Weather alerts in Cowley County, Kansas, 2024

210 weather alerts in 2024, 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 210
Warnings: 76
Watches: 31
Advisories: 47
Busiest month: April53 alerts
Busiest day: April 27, 202419 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 13 tornado warnings covering Cowley County in 2024 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 11 minutes after it went out.

Cowley County, 2024

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	13	2	85%	1	100%	11 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	49	29	41%	36	86%	23 min
Flash flood warnings	1	1	0%	0

Each office's whole area, 2024

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Wichita, KS: tornado warnings	52	17	67%	26	92%	16 min
NWS Wichita, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings	335	195	42%	592	88%	26 min
NWS Wichita, KS: flash flood warnings	4	2	50%	4	75%	32 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, 2:04 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	40 hr
Jan 7, 1:57 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	46 hr
Jan 10, 2:08 PM CST	Wind Chill Watch	ICT	51 hr
Jan 12, 3:17 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	ICT	4 days
Jan 13, 2:16 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	24 hr
Jan 17, 1:54 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ICT	44 hr
Jan 21, 2:27 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	34 hr
Jan 22, 2:01 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	22 hr
Jan 23, 2:44 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	21 hr
Jan 24, 3:15 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	21 hr
Jan 25, 4:16 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	20 hr
Feb 5, 9:13 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	13 hr
Feb 25, 2:42 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	25 hr
Feb 26, 1:38 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	37 hr
Feb 26, 1:49 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	29 hr
Mar 1, 1:59 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	46 hr
Mar 3, 12:21 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	ICT	18 hr
Mar 7, 6:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	24 min
Mar 7, 1:27 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Mar 7, 2:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 7, 6:37 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Mar 13, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 14, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	36 min
Mar 14, 12:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	58 min
Mar 22, 3:28 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	6 hr
Mar 23, 2:54 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	48 hr
Mar 24, 4:38 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	11 hr
Mar 24, 7:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Apr 1, 1:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 1, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 1, 2:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	33 min
Apr 5, 3:02 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	ICT	11 hr
Apr 5, 2:20 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	ICT	30 hr
Apr 6, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 6, 5:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Apr 16, 1:22 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	53 min
Apr 16, 2:18 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	17 hr
Apr 18, 3:36 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	12 hr
Apr 21, 12:27 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	30 hr
Apr 26, 4:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	17 min
Apr 26, 10:42 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	8 hr
Apr 26, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	67 min
Apr 26, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 26, 2:29 PM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	53 hr
Apr 27, 10:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Apr 27, 11:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	58 min
Apr 27, 11:51 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 27, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	62 min
Apr 27, 1:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Apr 27, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	56 min
Apr 27, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	35 min
Apr 27, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	40 min
Apr 27, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	48 min
Apr 27, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	31 min
Apr 27, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	56 min
Apr 27, 4:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	18 min
Apr 27, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	45 min
Apr 27, 4:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	21 min
Apr 27, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	53 min
Apr 27, 5:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	4 hr
Apr 27, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	56 min
Apr 27, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	32 min
Apr 27, 5:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	6 hr
Apr 27, 7:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	17 hr
Apr 27, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	33 min
Apr 27, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	45 min
Apr 27, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	16 min
Apr 27, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	44 min
Apr 27, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	35 min
Apr 27, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	35 min
Apr 27, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	25 min
Apr 27, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	33 min
Apr 27, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	27 min
Apr 27, 9:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	6 hr
Apr 27, 11:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	13 hr
Apr 30, 2:47 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	25 hr
Apr 30, 3:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Apr 30, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	54 min
Apr 30, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	55 min
Apr 30, 6:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	23 min
Apr 30, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	55 min
Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	45 min
Apr 30, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	56 min
Apr 30, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	36 min
Apr 30, 8:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	8 hr
Apr 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	27 min
May 1, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	22 min
May 2, 5:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	57 min
May 2, 1:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 3, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 4, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	45 min
May 6, 7:12 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	63 min
May 6, 2:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	12 hr
May 6, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	56 min
May 6, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	56 min
May 6, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	53 min
May 15, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 15, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	65 min
May 15, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	55 min
May 15, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	37 min
May 15, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	59 min
May 15, 8:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
May 19, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 19, 7:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
May 19, 9:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 25, 2:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
May 25, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	11 hr
May 25, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	30 min
May 25, 8:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
May 25, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	35 min
May 25, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 25, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	28 min
May 25, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	22 min
May 25, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	40 min
May 25, 11:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	43 min
May 26, 12:07 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
May 26, 12:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	56 min
May 30, 11:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	46 min
Jun 3, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 3, 7:33 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
Jun 4, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jun 4, 6:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jun 4, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	59 min
Jun 4, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	28 min
Jun 8, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jun 8, 11:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 9, 1:45 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jun 9, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	58 min
Jun 12, 2:41 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	28 hr
Jun 13, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	49 min
Jun 13, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	46 min
Jun 13, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	44 min
Jun 13, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	34 min
Jun 15, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 18, 3:47 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	15 hr
Jun 23, 2:33 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	40 hr
Jun 24, 2:18 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	42 hr
Jun 25, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	58 min
Jun 25, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	58 min
Jun 25, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	23 min
Jun 25, 6:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 25, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	13 min
Jun 27, 1:55 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	30 hr
Jun 28, 2:06 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	29 hr
Jun 29, 3:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 29, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 29, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	61 min
Jun 29, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	27 min
Jun 30, 2:38 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	9 hr
Jun 30, 2:44 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	29 hr
Jul 1, 3:09 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	40 hr
Jul 2, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jul 2, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	58 min
Jul 2, 5:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Jul 4, 1:35 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Jul 7, 10:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	49 min
Jul 11, 3:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 12, 2:14 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	3 days
Jul 16, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	34 min
Jul 16, 3:10 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	17 hr
Jul 17, 2:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	26 min
Jul 27, 1:44 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	ICT	25 hr
Jul 28, 2:19 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	ICT	4 days
Aug 13, 2:45 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	16 hr
Aug 13, 1:53 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	29 hr
Aug 14, 2:47 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	30 hr
Aug 15, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	36 min
Aug 16, 10:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 16, 2:06 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	30 hr
Aug 16, 2:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Aug 16, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	64 min
Aug 16, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	39 min
Aug 16, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	49 min
Aug 17, 1:55 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	30 hr
Aug 23, 1:41 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	54 hr
Aug 26, 4:07 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	16 hr
Sep 19, 3:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Sep 19, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	58 min
Sep 19, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	48 min
Sep 19, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	54 min
Sep 19, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Sep 20, 3:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Oct 14, 1:46 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	43 hr
Oct 24, 2:07 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	5 hr
Oct 27, 2:38 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	29 hr
Oct 27, 7:59 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	23 hr
Oct 28, 3:15 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	49 hr
Oct 30, 1:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Oct 30, 2:07 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Oct 30, 3:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Oct 30, 5:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Oct 30, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	61 min
Oct 30, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	56 min
Oct 30, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	65 min
Oct 30, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	27 min
Nov 2, 3:33 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	60 hr
Nov 3, 2:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	33 min
Nov 3, 2:40 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Nov 4, 12:48 PM CST	River Flood Warning	ICT	3 hr
Nov 17, 2:18 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	31 hr
Nov 18, 2:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	35 min
Dec 8, 9:05 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	13 hr
Dec 14, 8:59 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	13 hr
Dec 24, 2:41 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	21 hr
Dec 25, 2:51 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	21 hr
Dec 26, 1:54 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	21 hr
Dec 28, 12:25 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	11 hr
Dec 28, 2:25 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	19 hr
Dec 30, 3:31 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	49
Tornado Warning	13
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	15
Tornado Watch	7
Mesoscale Discussion	33
Special Weather Statement	23
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	5
Flash Flood Warning	1
River Flood Warning	1
Flood Watch	4
Winter
Winter Weather Advisory	4
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	1
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	16
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Wind Chill Warning	1
Wind Chill Watch	1
Wind Chill Advisory	1
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	13
Fire
Red Flag Warning	3
Fire Weather Watch	2
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	13

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.