Alert archive / Indiana / Putnam County
Weather alerts in Putnam County, Indiana, 2023
119 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Putnam County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 119
- Warnings
- 36
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 27
- Busiest month
- July26 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 17, 20237 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 1 tornado warnings covering Putnam County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them.
Putnam County, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 24 | 16 | 33% | 7 | 71% | 17 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Indianapolis, IN: tornado warnings | 34 | 13 | 62% | 22 | 82% | 11 min |
| NWS Indianapolis, IN: severe thunderstorm warnings | 197 | 131 | 34% | 304 | 78% | 19 min |
| NWS Indianapolis, IN: flash flood warnings | 4 | 1 | 75% | 1 | 100% | 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, 12:41 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 12 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:44 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 17 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | 44 min |
| Jan 23, 3:37 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IND | 23 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:02 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | IND | 34 hr |
| Jan 25, 12:44 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:07 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 100 min |
| Jan 30, 2:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | IND | 11 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:06 PM EST | High Wind Watch | IND | 24 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:47 PM EST | High Wind Warning | IND | 28 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:18 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 31 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:52 PM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 29 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:59 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Feb 26, 3:21 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 40 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:44 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Feb 27, 11:06 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 27, 12:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | 22 min |
| Feb 27, 12:37 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Mar 2, 2:42 AM EST | Flood Watch | IND | 43 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:48 PM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | 32 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:40 PM EST | High Wind Warning | IND | 9 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:54 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | 16 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:33 PM EDT | Flood Watch | IND | 60 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 12:28 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IND | 31 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:09 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IND | 23 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Mar 31, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 10:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Mar 31, 10:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 36 min |
| Apr 1, 2:44 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IND | 15 hr |
| Apr 1, 10:36 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | IND | 5 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:24 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IND | 27 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:19 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Apr 5, 10:09 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Apr 5, 10:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 3:34 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IND | 17 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:14 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | IND | 28 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:05 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | 30 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:17 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IND | 18 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:23 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IND | 17 hr |
| May 7, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 32 min |
| May 7, 3:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 64 min |
| May 7, 3:21 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 7, 4:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 67 min |
| Jun 25, 1:34 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 23 min |
| Jun 25, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 9:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 28 min |
| Jun 29, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 1:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 1:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 28 min |
| Jul 1, 1:58 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 9:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 6:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 17, 4:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 17, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 13 min |
| Jul 17, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 7:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 20, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 24, 3:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 25 min |
| Jul 24, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 1:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 1:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 3:04 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | IND | 67 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 29, 2:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 5:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 2:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 9, 11:58 AM EDT | Flood Watch | IND | 12 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 6:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 36 min |
| Aug 12, 7:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 4:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:58 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | IND | 5 days |
| Aug 21, 4:06 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | IND | 47 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:23 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | IND | 4 days |
| Aug 25, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 25, 11:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 12:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | 5 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 20 min |
| Aug 26, 12:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Sep 26, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 24 min |
| Sep 26, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 30 min |
| Sep 26, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | 26 min |
| Sep 26, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | 36 min |
| Sep 28, 4:30 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 6 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:01 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 19 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:30 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IND | 19 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:31 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | IND | 29 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:44 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | 22 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:13 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IND | 32 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:37 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 7 hr |
| Nov 7, 6:51 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 2 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:16 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | 19 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 | 24 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 22 |
| Special Weather Statement | 16 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 3 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
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.