Alert archive / Kansas / Kiowa County
Weather alerts in Kiowa County, Kansas, 2013
201 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Kiowa County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 201
- Warnings
- 65
- Watches
- 34
- Advisories
- 40
- Busiest month
- May43 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 8, 20138 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Kiowa County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 46 | 32 | 30% | 13 | 100% | 30 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Dodge City, KS: tornado warnings | 18 | 6 | 67% | 30 | 60% | 14 min |
| NWS Dodge City, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 291 | 202 | 31% | 421 | 83% | 24 min |
| NWS Dodge City, KS: flash flood warnings | 19 | 9 | 53% | 19 | 58% | 82 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, 10:54 AM CST | High Wind Watch | DDC | 28 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:17 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | 27 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:17 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 27 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:14 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:14 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 13 hr |
| Feb 8, 1:51 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Feb 9, 6:17 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:20 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 12 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:37 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | 32 hr |
| Feb 19, 11:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DDC | 54 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:16 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | 12 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:34 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 19 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:29 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | DDC | 13 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:08 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DDC | 44 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:54 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 26, 12:02 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:42 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 51 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:58 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 49 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:45 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:27 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 7, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 7, 7:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 9:27 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 13 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:30 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 17 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 7:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 8:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 11:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 11:12 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 55 min |
| Apr 17, 12:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 17, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 65 min |
| Apr 17, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 3:50 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 19 hr |
| Apr 21, 11:28 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | 23 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:24 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 42 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:22 AM CDT | Hard Freeze Warning | DDC | 11 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:58 PM CDT | Hard Freeze Warning | DDC | 17 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:06 AM CDT | Hard Freeze Warning | DDC | 24 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:44 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | 29 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:00 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 30 hr |
| May 1, 5:00 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | DDC | 8 hr |
| May 1, 5:00 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | DDC | 21 hr |
| May 1, 12:35 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | 21 hr |
| May 2, 2:02 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | 30 hr |
| May 7, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 7, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 38 min |
| May 7, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 43 min |
| May 7, 7:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| May 7, 9:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 8, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 8, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 53 min |
| May 8, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 63 min |
| May 8, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 60 min |
| May 8, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 61 min |
| May 8, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 60 min |
| May 8, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 44 min |
| May 8, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 33 min |
| May 8, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| May 8, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 39 min |
| May 17, 3:20 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 10 hr |
| May 18, 2:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 18, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 18, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 48 min |
| May 18, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| May 18, 7:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 18, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| May 19, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 59 min |
| May 27, 1:49 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 18 hr |
| May 27, 5:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 28, 1:39 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 31 hr |
| May 28, 2:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| May 28, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 28, 5:15 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 3 hr |
| May 28, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 45 min |
| May 28, 7:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 29, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| May 29, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 48 min |
| May 29, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 51 min |
| May 29, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 56 min |
| May 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 29, 7:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 30, 1:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 4, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 11:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 3:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 10, 3:34 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 11:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 8:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 10:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 9:07 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 11 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:48 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 17 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 17 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 9:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 27, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 3:00 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 2:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 7:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 9:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 25, 3:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 29, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 29, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 5:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 29, 7:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 30, 6:13 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 15 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:50 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 11 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Aug 5, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 9:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 7, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | 26 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 10:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 15, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Sep 15, 2:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Sep 15, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 39 min |
| Sep 17, 2:21 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Sep 27, 10:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Oct 9, 7:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 27 hr |
| Oct 10, 10:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Oct 14, 1:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Oct 14, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Oct 14, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Oct 16, 12:36 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | 20 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:46 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | DDC | 12 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:26 PM CDT | Hard Freeze Warning | DDC | 16 hr |
| Oct 28, 7:21 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 9:31 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 105 min |
| Oct 31, 4:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 61 min |
| Nov 2, 3:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 42 hr |
| Nov 11, 1:33 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | DDC | 19 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:23 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 10 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:37 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 28 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:17 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 26 hr |
| Nov 19, 1:03 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 17 hr |
| Nov 20, 2:39 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 47 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:42 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | 25 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 32 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:35 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 5:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DDC | 6 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 | 46 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 22 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 57 |
| Special Weather Statement | 5 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Blizzard Watch | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 20 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 11 |
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.