Alert archive / Kansas / Kiowa County
Weather alerts in Kiowa County, Kansas, 2020
147 weather alerts in 2020, 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 147
- Warnings
- 41
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest month
- June26 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 21, 202010 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, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 25 | 12 | 52% | 1 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Dodge City, KS: tornado warnings | 10 | 2 | 80% | 11 | 27% | 14 min |
| NWS Dodge City, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 231 | 116 | 50% | 275 | 80% | 26 min |
| NWS Dodge City, KS: flash flood warnings | 10 | 0 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
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 10, 3:05 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 15 hr |
| Jan 13, 9:57 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 14 hr |
| Jan 14, 8:34 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 8 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:48 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 42 hr |
| Jan 16, 11:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:57 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 7 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | 13 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:14 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DDC | 22 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:14 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 22 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 28, 7:14 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 28, 1:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:19 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:10 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:39 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 20 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:11 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 14 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 39 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Feb 24, 6:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 54 min |
| Feb 24, 6:54 PM CST | Snow Squall Warning | DDC | 66 min |
| Feb 29, 10:50 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 8 hr |
| Mar 6, 7:05 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 8 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:20 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 15 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:16 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:15 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 11 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:40 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 13 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:44 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:13 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:15 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 10 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:57 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Mar 23, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:33 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:20 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:16 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:43 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:02 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 58 min |
| Apr 8, 12:24 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:23 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | DDC | 36 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:03 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 30 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 2:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 7, 6:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| May 7, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 7, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 23 min |
| May 7, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 38 min |
| May 7, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 36 min |
| May 12, 8:04 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 7 hr |
| May 15, 3:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 33 min |
| May 21, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 21, 9:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 21, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 21, 11:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 23, 8:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 24, 3:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | 24 hr |
| May 24, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 24, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 24, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 50 min |
| May 24, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 33 min |
| May 24, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 17 min |
| May 24, 8:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 2:59 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | DDC | 9 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:59 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 33 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 21 min |
| Jun 13, 3:56 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 10 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:31 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 31 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 20, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 11:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 20, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 1:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 21, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 24, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 1:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:05 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 15, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 12:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 18, 12:56 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 19 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 21, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 6:54 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 30, 12:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 1:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 4:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 10, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 4:15 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 43 min |
| Aug 29, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 51 min |
| Aug 29, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 2:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Oct 11, 4:52 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 8 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:19 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 17 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:10 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DDC | 13 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:58 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | 30 hr |
| Oct 25, 4:02 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 39 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:37 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 21 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:31 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 19 hr |
| Nov 9, 6:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 28 min |
| Nov 18, 2:08 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 15 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 1:35 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | 24 hr |
| Dec 1, 11:34 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 42 hr |
| Dec 2, 9:12 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 2, 8:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:49 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 43 hr |
| Dec 12, 1:23 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DDC | 32 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:15 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 38 hr |
| Dec 15, 6:13 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 58 min |
| Dec 28, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 32 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:00 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.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 25 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 34 |
| Special Weather Statement | 19 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Snow Squall Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 14 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 6 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 18 |
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.