Alert archive / Kansas / Ellsworth County

Weather alerts in Ellsworth County, Kansas, 2019

245 weather alerts in 2019, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Ellsworth County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2019. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
245
Warnings
75
Watches
43
Advisories
54
Busiest month
May57 alerts
Busiest day
June 22, 201914 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 2 tornado warnings covering Ellsworth County in 2019 had a tornado report inside them.

Ellsworth County, 2019

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings2150%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings513237%1392%30 min
Flash flood warnings00

Each office's whole area, 2019

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Wichita, KS: tornado warnings291162%3275%16 min
NWS Wichita, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings39321246%60986%28 min
NWS Wichita, KS: flash flood warnings785727%17096%132 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 31, 7:55 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryICT12 hr
Jan 10, 3:21 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT47 hr
Jan 11, 9:10 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningICT14 hr
Jan 14, 9:16 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICT16 hr
Jan 15, 6:26 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICT27 hr
Jan 16, 3:51 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT26 hr
Jan 17, 7:12 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICT12 hr
Jan 18, 4:05 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT22 hr
Jan 18, 3:44 PM CSTWind AdvisoryICT20 hr
Jan 21, 3:14 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT35 hr
Jan 27, 3:30 PM CSTWind AdvisoryICT26 hr
Feb 1, 3:40 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICT19 hr
Feb 5, 3:24 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT53 hr
Feb 6, 9:16 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICT29 min
Feb 11, 10:12 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICT2 hr
Feb 11, 3:24 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT6 hr
Feb 14, 3:41 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT40 hr
Feb 16, 3:26 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT23 hr
Feb 18, 3:29 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT38 hr
Feb 19, 3:17 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningICT14 hr
Feb 21, 3:17 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchICT24 hr
Feb 22, 2:57 PM CSTBlizzard WarningICT30 hr
Feb 23, 1:05 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICT8 hr
Mar 1, 3:44 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchICT24 hr
Mar 1, 3:31 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningICT44 hr
Mar 2, 3:05 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryICT44 hr
Mar 3, 1:23 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Mar 4, 8:22 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryICT12 hr
Mar 8, 4:55 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICT6 hr
Mar 8, 3:12 PM CSTWind AdvisoryICT22 hr
Mar 8, 5:04 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICT14 hr
Mar 8, 7:22 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningICT83 min
Mar 9, 1:01 PM CSTHigh Wind WarningICT5 hr
Mar 9, 3:13 PM CSTWind AdvisoryICT3 hr
Mar 11, 3:05 AM CDTFlood WatchICT57 hr
Mar 11, 3:17 AM CDTHigh Wind WatchICT37 hr
Mar 12, 4:15 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningICT46 hr
Mar 12, 4:15 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICT53 hr
Mar 12, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT17 min
Mar 12, 10:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT13 min
Mar 23, 2:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 27, 11:20 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICT8 hr
Apr 6, 10:07 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICT13 hr
Apr 9, 3:59 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICT44 hr
Apr 10, 8:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT23 min
Apr 11, 12:00 PM CDTFreeze WarningICT21 hr
Apr 12, 3:57 PM CDTFreeze WarningICT17 hr
Apr 13, 3:03 PM CDTFreeze WarningICT18 hr
Apr 18, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT87 min
Apr 18, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT62 min
Apr 21, 7:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Apr 21, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT48 min
Apr 21, 10:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT44 min
Apr 21, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT53 min
Apr 27, 3:21 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICT15 hr
Apr 28, 8:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Apr 28, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 28, 11:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT36 min
Apr 28, 11:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Apr 28, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT49 min
May 3, 10:33 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICT11 hr
May 5, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 5, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT54 min
May 6, 4:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchICT66 hr
May 6, 3:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
May 6, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 6, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT27 min
May 6, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT67 min
May 6, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
May 8, 1:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICT10 hr
May 9, 3:49 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryICT29 hr
May 17, 12:59 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICT8 hr
May 17, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 17, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT58 min
May 17, 11:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 17, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT43 min
May 18, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 18, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT40 min
May 18, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT61 min
May 18, 8:06 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT12 hr
May 19, 3:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchICT60 hr
May 20, 9:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICT26 hr
May 20, 3:18 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT24 hr
May 21, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT55 min
May 21, 3:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
May 21, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 21, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT25 min
May 21, 6:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 21, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT22 min
May 22, 4:14 AM CDTFlash Flood Watch EmergencyICT5 days
May 23, 11:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICT4 days
May 23, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 23, 6:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT32 min
May 23, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT45 min
May 23, 7:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
May 23, 11:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT55 min
May 23, 11:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
May 24, 1:37 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 24, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT58 min
May 24, 11:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchICT52 hr
May 25, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 25, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT60 min
May 26, 3:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchICT27 hr
May 26, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT62 min
May 26, 5:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
May 26, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 26, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT38 min
May 26, 8:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 26, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT55 min
May 26, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT32 min
May 26, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 26, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT80 min
May 27, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT67 min
May 27, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT32 min
May 28, 9:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
May 28, 2:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
May 28, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 8, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 9, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT89 min
Jun 9, 2:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 9, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT45 min
Jun 11, 3:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jun 11, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT24 min
Jun 11, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT65 min
Jun 11, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT26 min
Jun 11, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT40 min
Jun 11, 9:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT33 min
Jun 14, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 14, 11:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT25 min
Jun 18, 1:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jun 21, 7:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT30 min
Jun 21, 3:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchICT48 hr
Jun 21, 7:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jun 21, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 22, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT58 min
Jun 22, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT40 min
Jun 22, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT43 min
Jun 22, 2:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jun 22, 4:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jun 22, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 22, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 22, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT53 min
Jun 22, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT63 min
Jun 22, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT53 min
Jun 22, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT46 min
Jun 22, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT43 min
Jun 22, 7:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jun 23, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT57 min
Jun 23, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT64 min
Jun 25, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Jun 25, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT30 min
Jun 25, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT67 min
Jun 25, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT50 min
Jul 5, 9:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Jul 5, 11:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT8 hr
Jul 8, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT32 min
Jul 9, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT39 min
Jul 9, 3:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT64 min
Jul 9, 4:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT65 min
Jul 15, 3:45 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchICT24 hr
Jul 16, 3:18 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningICT5 days
Jul 21, 3:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 28, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT58 min
Jul 31, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT42 min
Jul 31, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT62 min
Jul 31, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT64 min
Jul 31, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT66 min
Aug 1, 10:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 6, 3:58 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryICT27 hr
Aug 8, 1:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 11, 12:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT26 min
Aug 11, 3:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT67 min
Aug 11, 9:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 13, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 13, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT53 min
Aug 15, 3:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Aug 15, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 15, 8:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Aug 16, 8:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 16, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 17, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT42 min
Aug 17, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT30 min
Aug 17, 2:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Aug 17, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 17, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT80 min
Aug 17, 11:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Aug 18, 12:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT9 hr
Aug 18, 3:32 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryICT53 hr
Aug 19, 6:49 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICT2 hr
Aug 20, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT60 min
Aug 24, 4:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchICT27 hr
Aug 24, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 24, 8:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 24, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT46 min
Aug 24, 9:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT12 hr
Aug 24, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningICT45 min
Aug 24, 9:47 PM CDTTornado WarningICT43 min
Aug 24, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT36 min
Aug 24, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT29 min
Aug 24, 11:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Aug 24, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 24, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT62 min
Aug 25, 1:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICT20 hr
Aug 29, 4:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchICT17 hr
Aug 29, 7:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 29, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 29, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT83 min
Aug 29, 9:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Aug 29, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT75 min
Sep 1, 5:12 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICT5 hr
Sep 20, 2:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchICT47 hr
Sep 21, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 21, 7:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 21, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT67 min
Sep 21, 10:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Sep 24, 6:52 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICT2 hr
Sep 24, 2:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Sep 24, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 24, 6:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Sep 24, 8:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Sep 27, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT56 min
Sep 27, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT66 min
Sep 28, 10:33 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICT5 hr
Sep 29, 3:58 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICT17 hr
Sep 30, 12:06 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICT6 hr
Sep 30, 1:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchICT46 hr
Oct 9, 3:41 AM CDTFreeze WatchICT25 hr
Oct 9, 4:03 PM CDTFreeze WarningICT42 hr
Oct 10, 4:21 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICT11 hr
Oct 17, 3:09 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICT27 hr
Oct 20, 11:12 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICT20 hr
Oct 21, 3:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT69 min
Oct 29, 3:56 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT39 hr
Nov 10, 2:41 PM CSTWind AdvisoryICT23 hr
Nov 20, 11:31 AM CSTWind AdvisoryICT6 hr
Nov 22, 9:04 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT6 hr
Nov 25, 2:52 PM CSTWind AdvisoryICT36 hr
Nov 27, 2:57 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT26 hr
Nov 28, 6:42 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICT5 hr
Nov 29, 3:10 AM CSTHigh Wind WatchICT12 hr
Nov 29, 3:31 PM CSTHigh Wind WarningICT39 hr
Nov 29, 3:31 PM CSTWind AdvisoryICT50 hr
Dec 9, 3:23 AM CSTWind AdvisoryICT9 hr
Dec 14, 3:30 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT63 hr
Dec 29, 11:12 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT8 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.