Alert archive / Kansas / Butler County
Weather alerts in Butler County, Kansas, 2018
195 weather alerts in 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 195
- Warnings
- 70
- Watches
- 22
- Advisories
- 37
- Busiest month
- May47 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 15, 201811 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 2 tornado warnings covering Butler County in 2018 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 1 minutes after it went out.
Butler County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 2 | 50% | 1 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 37 | 17 | 54% | 24 | 67% | 33 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Wichita, KS: tornado warnings | 19 | 9 | 53% | 15 | 67% | 10 min |
| NWS Wichita, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 249 | 111 | 55% | 309 | 78% | 23 min |
| NWS Wichita, KS: flash flood warnings | 10 | 7 | 30% | 15 | 100% | 114 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 9, 2:56 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 44 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:34 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 25 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:44 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ICT | 45 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:44 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 21 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:58 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 28 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:27 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 24 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:10 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 30 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:42 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 14 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:57 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 13 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:47 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 14 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:22 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 28 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:26 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 15 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:27 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 15 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:45 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 27 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:31 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 53 hr |
| Feb 21, 7:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 3, 7:28 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:23 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 27 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 52 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:24 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:24 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 28 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:09 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 28 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:26 PM CST | High Wind Warning | ICT | 28 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:03 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 15 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:32 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 13 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:32 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 17 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 29 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:07 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 17 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 41 min |
| Mar 29, 12:30 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:40 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 12 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:51 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 27 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 27 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 90 min |
| Apr 10, 4:09 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 23 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:02 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 28 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:06 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 18 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:34 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 15 hr |
| Apr 11, 9:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 35 hr |
| Apr 11, 7:06 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 21 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 24 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:38 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 27 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:48 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 55 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:06 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 20 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:54 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 45 hr |
| May 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 1, 9:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 2, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 2, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 60 min |
| May 2, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 62 min |
| May 3, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 51 min |
| May 11, 2:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 16 hr |
| May 14, 12:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 14, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| May 14, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 34 min |
| May 14, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 39 min |
| May 14, 7:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 14, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 33 min |
| May 14, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 33 min |
| May 14, 8:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 12 hr |
| May 14, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 59 min |
| May 14, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 63 min |
| May 14, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 23 min |
| May 14, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 17 min |
| May 14, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 64 min |
| May 14, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 62 min |
| May 14, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 44 min |
| May 18, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 18, 11:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 46 min |
| May 19, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 63 min |
| May 19, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 60 min |
| May 19, 6:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 54 min |
| May 19, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 30 min |
| May 19, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 61 min |
| May 19, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| May 24, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 66 min |
| May 29, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 67 min |
| May 29, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 30 min |
| May 29, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 28 min |
| May 29, 9:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| May 29, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 36 min |
| May 29, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 56 min |
| May 30, 8:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| May 30, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 30, 10:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 31, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 64 min |
| May 31, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 53 min |
| May 31, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 58 min |
| May 31, 2:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 5 hr |
| May 31, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 30 min |
| May 31, 2:30 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 29 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 12, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 11:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 7:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 21 min |
| Jun 25, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 1:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 4:01 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 5 days |
| Jun 26, 8:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 26, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 11:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 12:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 3:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 30, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 30, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 65 min |
| Jun 30, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 62 min |
| Jun 30, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 4:52 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 26 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:11 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 41 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 3:22 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 29 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 21, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 65 min |
| Jul 21, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 12:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 10:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 23 min |
| Aug 14, 11:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 2:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Aug 16, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 66 min |
| Aug 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 9:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 16, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 5:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 28 min |
| Aug 28, 7:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 60 min |
| Aug 30, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 66 min |
| Aug 30, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 66 min |
| Aug 30, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 3:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ICT | 4 days |
| Sep 2, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 6:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 11 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 7 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 1:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 6 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:04 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:20 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 12:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 30 min |
| Oct 5, 8:10 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 6 days |
| Oct 6, 3:02 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | 3 days |
| Oct 8, 9:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 65 hr |
| Oct 8, 9:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 3 days |
| Oct 8, 4:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 52 hr |
| Oct 9, 12:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 36 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:11 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | ICT | 14 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:45 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ICT | 29 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:52 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ICT | 29 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:49 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ICT | 29 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 53 min |
| Nov 11, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 38 hr |
| Nov 12, 9:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 50 min |
| Nov 24, 1:59 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 13 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 13 hr |
| Nov 25, 10:59 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:56 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 25 hr |
| Dec 19, 8:29 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 3 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:02 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 15 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 | 37 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 26 |
| Special Weather Statement | 40 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 12 |
| River Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 19 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 12 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 9 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
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.