Alert archive / Iowa / Butler County
Weather alerts in Butler County, Iowa, 2016
121 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Butler County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 121
- Warnings
- 36
- Watches
- 21
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest month
- September26 alerts
- Busiest day
- September 21, 20167 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
3 of 6 tornado warnings covering Butler County in 2016 had a tornado report inside them; 3 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 7 minutes after it went out.
Butler County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 6 | 3 | 50% | 3 | 100% | 7 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 8 | 3 | 63% | 9 | 44% | 19 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 5 | 5 | 0% | 9 | 78% | 263 min |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Des Moines, IA: tornado warnings | 19 | 11 | 42% | 23 | 65% | 16 min |
| NWS Des Moines, IA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 162 | 79 | 51% | 246 | 65% | 21 min |
| NWS Des Moines, IA: flash flood warnings | 39 | 28 | 28% | 64 | 84% | 135 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, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 4:45 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 14 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:45 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 6 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:55 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 32 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:49 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 32 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:55 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 7 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:29 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | DMX | 54 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:17 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 33 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:48 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | DMX | 25 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | 50 hr |
| Feb 1, 9:50 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 5 hr |
| Feb 1, 7:17 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 8 hr |
| Feb 2, 7:50 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:50 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | DMX | 36 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:31 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | 38 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:30 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 29 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 34 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:48 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 26 hr |
| Feb 19, 8:54 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:34 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 28 hr |
| Feb 29, 8:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:15 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 14 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:37 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | DMX | 11 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:05 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | 22 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:05 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 28 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:24 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 30 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:37 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | 24 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:37 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 62 min |
| May 14, 3:41 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | 27 hr |
| May 28, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 28, 5:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 3:42 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 11, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 10:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 10 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 4:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 24 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 17 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 12:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 22, 9:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 25, 9:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 7, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 11, 8:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 11, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 51 min |
| Jul 16, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 9 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 3:43 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | DMX | 36 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:24 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | DMX | 4 days |
| Jul 22, 2:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:58 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 65 min |
| Aug 4, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Aug 4, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 7:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 11, 3:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 27 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 54 min |
| Aug 23, 2:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Aug 25, 8:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 24 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 31 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 13 hr |
| Sep 15, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 44 min |
| Sep 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | 57 min |
| Sep 20, 3:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 69 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | 47 min |
| Sep 21, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | 56 min |
| Sep 21, 6:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | 43 min |
| Sep 21, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 12 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | 46 min |
| Sep 21, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | 47 min |
| Sep 21, 9:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 5 days |
| Sep 21, 9:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 6 days |
| Sep 22, 7:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 6 hr |
| Sep 23, 11:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | 48 hr |
| Sep 24, 3:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | 15 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | 3 days |
| Oct 12, 3:53 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DMX | 29 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:24 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 20 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:22 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 7 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:42 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 38 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:28 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | 7 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | 27 min |
| Nov 28, 3:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DMX | 46 min |
| Dec 3, 3:04 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 21 hr |
| Dec 9, 11:11 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 40 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | 14 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:59 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 29 hr |
| Dec 15, 11:43 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 57 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:33 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | DMX | 55 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:09 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DMX | 16 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | 27 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:48 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:46 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | DMX | 34 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:34 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 27 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:40 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | 13 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.