Weather alerts in Cowley County, Kansas, 2014

201 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Cowley County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 201
Warnings: 51
Watches: 27
Advisories: 49
Busiest month: April38 alerts
Busiest day: April 27, 201410 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

2 of 2 tornado warnings covering Cowley County in 2014 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 0 minutes after it went out.

Cowley County, 2014

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	2	2	0%	2	50%	0 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	26	17	35%	22	77%	28 min
Flash flood warnings	0			0

Each office's whole area, 2014

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Wichita, KS: tornado warnings	9	5	44%	21	57%	17 min
NWS Wichita, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings	264	142	46%	365	82%	24 min
NWS Wichita, KS: flash flood warnings	10	7	30%	19	95%	118 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 4, 4:10 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	31 hr
Jan 5, 3:47 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ICT	32 hr
Jan 8, 3:57 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	29 hr
Jan 9, 9:16 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	5 hr
Jan 9, 8:29 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	16 hr
Jan 15, 3:33 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	39 hr
Jan 16, 3:50 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	15 hr
Jan 18, 3:17 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	15 hr
Jan 18, 3:20 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	15 hr
Jan 22, 3:08 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ICT	31 hr
Jan 23, 3:37 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	24 hr
Jan 26, 3:30 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	24 hr
Jan 30, 2:46 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	44 hr
Feb 2, 3:58 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ICT	24 hr
Feb 3, 4:24 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ICT	44 hr
Feb 3, 4:24 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	44 hr
Feb 4, 3:34 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 hr
Feb 5, 2:31 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ICT	19 hr
Feb 9, 6:36 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	13 hr
Feb 19, 3:37 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	38 hr
Feb 21, 11:33 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	6 hr
Feb 27, 3:57 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ICT	36 hr
Mar 1, 4:19 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ICT	48 hr
Mar 2, 4:43 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ICT	28 hr
Mar 7, 2:46 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	24 hr
Mar 10, 3:19 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	36 hr
Mar 13, 3:33 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	15 hr
Mar 15, 4:18 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	29 hr
Mar 17, 3:58 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	12 hr
Mar 17, 4:05 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	42 hr
Mar 17, 4:05 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	30 hr
Mar 20, 3:21 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	16 hr
Mar 25, 3:39 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	43 hr
Mar 27, 3:53 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	14 hr
Mar 27, 12:54 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 27, 1:40 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	4 hr
Mar 29, 6:49 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	9 hr
Mar 29, 3:27 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	30 hr
Mar 29, 3:30 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	30 hr
Mar 31, 3:27 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	17 hr
Apr 2, 2:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Apr 2, 2:41 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 2, 6:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Apr 2, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	46 min
Apr 2, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	47 min
Apr 7, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	33 min
Apr 7, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	49 min
Apr 8, 3:08 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	12 hr
Apr 9, 3:09 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	16 hr
Apr 13, 4:17 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	ICT	12 hr
Apr 13, 11:10 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Apr 13, 12:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 13, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	41 min
Apr 13, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	48 min
Apr 13, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	64 min
Apr 13, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	47 min
Apr 13, 4:38 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	16 hr
Apr 13, 4:38 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	40 hr
Apr 15, 3:27 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	12 hr
Apr 16, 3:32 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	14 hr
Apr 16, 3:46 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	14 hr
Apr 23, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	26 min
Apr 23, 10:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	34 min
Apr 23, 10:32 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	ICT	88 min
Apr 25, 6:59 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	25 hr
Apr 26, 3:46 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	39 hr
Apr 26, 3:50 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	19 hr
Apr 26, 3:26 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	30 hr
Apr 27, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	54 min
Apr 27, 2:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	57 min
Apr 27, 2:45 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	18 hr
Apr 27, 3:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	44 min
Apr 27, 5:09 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Apr 27, 6:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 27, 7:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Apr 27, 8:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	33 min
Apr 27, 8:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	36 min
Apr 27, 5:38 PM CDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	ICT	3 hr
May 5, 2:39 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	29 hr
May 8, 3:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
May 8, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	27 min
May 8, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	34 min
May 8, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	28 min
May 8, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	37 min
May 8, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	28 min
May 10, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 10, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	32 min
May 10, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	54 min
May 10, 3:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
May 10, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	61 min
May 10, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	63 min
May 10, 7:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
May 11, 3:36 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	21 hr
May 11, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 19, 7:54 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	13 hr
May 22, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	32 min
May 22, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	42 min
May 22, 5:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
May 24, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	51 min
May 24, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	30 min
May 25, 2:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
May 25, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	26 min
May 25, 3:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	5 hr
Jun 1, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jun 1, 10:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Jun 1, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	49 min
Jun 1, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	39 min
Jun 5, 4:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 5, 6:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 5, 6:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	58 min
Jun 5, 6:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	57 min
Jun 5, 7:40 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 6, 3:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	52 hr
Jun 6, 8:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jun 6, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 7, 3:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	51 hr
Jun 9, 2:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Jun 11, 8:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jun 11, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 11, 11:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jun 12, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	44 min
Jun 14, 3:02 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	19 hr
Jun 14, 10:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jun 14, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 15, 12:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Jun 15, 1:10 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Jun 15, 2:42 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jun 15, 3:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	52 min
Jun 15, 3:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	42 min
Jun 15, 4:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	65 min
Jun 16, 4:18 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	16 hr
Jun 22, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	49 min
Jun 24, 5:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 24, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	28 min
Jun 24, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	34 min
Jun 28, 11:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jun 28, 11:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	33 min
Jun 28, 12:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	24 min
Jun 28, 12:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	37 min
Jun 28, 6:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	4 hr
Jun 30, 3:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ICT	14 hr
Jun 30, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 10, 2:39 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jul 14, 1:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 14, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	44 min
Jul 14, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	53 min
Jul 14, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	29 min
Jul 20, 3:59 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	28 hr
Jul 21, 2:55 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	41 hr
Jul 24, 2:44 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	29 hr
Jul 25, 3:48 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	28 hr
Aug 7, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	49 min
Aug 7, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	49 min
Aug 10, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	33 min
Aug 10, 2:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	33 min
Aug 18, 1:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	90 min
Aug 22, 3:18 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	4 hr
Sep 1, 2:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 1, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Sep 1, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	36 min
Sep 1, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	42 min
Sep 1, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	52 min
Sep 1, 6:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Sep 1, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	50 min
Sep 1, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	45 min
Sep 1, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	47 min
Sep 1, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	49 min
Sep 1, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	43 min
Sep 1, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	37 min
Sep 1, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	46 min
Sep 1, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	36 min
Sep 1, 8:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Sep 1, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	28 min
Sep 2, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	27 min
Sep 9, 4:24 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	5 hr
Sep 19, 10:19 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	5 hr
Sep 20, 4:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Oct 1, 6:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Oct 2, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	39 min
Oct 2, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	44 min
Oct 2, 7:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	43 min
Oct 2, 8:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Oct 2, 8:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	30 min
Oct 10, 5:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	6 hr
Oct 12, 3:47 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	27 hr
Oct 12, 5:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Oct 12, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Oct 25, 5:53 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	4 hr
Oct 30, 3:28 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	54 hr
Nov 2, 1:47 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	15 hr
Nov 7, 12:27 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	4 hr
Nov 10, 3:41 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	23 hr
Nov 15, 3:51 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	21 hr
Nov 21, 10:54 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	26 hr
Nov 23, 3:57 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	17 hr
Dec 6, 2:07 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	4 hr
Dec 12, 9:56 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	2 hr
Dec 14, 6:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	38 min
Dec 14, 6:22 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Dec 17, 4:20 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	30 hr
Dec 25, 2:49 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	14 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	26
Tornado Warning	2
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	13
Tornado Watch	2
Mesoscale Discussion	33
Special Weather Statement	41
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	3
Flash Flood Watch	3
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	2
Winter Weather Advisory	8
Heat
Heat Advisory	5
Cold
Freeze Warning	3
Freeze Watch	1
Wind Chill Advisory	4
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Blowing Dust Advisory	1
Wind Advisory	24
Fire
Red Flag Warning	14
Fire Weather Watch	6
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	7

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2013 2015

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.