Weather alerts in Butler County, Kansas, 2017

209 weather alerts in 2017, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Butler County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 209
Warnings: 67
Watches: 29
Advisories: 35
Busiest month: June47 alerts
Busiest day: June 15, 201714 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 Butler County in 2017 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning.

Butler County, 2017

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	1	0	100%	2	0%
Severe thunderstorm warnings	33	26	21%	38	82%	28 min
Flash flood warnings	1	1	0%	0

Each office's whole area, 2017

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Wichita, KS: tornado warnings	23	10	57%	26	58%	19 min
NWS Wichita, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings	283	153	46%	416	84%	28 min
NWS Wichita, KS: flash flood warnings	7	6	14%	7	100%	75 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 2, 7:12 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	8 hr
Jan 8, 12:02 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	6 hr
Jan 9, 4:51 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	12 hr
Jan 11, 3:08 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ICT	24 hr
Jan 12, 3:19 PM CST	Ice Storm Warning	ICT	4 days
Jan 19, 3:25 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	20 hr
Feb 5, 6:23 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	5 hr
Feb 15, 3:35 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	291 days
Feb 19, 3:20 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	8 hr
Feb 28, 3:14 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	15 hr
Mar 1, 2:32 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	15 hr
Mar 2, 3:52 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	283 days
Mar 3, 9:43 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	9 hr
Mar 3, 3:40 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	11 hr
Mar 4, 3:01 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	37 hr
Mar 4, 3:01 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	16 hr
Mar 4, 2:45 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	4 hr
Mar 5, 3:39 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	43 hr
Mar 5, 4:17 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	23 hr
Mar 6, 12:29 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	23 hr
Mar 6, 3:07 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	27 hr
Mar 6, 3:16 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	27 hr
Mar 6, 6:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	57 min
Mar 6, 6:51 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 7, 3:50 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	11 hr
Mar 8, 2:32 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	16 hr
Mar 17, 6:18 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	4 hr
Mar 19, 4:03 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	15 hr
Mar 23, 2:49 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	34 hr
Mar 23, 3:27 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	19 hr
Mar 23, 3:39 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	12 hr
Mar 24, 3:30 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	12 hr
Mar 24, 2:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 24, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	38 min
Mar 24, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Mar 24, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	48 min
Mar 24, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	43 min
Mar 24, 7:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
Mar 26, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 26, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	41 min
Mar 26, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	39 min
Mar 29, 4:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	42 hr
Mar 29, 5:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	8 hr
Mar 29, 8:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	45 hr
Mar 29, 8:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	37 hr
Mar 29, 8:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	4 days
Apr 4, 2:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	37 hr
Apr 4, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	49 min
Apr 5, 3:14 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	14 hr
Apr 6, 4:38 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	ICT	28 hr
Apr 9, 3:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 13, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	39 min
Apr 14, 3:40 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	16 hr
Apr 15, 9:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Apr 16, 2:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	33 min
Apr 16, 2:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	6 hr
Apr 19, 11:45 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	7 hr
Apr 19, 3:22 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	60 hr
Apr 19, 7:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Apr 19, 9:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Apr 20, 12:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	26 min
Apr 21, 11:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	64 min
Apr 21, 12:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	55 min
Apr 23, 3:27 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	26 hr
May 10, 10:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	41 min
May 10, 11:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	2 hr
May 10, 11:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	47 min
May 10, 3:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
May 11, 10:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	12 hr
May 11, 11:44 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
May 11, 9:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	12 hr
May 12, 1:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	17 hr
May 12, 10:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	24 hr
May 16, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 17, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	34 min
May 17, 1:49 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
May 17, 2:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	37 min
May 17, 3:13 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	16 hr
May 18, 1:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	38 hr
May 18, 2:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
May 18, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr
May 18, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	35 min
May 18, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	33 min
May 18, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	65 min
May 19, 10:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	34 min
May 19, 11:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	45 min
May 19, 12:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	44 min
May 19, 3:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
May 19, 4:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr
May 19, 6:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
May 27, 9:59 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 31, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 31, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	32 min
May 31, 2:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	13 min
May 31, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	37 min
May 31, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	60 min
May 31, 5:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	6 hr
Jun 3, 2:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	53 min
Jun 3, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	82 min
Jun 11, 3:45 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	15 hr
Jun 14, 3:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	35 min
Jun 14, 3:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 14, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	47 min
Jun 14, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	55 min
Jun 14, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	66 min
Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	60 min
Jun 14, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	62 min
Jun 14, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	67 min
Jun 14, 10:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	6 hr
Jun 14, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	55 min
Jun 14, 11:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ICT	6 hr
Jun 15, 12:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 15, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 15, 3:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 15, 5:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Jun 15, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	55 min
Jun 15, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	81 min
Jun 15, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	73 min
Jun 15, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 15, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	76 min
Jun 15, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	52 min
Jun 16, 3:29 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	27 hr
Jun 17, 3:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 17, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 17, 8:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 17, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	54 min
Jun 17, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	68 min
Jun 17, 9:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Jun 17, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	77 min
Jun 17, 10:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	6 hr
Jun 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jun 26, 7:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 26, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	48 min
Jun 26, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	50 min
Jun 26, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	62 min
Jun 27, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	43 min
Jun 27, 8:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	23 min
Jun 27, 8:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	37 min
Jun 27, 8:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	5 hr
Jun 27, 9:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	46 min
Jun 29, 3:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 29, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 30, 1:32 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Jun 30, 1:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	33 min
Jul 17, 3:18 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	ICT	5 days
Jul 17, 3:18 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	48 hr
Jul 22, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	28 min
Jul 25, 3:23 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	16 hr
Jul 25, 3:37 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	28 hr
Jul 26, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	50 min
Aug 5, 4:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	55 min
Aug 5, 10:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	24 hr
Aug 5, 3:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 5, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 5, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	34 min
Aug 5, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	50 min
Aug 5, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	47 min
Aug 5, 6:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Aug 5, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	17 min
Aug 10, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 10, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	25 min
Aug 16, 8:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	37 min
Aug 16, 1:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Aug 16, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Aug 16, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	57 min
Aug 16, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	29 min
Aug 16, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	41 min
Aug 16, 4:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Aug 19, 1:32 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	5 hr
Aug 19, 2:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Aug 19, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	46 min
Aug 20, 4:14 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	15 hr
Aug 21, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	31 min
Aug 21, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	28 min
Aug 27, 8:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	25 min
Aug 28, 4:03 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	5 hr
Sep 16, 3:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 19, 3:39 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	15 hr
Oct 9, 2:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Oct 9, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Oct 9, 6:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Oct 9, 9:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Oct 14, 2:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Oct 14, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	54 min
Oct 14, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Oct 14, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	46 min
Oct 14, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	55 min
Oct 14, 7:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Oct 21, 1:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Oct 21, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Oct 21, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	27 min
Oct 21, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	29 min
Oct 21, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	33 min
Oct 21, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	24 min
Oct 21, 5:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	67 min
Oct 21, 6:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	6 hr
Oct 24, 9:30 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	9 hr
Oct 25, 2:52 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	ICT	49 hr
Oct 25, 9:36 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	26 hr
Oct 27, 3:38 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	30 hr
Nov 1, 10:01 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	13 hr
Nov 4, 3:31 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	6 hr
Nov 17, 11:14 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	29 hr
Nov 20, 9:08 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	8 hr
Nov 20, 12:20 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	5 hr
Dec 11, 3:00 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	15 hr
Dec 18, 7:27 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	3 hr
Dec 18, 9:16 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	13 hr
Dec 30, 2:26 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ICT	58 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	33
Tornado Warning	1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	14
Tornado Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	37
Special Weather Statement	41
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	10
Flash Flood Warning	1
River Flood Warning	7
Flash Flood Watch	2
Flood Watch	1
Winter
Ice Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	1
Heat Advisory	6
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Freeze Watch	1
Frost Advisory	1
Wind Chill Advisory	1
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	17
Fire
Red Flag Warning	12
Fire Weather Watch	7
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	10

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2016 2018

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.