Weather alerts in Ford County, Kansas, 2024

230 weather alerts in 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Ford County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 230
Warnings: 86
Watches: 36
Advisories: 35
Busiest month: June87 alerts
Busiest day: June 18, 202411 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 1 tornado warnings covering Ford County in 2024 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 1 minutes after it went out.

Ford County, 2024

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	1	1	0%	2	50%	1 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	56	37	34%	32	94%	33 min
Flash flood warnings	7	6	14%	12	83%	115 min

Each office's whole area, 2024

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Dodge City, KS: tornado warnings	13	1	92%	9	11%	1 min
NWS Dodge City, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings	322	147	54%	351	77%	23 min
NWS Dodge City, KS: flash flood warnings	19	9	53%	25	72%	113 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
Dec 31, 11:57 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	10 hr
Jan 3, 2:30 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	18 hr
Jan 3, 3:50 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DDC	44 hr
Jan 5, 2:44 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DDC	49 hr
Jan 7, 11:45 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	DDC	42 hr
Jan 8, 2:48 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Jan 10, 1:34 PM CST	Wind Chill Watch	DDC	59 hr
Jan 10, 8:20 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DDC	37 hr
Jan 10, 8:20 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DDC	31 hr
Jan 11, 3:47 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	DDC	5 days
Jan 12, 2:54 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DDC	11 hr
Jan 17, 1:12 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DDC	44 hr
Jan 22, 2:44 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	23 hr
Jan 22, 2:44 PM CST	Freezing Fog Advisory	DDC	10 hr
Jan 23, 3:18 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	21 hr
Jan 24, 2:46 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	21 hr
Jan 25, 3:22 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	23 hr
Jan 26, 3:36 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	14 hr
Feb 3, 12:17 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	4 hr
Feb 25, 4:21 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	DDC	23 hr
Feb 25, 2:44 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	DDC	27 hr
Feb 26, 2:05 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	DDC	28 hr
Feb 29, 2:24 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	DDC	22 hr
Mar 1, 1:53 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	DDC	47 hr
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	DDC	32 hr
Mar 1, 11:56 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	8 hr
Mar 2, 12:37 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	DDC	42 hr
Mar 7, 2:56 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	6 hr
Mar 10, 3:17 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	28 hr
Mar 22, 12:53 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	DDC	37 hr
Mar 24, 2:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Mar 24, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 24, 4:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Mar 24, 8:00 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DDC	26 hr
Mar 29, 12:25 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DDC	39 hr
Mar 30, 2:41 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	29 hr
Mar 31, 5:21 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	6 hr
Apr 4, 2:05 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DDC	24 hr
Apr 5, 2:04 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	DDC	22 hr
Apr 5, 2:00 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	30 hr
Apr 5, 3:18 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DDC	29 hr
Apr 7, 7:30 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	11 hr
Apr 13, 1:17 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	19 hr
Apr 13, 2:07 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DDC	21 hr
Apr 14, 10:50 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	35 hr
Apr 15, 2:12 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	DDC	28 hr
Apr 15, 7:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Apr 15, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 15, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	27 min
Apr 15, 11:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 25, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr
Apr 27, 2:35 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	17 hr
May 1, 2:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 1, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 3, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 3, 6:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
May 3, 8:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 3, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	52 min
May 3, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	29 min
May 6, 11:47 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
May 6, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	48 min
May 6, 2:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	12 hr
May 6, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	38 min
May 19, 1:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 19, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr
May 19, 3:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
May 19, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	50 min
May 19, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	43 min
May 19, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DDC	56 min
May 19, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	27 min
May 19, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	25 min
May 25, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	39 min
May 28, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	55 min
May 28, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	37 min
May 28, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	35 min
May 31, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	32 min
May 31, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	28 min
May 31, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	27 min
May 31, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	32 min
May 31, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	41 min
May 31, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	28 min
May 31, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	34 min
Jun 1, 2:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	65 min
Jun 1, 3:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	69 min
Jun 1, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jun 2, 4:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	51 min
Jun 2, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	45 min
Jun 2, 5:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	45 min
Jun 2, 5:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	3 hr
Jun 2, 9:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	34 min
Jun 2, 2:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Jun 2, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 2, 11:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 3, 1:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 3, 3:00 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jun 3, 3:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	41 min
Jun 3, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	34 min
Jun 3, 3:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	50 min
Jun 3, 4:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	3 hr
Jun 3, 4:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	43 min
Jun 3, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	47 min
Jun 3, 4:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DDC	50 min
Jun 4, 6:34 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	3 hr
Jun 4, 1:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 7, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 8, 7:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 8, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jun 8, 10:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jun 8, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DDC	51 min
Jun 8, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DDC	50 min
Jun 8, 11:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	3 hr
Jun 8, 11:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 8, 11:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	112 min
Jun 8, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	43 min
Jun 13, 4:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Jun 13, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 13, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	49 min
Jun 13, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	73 min
Jun 13, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	65 min
Jun 13, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	70 min
Jun 13, 7:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 14, 6:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Jun 14, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 14, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	48 min
Jun 14, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	46 min
Jun 15, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	33 min
Jun 15, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	21 min
Jun 15, 5:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jun 15, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	50 min
Jun 15, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	55 min
Jun 15, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	53 min
Jun 15, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	14 min
Jun 15, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	63 min
Jun 15, 10:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	3 hr
Jun 15, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	50 min
Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	DDC	4 hr
Jun 18, 12:37 AM CDT	Flood Watch	DDC	39 hr
Jun 18, 2:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jun 18, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 18, 3:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Jun 18, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	48 min
Jun 18, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	56 min
Jun 18, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	46 min
Jun 18, 6:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jun 18, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	52 min
Jun 18, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	51 min
Jun 18, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	44 min
Jun 18, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	41 min
Jun 18, 7:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	12 hr
Jun 18, 7:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	3 hr
Jun 18, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	52 min
Jun 18, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	49 min
Jun 18, 8:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	38 min
Jun 18, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	51 min
Jun 18, 9:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jun 19, 12:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	18 hr
Jun 24, 2:03 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	42 hr
Jun 27, 4:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Jun 27, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 27, 9:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Jun 30, 2:52 AM CDT	Flood Watch	DDC	10 hr
Jun 30, 7:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	4 hr
Jun 30, 7:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	3 hr
Jun 30, 8:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	4 hr
Jun 30, 10:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	12 hr
Jul 6, 5:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Jul 6, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 6, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	68 min
Jul 6, 8:31 PM CDT	Flood Watch	DDC	16 hr
Jul 6, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	60 min
Jul 6, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DDC	65 min
Jul 6, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	34 min
Jul 6, 10:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Jul 7, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	66 min
Jul 7, 2:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	58 min
Jul 13, 9:37 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	57 hr
Jul 16, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 16, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	47 min
Jul 16, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	43 min
Jul 16, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	35 min
Jul 16, 10:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	42 min
Jul 16, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	53 min
Jul 19, 4:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Jul 19, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 22, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	38 min
Jul 22, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	37 min
Jul 29, 5:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	30 min
Jul 29, 1:41 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	30 hr
Jul 30, 2:53 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	29 hr
Jul 30, 6:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jul 31, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	18 min
Aug 12, 5:03 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	6 hr
Aug 12, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	24 min
Aug 13, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	23 min
Aug 13, 12:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	40 min
Aug 13, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	26 min
Aug 13, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	17 min
Aug 14, 3:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 16, 10:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 17, 10:30 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	34 hr
Aug 23, 5:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Aug 25, 2:29 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	18 hr
Aug 25, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	39 min
Aug 25, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	37 min
Aug 25, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	34 min
Aug 25, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	46 min
Aug 25, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	29 min
Sep 16, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	28 min
Sep 18, 12:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	52 min
Sep 18, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	39 min
Sep 18, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	35 min
Sep 18, 3:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 20, 3:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 20, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	30 min
Sep 20, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	45 min
Sep 20, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	39 min
Oct 14, 2:54 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	DDC	11 hr
Oct 14, 1:46 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	DDC	43 hr
Oct 27, 1:47 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	DDC	29 hr
Oct 28, 2:16 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	DDC	24 hr
Oct 28, 2:20 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	DDC	12 hr
Oct 29, 2:23 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	DDC	16 hr
Nov 8, 3:30 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	6 hr
Dec 23, 1:52 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	8 hr
Dec 24, 10:22 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	14 hr
Dec 25, 2:27 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	22 hr
Dec 26, 12:37 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	22 hr
Dec 27, 9:45 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DDC	11 hr
Dec 30, 10:46 AM CST	High Wind Warning	DDC	7 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	56
Tornado Warning	1
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	16
Tornado Watch	4
Mesoscale Discussion	37
Special Weather Statement	36
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	3
Flash Flood Warning	7
Flood Watch	3
Areal Flood Advisory	3
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Winter Weather Advisory	3
Heat
Heat Advisory	6
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Wind Chill Warning	1
Freeze Watch	1
Wind Chill Watch	1
Wind Chill Advisory	3
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	4
High Wind Watch	3
Blowing Dust Advisory	1
Fire
Red Flag Warning	12
Fire Weather Watch	7
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	18
Freezing Fog Advisory	1

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.