Alert archive / Kansas / Brown County
Weather alerts in Brown County, Kansas, 2024
161 weather alerts in 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Brown County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 161
- Warnings
- 31
- Watches
- 32
- Advisories
- 36
- Busiest month
- April31 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 16, 20247 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 3 tornado warnings covering Brown County in 2024 had a tornado report inside them; 2 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 16 minutes after it went out.
Brown County, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 2 | 100% | 16 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 18 | 8 | 56% | 5 | 100% | 23 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Topeka, KS: tornado warnings | 52 | 20 | 62% | 25 | 96% | 13 min |
| NWS Topeka, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 346 | 163 | 53% | 481 | 84% | 21 min |
| NWS Topeka, KS: flash flood warnings | 20 | 10 | 50% | 14 | 86% | 76 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 3, 12:13 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 12 hr |
| Jan 4, 12:04 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 12 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:42 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TOP | 47 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | TOP | 56 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:27 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:57 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TOP | 18 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:48 PM CST | Wind Chill Watch | TOP | 37 hr |
| Jan 10, 9:17 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 45 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:52 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | TOP | 4 days |
| Jan 17, 1:49 PM CST | Wind Chill Watch | TOP | 24 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:49 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TOP | 46 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:46 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TOP | 57 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:16 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 33 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:14 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 22 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:14 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 19 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:26 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 22 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:28 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 18 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:13 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 22 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:58 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 21 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:17 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 20 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:50 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 30 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:30 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:58 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 14 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:09 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 29 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 2:43 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 48 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:30 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 31 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Apr 15, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:45 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 16 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:31 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 23 min |
| Apr 16, 8:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Apr 17, 8:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:49 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | TOP | 18 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:38 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 28 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:14 PM CDT | Flood Watch | TOP | 45 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Apr 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | 18 min |
| Apr 27, 11:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Apr 27, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 3:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 30, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Apr 30, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 24 min |
| May 1, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 2, 2:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 4, 1:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 6, 3:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 6, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 6, 8:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 6, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 23 min |
| May 6, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 47 min |
| May 6, 10:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 33 min |
| May 6, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 32 min |
| May 19, 5:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 19, 5:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 19, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 24, 1:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 24, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 24, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 43 min |
| May 25, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 25, 9:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 25, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 52 min |
| May 30, 5:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| May 30, 9:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | 7 hr |
| May 31, 4:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 4, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 24 min |
| Jun 7, 5:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 7, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 7, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 3:13 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 29 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 13, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 25 min |
| Jun 15, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 12:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:22 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 66 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 25, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 26, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 28, 9:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 6, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 10, 8:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 10, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 10:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 12, 2:33 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 3 days |
| Jul 16, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 27, 2:22 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | TOP | 24 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:09 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | TOP | 4 days |
| Jul 28, 2:09 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 38 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 14, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 9:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 14, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 3:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 23, 1:42 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 3 days |
| Aug 27, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 47 min |
| Sep 21, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 45 min |
| Sep 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 30 min |
| Oct 4, 2:07 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 30 hr |
| Oct 14, 2:49 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | TOP | 11 hr |
| Oct 14, 1:48 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 43 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:13 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | 23 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:03 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 30 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 24, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 30 min |
| Oct 28, 2:56 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 51 hr |
| Oct 30, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 24 min |
| Oct 30, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 26 min |
| Oct 30, 1:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Oct 30, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 32 min |
| Oct 30, 3:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Nov 18, 2:11 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 20 hr |
| Dec 9, 12:35 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 9 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:31 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 19 hr |
| Dec 14, 8:00 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 14 hr |
| Dec 24, 1:38 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 22 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:36 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 22 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:59 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 20 hr |
| Dec 27, 9:00 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 13 hr |
| Dec 28, 6:16 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 14 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.