Alert archive / Indiana / Martin County
Weather alerts in Martin County, Indiana, 2016
101 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Martin County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 101
- Warnings
- 25
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- April18 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 15, 20166 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Martin County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 10 | 4 | 60% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Indianapolis, IN: tornado warnings | 53 | 10 | 81% | 19 | 74% | 18 min |
| NWS Indianapolis, IN: severe thunderstorm warnings | 143 | 73 | 49% | 225 | 64% | 19 min |
| NWS Indianapolis, IN: flash flood warnings | 22 | 12 | 45% | 26 | 100% | 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 4:00 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 18 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:51 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 23 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:11 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 29 hr |
| Jan 19, 9:21 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:09 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 5 days |
| Feb 13, 3:58 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 35 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:41 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 3 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:44 PM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 28 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:25 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:11 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 7 days |
| Feb 23, 12:11 PM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 8 days |
| Feb 25, 4:58 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 7 days |
| Feb 28, 5:03 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 14 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | 11 days |
| Mar 10, 12:19 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 6 days |
| Mar 14, 11:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 6 days |
| Mar 24, 1:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:23 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IND | 18 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 28, 3:45 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IND | 17 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Mar 31, 6:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 1, 2:29 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | 13 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:29 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IND | 26 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:45 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | 29 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:33 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | IND | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:20 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | 13 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:50 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | 29 hr |
| Apr 6, 8:59 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IND | 11 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 64 min |
| Apr 7, 3:26 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | 12 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:34 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | 31 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 8 days |
| Apr 12, 3:28 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | 12 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:36 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IND | 17 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 8:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | 5 days |
| May 1, 1:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 1, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 33 min |
| May 1, 6:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 1, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 1, 9:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 1, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 46 min |
| May 7, 2:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 7, 6:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 7, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 7, 8:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 11, 2:54 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 7 hr |
| May 11, 4:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| May 11, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 26, 10:05 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 26, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 4:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 4:10 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 15, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 7:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 3, 3:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | 19 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:24 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 3, 10:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | 16 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 6:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 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, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 7:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 7:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 53 min |
| Jul 20, 2:53 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | IND | 4 days |
| Jul 22, 6:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 3:52 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | 3 days |
| Aug 13, 2:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:36 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Aug 26, 2:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Sep 8, 2:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Oct 3, 4:12 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 5 hr |
| Oct 19, 2:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 39 min |
| Oct 19, 4:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 48 min |
| Oct 21, 2:37 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IND | 18 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 32 hr |
| Dec 17, 6:32 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 25, 7:02 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 8 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 | 10 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 30 |
| Special Weather Statement | 5 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 9 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 8 |
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.