33 hr |
| Jan 29, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 29, 6:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 47 min |
| Jan 30, 4:04 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IND | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:31 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IND | 33 hr |
| Jan 31, 7:23 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 1, 5:13 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 8 hr |
| Feb 4, 4:31 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 18 hr |
| Feb 4, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 7 days |
| Feb 4, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 10 days |
| Feb 4, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 10 days |
| Feb 4, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 10 days |
| Feb 4, 3:40 PM EST | Flood Watch | IND | 39 hr |
| Feb 5, 7:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Feb 5, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 49 min |
| Feb 5, 10:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 10:39 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | 3 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IND | 13 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IND | 24 hr |
| Feb 12, 12:51 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:23 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 102 min |
| Feb 12, 7:54 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 9:51 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 10 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:44 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:35 PM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:02 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 12 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:04 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:32 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IND | 20 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:32 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 30 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:03 PM EST | Flood Watch | IND | 36 hr |
| Mar 3, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 7 days |
| Mar 3, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 10 days |
| Mar 3, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 9 days |
| Mar 3, 11:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 9 days |
| Mar 6, 3:58 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IND | 24 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:53 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 20 days |
| Mar 6, 12:53 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 18 days |
| Mar 7, 3:34 AM EST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | IND | 36 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:34 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IND | 36 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:19 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:05 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:06 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 5 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:58 AM EDT | Flood Watch | IND | 64 hr |
| Mar 18, 1:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 23 days |
| Mar 18, 1:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 20 days |
| Mar 18, 1:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 20 days |
| Mar 26, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 12 days |
| Apr 1, 1:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:17 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IND | 67 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:20 AM EDT | Freezing Fog Advisory | IND | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:07 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IND | 39 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:48 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 5 days |
| Apr 12, 4:57 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | 23 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:30 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | 23 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:30 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | 18 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:03 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | 18 hr |
| May 2, 10:48 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 8, 11:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 25 hr |
| May 8, 6:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 11, 3:32 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IND | 18 hr |
| May 11, 6:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 11, 6:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 33 min |
| May 13, 8:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 14, 5:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | 119 min |
| May 14, 11:47 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 4 days |
| May 16, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 5 days |
| May 16, 11:19 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 3 days |
| May 27, 2:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 27, 3:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 23 min |
| May 27, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | 5 hr |
| May 27, 9:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | 83 min |
| May 30, 10:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 29 min |
| May 30, 10:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 31, 12:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 11:05 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 3, 11:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 11:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 11:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | 18 min |
| Jun 3, 12:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | 20 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:09 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 13 days |
| Jun 4, 12:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 11 days |
| Jun 4, 2:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 4, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 12:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 10 days |
| Jun 5, 12:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 11 days |
| Jun 5, 12:49 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 14 days |
| Jun 6, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 7:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | 24 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | 39 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 9, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 8:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 3:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | 29 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 15, 6:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 21, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 5:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 63 min |
| Jun 28, 10:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 28, 12:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 29, 12:40 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 3, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | 112 min |
| Jul 5, 10:41 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | IND | 36 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 13, 11:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 37 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 21, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Aug 1, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:41 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | IND | 18 hr |
| Aug 5, 8:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Sep 4, 7:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Sep 8, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Sep 12, 6:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Sep 12, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 38 min |
| Sep 12, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | 39 min |
| Sep 12, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 48 min |
| Sep 14, 3:45 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IND | 16 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:22 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | IND | 4 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:44 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | 24 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:22 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | 32 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:50 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | 23 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:13 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | 19 hr |
| Dec 8, 4:06 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 7 hr |
| Dec 13, 12:34 PM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 42 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 7 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:15 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 27 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:44 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 42 hr |
| Dec 19, 8:22 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 9 hr |
| Dec 20, 1:26 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | IND | 45 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:05 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 15 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:47 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | IND | 36 hr |
| Dec 23, 11:30 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 23, 1:08 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:19 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | IND | 27 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:19 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | IND | 27 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:19 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | IND | 27 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:19 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | IND | 27 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:19 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | IND | 27 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:00 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 70 hr |
| Dec 26, 12:29 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 10 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:37 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 27 hr |
| Dec 27, 6:06 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Dec 27, 8:58 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Dec 28, 10:55 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 50 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:05 PM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 16 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.