Weather alerts in Wells County, Indiana, 2013

150 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Wells County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 150
Warnings: 43
Watches: 24
Advisories: 29
Busiest month: June41 alerts
Busiest day: April 11, 201310 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

2 of 4 tornado warnings covering Wells County in 2013 had a tornado report inside them.

Wells County, 2013

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	4	2	50%	0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	16	13	19%	4	100%	12 min
Flash flood warnings	1	1	0%	0

Each office's whole area, 2013

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Northern Indiana: tornado warnings	19	9	53%	30	60%	12 min
NWS Northern Indiana: severe thunderstorm warnings	124	82	34%	324	77%	20 min
NWS Northern Indiana: flash flood warnings	19	8	58%	16	94%	124 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 11, 12:17 PM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	7 days
Jan 12, 12:52 PM EST	Flood Watch	IWX	20 hr
Jan 12, 10:16 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	12 hr
Jan 13, 4:47 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	3 days
Jan 13, 4:47 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	4 days
Jan 21, 4:26 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	IWX	31 hr
Jan 26, 4:30 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	12 hr
Jan 27, 4:07 AM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	IWX	23 hr
Jan 27, 4:49 PM EST	Flood Watch	IWX	59 hr
Jan 28, 5:36 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	IWX	14 hr
Jan 30, 12:05 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jan 30, 2:02 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IWX	58 min
Jan 30, 2:19 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	41 min
Feb 1, 3:48 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	IWX	9 hr
Feb 10, 4:17 PM EST	Wind Advisory	IWX	26 hr
Feb 18, 6:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IWX	37 min
Feb 21, 3:18 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	21 hr
Feb 24, 4:40 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	IWX	23 hr
Feb 25, 3:36 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	42 hr
Feb 26, 8:03 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Mar 4, 4:14 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	IWX	12 hr
Mar 4, 4:12 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	IWX	36 hr
Mar 5, 2:36 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Mar 18, 1:00 AM EDT	Freezing Rain Advisory	IWX	13 hr
Mar 23, 4:45 AM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	IWX	24 hr
Mar 24, 4:47 AM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	IWX	31 hr
Mar 24, 7:13 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Mar 25, 11:57 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	4 hr
Apr 7, 2:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	61 min
Apr 8, 7:20 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Apr 8, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	30 min
Apr 8, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	28 min
Apr 10, 9:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	50 min
Apr 10, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	40 min
Apr 10, 1:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Apr 10, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 10, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	39 min
Apr 10, 3:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
Apr 10, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	32 min
Apr 10, 5:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	3 hr
Apr 10, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 10, 8:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	6 hr
Apr 10, 9:00 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 10, 10:24 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	IWX	10 hr
Apr 10, 10:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	70 hr
Apr 10, 10:28 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	6 days
Apr 10, 11:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	29 min
Apr 11, 12:51 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Apr 11, 2:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	29 min
Apr 11, 4:34 AM EDT	Flood Watch	IWX	23 hr
Apr 11, 8:24 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	4 days
Apr 17, 1:23 PM EDT	Flood Watch	IWX	46 hr
Apr 18, 3:57 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	IWX	16 hr
Apr 18, 8:25 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Apr 18, 9:31 AM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr
Apr 18, 12:14 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 18, 1:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	26 min
Apr 18, 4:32 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr
Apr 18, 6:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	6 hr
Apr 18, 6:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Apr 18, 9:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	21 hr
Apr 18, 10:30 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	38 hr
Apr 18, 11:51 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	47 hr
Apr 19, 11:00 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	6 hr
Apr 19, 11:00 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	5 hr
Apr 20, 1:22 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IWX	11 hr
Apr 24, 12:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	12 hr
May 11, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	59 min
May 12, 4:01 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	IWX	28 hr
May 28, 9:20 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
May 31, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
May 31, 11:11 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 31, 11:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	4 hr
Jun 1, 2:13 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 1, 2:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	55 min
Jun 11, 7:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	26 min
Jun 12, 11:26 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Jun 12, 12:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	20 hr
Jun 12, 4:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 12, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr
Jun 12, 6:56 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jun 12, 9:47 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Jun 12, 10:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	51 min
Jun 12, 10:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	30 min
Jun 12, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	60 min
Jun 12, 11:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	43 min
Jun 12, 11:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	24 min
Jun 12, 11:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IWX	46 min
Jun 13, 12:50 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jun 13, 12:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	6 hr
Jun 24, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jun 24, 9:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	36 min
Jun 24, 9:11 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Jun 24, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	24 min
Jun 24, 9:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	65 min
Jun 25, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 25, 6:49 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Jun 25, 10:20 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jun 26, 9:25 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	10 hr
Jun 26, 10:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	39 min
Jun 26, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	56 min
Jun 27, 7:12 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 27, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	45 min
Jun 27, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	38 min
Jun 27, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	42 min
Jun 27, 9:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	35 min
Jun 27, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	39 min
Jun 28, 1:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
Jun 28, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	42 min
Jun 29, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	42 min
Jun 29, 4:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	3 hr
Jun 30, 9:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	6 hr
Jul 9, 2:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jul 10, 8:57 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jul 10, 11:53 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	67 min
Jul 10, 12:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 10, 1:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	41 min
Jul 10, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	37 min
Jul 10, 1:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	2 hr
Jul 17, 3:46 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	IWX	52 hr
Jul 20, 8:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IWX	35 min
Aug 2, 3:24 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Aug 2, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	37 min
Aug 2, 8:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	3 hr
Aug 2, 11:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IWX	3 hr
Aug 7, 8:52 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Sep 30, 12:37 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	IWX	9 hr
Oct 5, 11:49 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IWX	28 hr
Oct 5, 4:18 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Oct 5, 6:34 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Oct 21, 4:28 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	IWX	11 hr
Oct 21, 3:33 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	IWX	17 hr
Nov 16, 3:31 PM EST	Wind Advisory	IWX	13 hr
Nov 17, 4:08 AM EST	High Wind Warning	IWX	20 hr
Nov 17, 11:01 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Nov 17, 11:20 AM EST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr
Nov 17, 2:13 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	77 min
Nov 17, 3:33 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	42 min
Nov 17, 3:51 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Nov 17, 4:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	38 min
Dec 5, 3:26 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	29 hr
Dec 8, 6:18 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	IWX	9 hr
Dec 12, 12:29 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	IWX	11 hr
Dec 12, 7:26 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	IWX	48 hr
Dec 13, 11:38 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	IWX	31 hr
Dec 19, 3:37 PM EST	Flood Watch	IWX	60 hr
Dec 21, 11:23 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	4 days
Dec 21, 5:55 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	IWX	24 hr
Dec 22, 11:59 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	5 days
Dec 23, 2:42 AM EST	River Flood Warning	IWX	60 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	16
Tornado Warning	4
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	7
Tornado Watch	4
Mesoscale Discussion	34
Special Weather Statement	20
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	3
Flash Flood Warning	1
River Flood Warning	14
Flash Flood Watch	3
Flood Watch	5
River Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	10
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	3
Winter Storm Watch	3
Freezing Rain Advisory	3
Winter Weather Advisory	6
Heat
Heat Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Freeze Watch	1
Frost Advisory	1
Wind Chill Advisory	3
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Wind Advisory	3
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	2

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2012 2014

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.