Alert archive / Kansas / McPherson County
Weather alerts in McPherson County, Kansas, 2010
175 weather alerts in 2010, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
McPherson County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 175
- Warnings
- 43
- Watches
- 32
- Advisories
- 59
- Busiest month
- May28 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 12, 201012 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
2 of 3 tornado warnings covering McPherson County in 2010 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 29 minutes after it went out.
McPherson County, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 2 | 33% | 1 | 100% | 29 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 16 | 12 | 25% | 37 | 65% | 17 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Wichita, KS: tornado warnings | 34 | 16 | 53% | 26 | 81% | 18 min |
| NWS Wichita, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 268 | 161 | 40% | 460 | 83% | 27 min |
| NWS Wichita, KS: flash flood warnings | 17 | 9 | 47% | 32 | 84% | 154 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 2, 2:29 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 19 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:30 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 36 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:58 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ICT | 71 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:17 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | ICT | 21 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:44 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | ICT | 14 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:48 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 9 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:15 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 22 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:45 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 20 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:57 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 23 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:59 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 21 hr |
| Jan 19, 11:38 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 19 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:30 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 12 hr |
| Jan 21, 7:03 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 16 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:27 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 5 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:04 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 14 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:47 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ICT | 44 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:47 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 38 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:47 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | ICT | 20 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:05 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 20 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:52 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | ICT | 19 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:52 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 44 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:46 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ICT | 25 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:21 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ICT | 46 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:45 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 8 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:36 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 26 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ICT | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:34 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ICT | 31 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:08 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 4 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:51 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | ICT | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:44 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ICT | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:08 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 43 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:39 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ICT | 45 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:56 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 24 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 16 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:36 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 16 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 16 hr |
| Apr 1, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 1, 11:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 2, 12:33 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 3 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:22 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 18 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:10 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 15 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:23 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 16 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:03 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ICT | 17 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:56 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 4 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:47 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 29 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:57 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 17 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 22, 4:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 11:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 1:31 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:37 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:10 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 59 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 23 min |
| May 4, 1:09 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 4 hr |
| May 6, 3:18 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 33 hr |
| May 6, 3:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 6, 6:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 6, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 6, 10:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 10, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 10, 4:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 10, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 30 min |
| May 10, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 49 min |
| May 11, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 11, 11:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 25 min |
| May 11, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 12, 2:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 12, 2:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 12, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 12, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 54 min |
| May 12, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | 37 min |
| May 12, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | 33 min |
| May 12, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | 32 min |
| May 12, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 66 min |
| May 12, 6:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 18, 4:59 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 4 hr |
| May 21, 1:11 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 6 hr |
| May 22, 3:45 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 18 hr |
| May 24, 9:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 26, 1:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 7, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 9:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 8, 7:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 8, 1:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 9 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:53 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | 59 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 13, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 8:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 9:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 55 min |
| Jun 14, 12:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:30 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 53 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:00 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | ICT | 51 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:21 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 46 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:31 PM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | 39 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 25 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 23 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:54 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | 43 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 9 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:29 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 7:05 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:19 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 23 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:12 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | ICT | 16 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 16, 1:28 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 30 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 20, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 3:20 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 24 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:10 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 59 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:29 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | ICT | 7 days |
| Aug 7, 3:29 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 37 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Aug 13, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 5:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 3:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Aug 14, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Aug 14, 10:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Aug 20, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 7:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 5 hr |
| Aug 31, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 31, 9:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Sep 1, 2:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 36 min |
| Sep 13, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 41 min |
| Sep 14, 2:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 15, 5:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 15, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 33 min |
| Sep 18, 1:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 18, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Sep 25, 1:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Sep 25, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Oct 25, 6:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 15 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:25 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ICT | 19 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:55 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | ICT | 45 hr |
| Nov 3, 2:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 4 hr |
| Nov 4, 3:39 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ICT | 29 hr |
| Nov 6, 3:45 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 11 hr |
| Nov 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 28 hr |
| Nov 20, 8:10 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 25 hr |
| Nov 24, 10:46 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 9 hr |
| Nov 27, 1:54 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 14 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:02 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 28 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:33 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 14 hr |
| Dec 10, 7:14 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 34 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 20 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:34 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 11:48 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:32 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 16 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:01 PM 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 | 16 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 16 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 41 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 9 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 3 |
| Heat Advisory | 7 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 21 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 6 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 14 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 4 |
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.