Alert archive / Kansas / Douglas County
Weather alerts in Douglas County, Kansas, 2022
132 weather alerts in 2022, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Douglas County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 132
- Warnings
- 26
- Watches
- 25
- Advisories
- 48
- Busiest month
- April25 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 18, 20227 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Douglas County, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 8 | 27% | 11 | 82% | 20 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Topeka, KS: tornado warnings | 28 | 12 | 57% | 15 | 93% | 11 min |
| NWS Topeka, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 185 | 101 | 45% | 256 | 87% | 20 min |
| NWS Topeka, KS: flash flood warnings | 9 | 3 | 67% | 11 | 55% | 29 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 1, 3:37 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TOP | 31 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:53 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 28 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:40 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 33 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:14 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TOP | 24 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:19 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | TOP | 47 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:10 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 29 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:03 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 19 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:10 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TOP | 23 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:14 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | TOP | 26 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 17, 6:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 5:06 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:45 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 13 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:41 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TOP | 13 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | TOP | 35 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 51 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:10 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 22 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:01 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 30 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 29 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 29, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 37 min |
| Mar 29, 7:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Mar 29, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 33 min |
| Mar 29, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 26 min |
| Mar 29, 9:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 2 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:08 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 29 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:52 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 29 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:50 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 34 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:31 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | 12 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:39 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | TOP | 18 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:55 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 18 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:37 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | TOP | 18 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:37 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | TOP | 26 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:34 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 29 hr |
| Apr 20, 10:57 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 9 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:26 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 53 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Apr 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Apr 23, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 21 min |
| Apr 23, 8:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Apr 23, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 3:41 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | TOP | 29 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 8:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 28 min |
| May 15, 6:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| May 15, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 15, 7:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 45 min |
| May 15, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 38 min |
| May 15, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 44 min |
| May 17, 8:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 17, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 17, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 53 min |
| May 17, 10:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| May 17, 10:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| May 17, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 31 min |
| May 17, 11:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | 3 hr |
| May 23, 2:36 PM CDT | Flood Watch | TOP | 27 hr |
| May 30, 2:32 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 13 hr |
| May 30, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 30, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 30, 9:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| May 30, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 30, 10:17 PM CDT | Flood Watch | TOP | 45 hr |
| May 31, 1:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 31, 1:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 6 hr |
| May 31, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 2:40 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 30 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:06 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 17 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:23 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 17 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:43 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 29 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 16, 2:34 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | TOP | 48 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:34 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 29 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:53 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 24 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:39 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 29 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 21, 9:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 1, 1:55 PM CDT | Flood Watch | TOP | 19 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:54 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 3 days |
| Jul 5, 3:28 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | TOP | 66 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:19 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 30 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:28 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 41 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:37 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 60 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:58 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 61 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 1:50 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 3 days |
| Sep 6, 2:37 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 7 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Sep 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Sep 24, 2:57 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:25 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | TOP | 30 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:16 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | 23 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 47 min |
| Oct 12, 2:33 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 28 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:47 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 28 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:42 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | TOP | 12 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:21 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | TOP | 20 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:21 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 44 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:25 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 35 hr |
| Nov 14, 2:51 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 25 hr |
| Dec 1, 2:27 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 33 hr |
| Dec 10, 8:48 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 15 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:41 PM CST | Wind Chill Watch | TOP | 23 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:41 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TOP | 37 hr |
| Dec 20, 1:53 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | TOP | 4 days |
| Dec 21, 4:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | TOP | 32 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:27 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 22, 8:49 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 6 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:34 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TOP | 30 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:15 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 8 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
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.