Alert archive / Kansas / Ellis County
Weather alerts in Ellis County, Kansas, 2010
172 weather alerts in 2010, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Ellis County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 172
- Warnings
- 39
- Watches
- 26
- Advisories
- 62
- Busiest month
- June30 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 7, 20107 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 3 tornado warnings covering Ellis County in 2010 had a tornado report inside them; 3 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 15 minutes after it went out.
Ellis County, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 3 | 100% | 15 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 24 | 13 | 46% | 24 | 83% | 19 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Dodge City, KS: tornado warnings | 35 | 9 | 74% | 32 | 47% | 18 min |
| NWS Dodge City, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 186 | 123 | 34% | 280 | 72% | 22 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 5, 11:54 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 36 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:37 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DDC | 55 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:22 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | DDC | 19 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:47 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Jan 18, 6:01 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 20 hr |
| Jan 19, 5:47 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:44 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 14 hr |
| Jan 21, 8:21 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 14 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:02 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 4 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:49 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:22 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | DDC | 21 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:34 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 19 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:37 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 23 hr |
| Feb 4, 4:37 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:22 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | 35 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:26 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 52 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:39 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 25 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:00 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 3:45 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 26 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:12 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:03 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:50 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 24 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:52 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 32 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:08 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:14 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 15 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:15 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:34 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:40 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 16 hr |
| Apr 1, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 1, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 4:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 15 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:50 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 30 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 22, 11:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 1:33 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:36 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 15 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:35 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | 17 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:52 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| May 2, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 6, 3:27 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 33 hr |
| May 6, 3:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 6, 6:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 6, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 6, 10:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 6, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 52 min |
| May 6, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 48 min |
| May 7, 2:56 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | 17 hr |
| May 10, 12:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 10, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 40 min |
| May 10, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 44 min |
| May 10, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 33 min |
| May 11, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 12, 2:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 22, 3:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| May 23, 3:19 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| May 23, 3:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 24, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 38 min |
| May 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 24, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 44 min |
| May 24, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 49 min |
| May 25, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 25, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | 31 min |
| May 25, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | 35 min |
| May 25, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 44 min |
| May 25, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | 47 min |
| May 25, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 31 min |
| May 25, 11:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 9:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 10, 3:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 12, 5:00 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DDC | 29 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 13, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 7:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 20, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 3:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 6:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 4, 3:37 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DDC | 24 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:30 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 2:25 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 29 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:30 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | DDC | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 4:22 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 14 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 10:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 30, 3:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jul 30, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 10:46 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 56 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:23 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 52 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 5:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Aug 12, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 3:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Aug 14, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Aug 18, 3:24 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 40 min |
| Aug 23, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 10:43 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 8 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Aug 31, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 2, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 2:33 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 13 hr |
| Sep 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Sep 14, 10:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Sep 14, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 53 min |
| Sep 15, 1:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 52 min |
| Sep 15, 3:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 9:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:28 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 17 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:47 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 15 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:13 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| Oct 26, 10:06 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 20 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:05 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | 17 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:12 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:45 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DDC | 46 hr |
| Nov 3, 1:12 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | 20 hr |
| Nov 4, 3:25 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | 30 hr |
| Nov 6, 3:46 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 25 hr |
| Nov 6, 8:55 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 21 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:44 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 13 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:00 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 36 hr |
| Nov 20, 4:35 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Nov 20, 9:59 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 61 min |
| Nov 21, 8:46 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Nov 23, 9:01 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 3 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:18 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 13 hr |
| Nov 27, 1:52 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:31 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 14 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 14 hr |
| Dec 19, 6:37 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 2 hr |
| Dec 19, 9:12 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 108 min |
| Dec 23, 5:00 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 13 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:31 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:33 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 9:16 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DDC | 24 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 | 24 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 14 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 36 |
| Special Weather Statement | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 9 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 5 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 25 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 4 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 14 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 3 |
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.