Alert archive / Kansas / Cowley County
Weather alerts in Cowley County, Kansas, 2017
204 weather alerts in 2017, 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 204
- Warnings
- 66
- Watches
- 30
- Advisories
- 30
- Busiest month
- March42 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 5, 20179 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 reports fell inside a warning.
Cowley County, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% | |||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 28 | 19 | 32% | 42 | 83% | 28 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 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 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 |
| Feb 28, 9:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 44 min |
| Feb 28, 10:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Feb 28, 10:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 43 min |
| 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 | 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 6, 2:32 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 20 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:07 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 27 hr |
| Mar 6, 6:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Mar 6, 6:51 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 60 min |
| 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, 3:39 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, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 25 min |
| Mar 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| 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, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 6:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Mar 26, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 29 min |
| Mar 26, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 41 min |
| 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 | 3 days |
| Mar 29, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 37 hr |
| Mar 29, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 4 days |
| Mar 29, 9:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 3 days |
| Apr 4, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 37 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 72 hr |
| Apr 4, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 6:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 3:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 14 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 3:40 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 16 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 3:25 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 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 |
| Apr 29, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 27 min |
| May 3, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 31 min |
| May 3, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 25 min |
| May 3, 1:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 4 days |
| May 10, 11:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 39 min |
| May 10, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 40 min |
| May 10, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 29 min |
| May 10, 3:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 10, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 28 min |
| May 10, 5:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 4 hr |
| May 10, 9:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 12 hr |
| 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, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 11, 4:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 26 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 13, 8:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 19 hr |
| May 16, 9:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 37 min |
| May 16, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 17, 1:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 34 min |
| May 17, 1:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 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, 1:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 4 days |
| May 18, 2:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 18, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 18, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 28 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, 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, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 40 min |
| 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, 3:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 66 min |
| 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, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 76 min |
| Jun 15, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 72 min |
| Jun 15, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 3:29 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 27 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:44 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | ICT | 12 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, 9:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 17, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 77 min |
| Jun 17, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 11:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 18, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 59 min |
| 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, 2:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 4:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 3, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 9:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 4:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 25 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 25, 3:23 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 16 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:37 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 28 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 35 min |
| 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, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 6:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Aug 5, 6:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 18 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 17 min |
| Aug 5, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 20 min |
| Aug 5, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 9:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 5, 10:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 12 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 4 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ICT | 15 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 10:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ICT | 13 hr |
| 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, 4:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 16, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 30 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 |
| Oct 6, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 29 min |
| 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, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Oct 14, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 55 min |
| Oct 14, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 64 min |
| Oct 14, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 46 min |
| Oct 14, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 53 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, 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 | 28 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 15 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 38 |
| Special Weather Statement | 40 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 11 |
| River Flood Warning | 12 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 2 |
| Heat Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 14 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 11 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 9 |
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.