Weather alerts in Allen County, Kansas, 2008

216 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Allen County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 216
Warnings: 56
Watches: 56
Advisories: 42
Busiest month: June66 alerts
Busiest day: May 2, 200811 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

1 of 4 tornado warnings covering Allen County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 8 minutes after it went out.

Allen County, 2008

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	4	1	75%	1	100%	8 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	17	8	53%	10	50%	17 min
Flash flood warnings	3	1	67%	0

Each office's whole area, 2008

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Wichita, KS: tornado warnings	61	16	74%	40	98%	16 min
NWS Wichita, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings	420	239	43%	796	87%	26 min
NWS Wichita, KS: flash flood warnings	41	26	37%	54	93%	105 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 7, 1:52 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	146 days
Jan 7, 6:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	41 min
Jan 7, 8:25 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Jan 7, 8:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jan 7, 11:18 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jan 8, 3:44 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jan 15, 3:13 PM CST	Snow Advisory	ICT	35 hr
Jan 21, 1:47 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	16 hr
Jan 26, 10:30 PM CST	Freezing Fog Advisory	ICT	12 hr
Jan 27, 3:51 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	26 hr
Jan 28, 9:58 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	17 hr
Jan 30, 3:11 AM CST	Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	ICT	41 hr
Jan 30, 3:11 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ICT	12 hr
Jan 30, 3:34 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ICT	29 hr
Feb 3, 9:40 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	7 hr
Feb 4, 3:31 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ICT	24 hr
Feb 5, 3:42 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	30 hr
Feb 5, 5:03 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Feb 10, 4:02 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ICT	11 hr
Feb 10, 3:04 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ICT	24 hr
Feb 11, 6:58 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Feb 15, 3:33 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	20 hr
Feb 16, 4:18 AM CST	Flood Watch	ICT	9 hr
Feb 16, 2:12 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	28 hr
Feb 16, 2:15 PM CST	Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	ICT	5 hr
Feb 16, 7:40 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	8 hr
Feb 20, 4:03 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	36 hr
Feb 21, 12:22 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Feb 21, 6:15 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Feb 21, 7:12 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ICT	9 hr
Feb 23, 2:42 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	7 hr
Feb 23, 3:14 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	8 hr
Mar 2, 3:16 AM CST	Flood Watch	ICT	20 hr
Mar 2, 3:29 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	35 hr
Mar 2, 6:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 31, 3:31 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	59 min
Mar 31, 4:29 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Mar 31, 5:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 31, 6:17 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Mar 31, 7:50 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Mar 31, 10:30 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Apr 7, 4:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 8, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 8, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	62 min
Apr 9, 2:52 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	35 hr
Apr 10, 3:18 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	17 hr
Apr 10, 6:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
Apr 11, 4:14 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	ICT	24 hr
Apr 11, 4:14 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	ICT	43 hr
Apr 13, 11:12 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	21 hr
Apr 14, 2:35 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	20 hr
Apr 14, 2:39 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	48 hr
Apr 15, 10:58 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	9 hr
Apr 17, 4:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	24 min
Apr 21, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 21, 10:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 22, 1:14 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Apr 23, 12:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Apr 23, 3:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	53 min
Apr 23, 3:52 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	13 hr
Apr 23, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	55 min
Apr 25, 6:38 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	67 min
May 1, 1:09 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	2 hr
May 1, 4:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
May 1, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 1, 7:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
May 1, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	52 min
May 1, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	52 min
May 1, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	45 min
May 1, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	32 min
May 1, 10:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
May 1, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	30 min
May 1, 10:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	4 hr
May 1, 11:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
May 2, 12:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	4 hr
May 2, 12:53 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 3, 3:36 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	ICT	17 hr
May 6, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 7, 3:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	18 hr
May 7, 4:01 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	23 hr
May 7, 9:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	6 hr
May 7, 3:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	5 hr
May 9, 12:33 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
May 10, 2:54 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	24 hr
May 10, 7:36 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 10, 10:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 10, 11:29 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
May 10, 5:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 13, 4:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
May 13, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 13, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	30 min
May 13, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	32 min
May 24, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
May 24, 4:02 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
May 25, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 26, 12:10 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
May 26, 3:44 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	30 hr
May 27, 2:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	6 hr
May 27, 8:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	5 hr
May 30, 2:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
May 30, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 30, 7:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
May 31, 4:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
May 31, 3:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	24 hr
Jun 1, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	58 min
Jun 1, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	15 min
Jun 1, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 1, 2:34 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Jun 1, 5:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 1, 3:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	15 hr
Jun 2, 9:06 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
Jun 3, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 3, 9:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Jun 4, 3:42 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	28 hr
Jun 5, 2:21 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	14 hr
Jun 5, 4:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	37 min
Jun 5, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr
Jun 5, 6:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	53 min
Jun 5, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	58 min
Jun 5, 9:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Jun 5, 11:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	9 hr
Jun 7, 4:04 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	23 hr
Jun 7, 2:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	46 hr
Jun 8, 9:32 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	6 hr
Jun 8, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 8, 7:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Jun 8, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	57 min
Jun 8, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	69 min
Jun 8, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	23 min
Jun 9, 5:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	18 hr
Jun 9, 8:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	30 hr
Jun 9, 9:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	20 hr
Jun 10, 3:37 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	5 hr
Jun 12, 3:10 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	33 hr
Jun 12, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 12, 8:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jun 12, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 12, 11:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Jun 12, 11:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	9 hr
Jun 13, 2:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	7 hr
Jun 13, 3:06 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jun 13, 4:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	6 hr
Jun 13, 10:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	21 hr
Jun 14, 2:26 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	6 hr
Jun 15, 3:02 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	37 hr
Jun 15, 9:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 15, 3:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jun 16, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 16, 6:17 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Jun 19, 1:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Jun 19, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 19, 6:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Jun 23, 12:00 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Jun 23, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 23, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	52 min
Jun 23, 1:48 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jun 23, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	40 min
Jun 23, 4:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 27, 3:06 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jun 27, 3:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jun 27, 1:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 27, 11:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jun 27, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jun 28, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	57 min
Jun 28, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	48 min
Jun 28, 2:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	7 hr
Jun 28, 2:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Jun 28, 5:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Jun 28, 10:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	10 hr
Jul 25, 1:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Jul 26, 5:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	27 min
Jul 31, 2:26 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	8 hr
Jul 31, 3:24 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	5 days
Aug 2, 4:17 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	ICT	3 days
Aug 6, 3:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	6 hr
Aug 9, 3:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	30 hr
Aug 9, 8:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	7 hr
Aug 9, 8:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	7 hr
Sep 3, 3:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	18 hr
Sep 4, 3:26 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	18 hr
Sep 11, 3:57 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	71 hr
Sep 11, 6:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	20 hr
Sep 12, 9:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	53 hr
Sep 12, 2:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	16 hr
Sep 12, 3:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Sep 12, 8:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	18 hr
Sep 13, 8:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	11 hr
Oct 16, 9:19 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	ICT	11 hr
Oct 22, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Oct 25, 3:21 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	ICT	35 hr
Oct 26, 3:24 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	ICT	25 hr
Oct 26, 3:24 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	30 hr
Oct 27, 4:51 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	28 hr
Oct 31, 9:41 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	11 hr
Nov 2, 3:17 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	5 hr
Nov 5, 3:52 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	12 hr
Nov 5, 2:17 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr
Nov 5, 5:29 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Nov 5, 9:09 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Dec 8, 3:23 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	29 hr
Dec 12, 3:30 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	47 hr
Dec 12, 8:02 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	22 hr
Dec 13, 12:15 PM CST	High Wind Warning	ICT	6 hr
Dec 15, 3:14 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	25 hr
Dec 17, 3:06 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	ICT	33 hr
Dec 18, 3:28 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	10 hr
Dec 18, 1:31 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	10 hr
Dec 23, 3:48 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	11 hr
Dec 23, 3:48 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	28 hr
Dec 26, 12:38 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	5 hr
Dec 26, 6:47 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Dec 26, 9:51 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Dec 27, 3:32 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Dec 27, 4:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Dec 27, 5:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	40 min

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	17
Tornado Warning	4
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	21
Tornado Watch	12
Mesoscale Discussion	62
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	12
Flash Flood Warning	3
River Flood Warning	10
Flash Flood Watch	5
Flood Watch	10
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	3
Winter Storm Watch	3
Freezing Rain Advisory	1
Snow Advisory	1
Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	2
Winter Weather Advisory	11
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	1
Heat Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	3
Freeze Watch	4
Frost Advisory	2
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Wind Advisory	14
Fire
Red Flag Warning	2
Fire Weather Watch	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	9
Freezing Fog Advisory	1

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2007 2009

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.