Alert archive / Kansas / Ellis County
Weather alerts in Ellis County, Kansas, 2018
194 weather alerts in 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 194
- Warnings
- 80
- Watches
- 28
- Advisories
- 32
- Busiest month
- May38 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 29, 20189 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Ellis County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 43 | 27 | 37% | 29 | 76% | 25 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 6 | 3 | 50% | 7 | 43% | 62 min |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Dodge City, KS: tornado warnings | 13 | 5 | 62% | 10 | 60% | 10 min |
| NWS Dodge City, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 397 | 226 | 43% | 466 | 84% | 27 min |
| NWS Dodge City, KS: flash flood warnings | 32 | 13 | 59% | 27 | 67% | 47 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 9, 12:49 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 44 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:14 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | 12 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:08 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DDC | 43 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:23 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 7 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:53 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 34 hr |
| Jan 21, 8:20 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 93 min |
| Jan 21, 12:10 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DDC | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:10 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 27 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:18 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:35 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 34 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:59 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 20 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 21 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:42 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 24 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:26 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 27 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:00 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 8 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 48 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:24 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 31 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:28 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 22 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:46 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 29 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:40 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 34 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:02 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 28 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:51 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 23 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:51 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 27 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:01 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 40 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:51 PM CST | High Wind Watch | DDC | 23 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:54 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 20 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:18 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 34 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:41 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | 28 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:09 PM CST | High Wind Watch | DDC | 19 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:36 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | 31 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:47 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 31 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:08 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 9 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:36 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 14 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:36 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 29 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:41 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 11 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:23 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:34 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | DDC | 22 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:54 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 28 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:55 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 29 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:24 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 25 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:01 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 36 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:37 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 36 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:10 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 42 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:10 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 66 hr |
| Apr 12, 9:54 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 57 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:13 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | DDC | 31 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:21 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | DDC | 18 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:38 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 21 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:26 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | 19 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:36 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| May 1, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 1, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 1, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 52 min |
| May 1, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 44 min |
| May 1, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 17 min |
| May 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 24 min |
| May 1, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| May 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 17 min |
| May 1, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 22 min |
| May 13, 7:07 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 3 hr |
| May 13, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 13, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 54 min |
| May 13, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 51 min |
| May 13, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 52 min |
| May 13, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| May 13, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 48 min |
| May 13, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| May 13, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 27 min |
| May 18, 2:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 18, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 18, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 52 min |
| May 18, 9:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 18, 11:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 46 min |
| May 21, 1:30 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 7 hr |
| May 23, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 38 min |
| May 24, 9:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 28, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 28, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 61 min |
| May 28, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 50 min |
| May 28, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 53 min |
| May 28, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 39 min |
| May 28, 8:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | 28 hr |
| May 28, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 55 min |
| May 28, 9:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 28, 9:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| May 29, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 48 min |
| May 29, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 43 min |
| May 30, 5:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 7, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 11:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | 39 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 17 min |
| Jun 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 17 min |
| Jun 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 9:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 19, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 11:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | 91 min |
| Jun 22, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 55 min |
| Jun 22, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 7:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 8:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 26, 8:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 66 min |
| Jun 26, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 2:19 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 30, 8:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 30, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 55 min |
| Jun 30, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 9:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 16, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 9 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 7:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 37 min |
| Jul 27, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 6:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Aug 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 5, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 66 min |
| Aug 6, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 1:38 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 65 min |
| Sep 1, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 61 min |
| Sep 1, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 6:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 57 min |
| Sep 1, 9:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Sep 2, 10:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | 49 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 42 min |
| Sep 2, 3:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Sep 2, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 62 min |
| Sep 3, 4:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | 31 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 51 min |
| Sep 29, 11:24 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 12 hr |
| Oct 2, 5:28 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Oct 5, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 58 min |
| Oct 5, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 38 min |
| Oct 6, 3:06 PM CDT | Flood Watch | DDC | 3 days |
| Oct 8, 3:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 36 hr |
| Oct 9, 7:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | 15 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| Oct 10, 4:47 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | 28 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:20 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 43 hr |
| Oct 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Hard Freeze Watch | DDC | 8 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:14 AM CDT | Hard Freeze Warning | DDC | 30 hr |
| Nov 6, 1:30 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 53 hr |
| Nov 23, 4:13 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | 9 hr |
| Nov 23, 1:31 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 24 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:18 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DDC | 22 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:54 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:25 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| Dec 1, 10:49 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 12 hr |
| Dec 26, 5:13 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 7 hr |
| Dec 26, 5:36 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:16 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 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.