Alert archive / Kansas / McPherson County

Weather alerts in McPherson County, Kansas, 2016

253 weather alerts in 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
253
Warnings
82
Watches
41
Advisories
41
Busiest month
May59 alerts
Busiest day
May 26, 201618 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

McPherson County, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings402440%2277%24 min
Flash flood warnings110%5100%61 min

Each office's whole area, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Wichita, KS: tornado warnings251348%2673%13 min
NWS Wichita, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings34519145%55678%25 min
NWS Wichita, KS: flash flood warnings272026%8697%133 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
Jan 7, 3:16 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICT10 hr
Jan 18, 3:20 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT30 hr
Jan 20, 3:00 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT33 hr
Jan 24, 3:08 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT19 hr
Feb 2, 3:07 AM CSTWind AdvisoryICT18 hr
Feb 7, 2:48 AM CSTWind AdvisoryICT16 hr
Feb 7, 3:02 AM CSTFire Weather WatchICT24 hr
Feb 7, 3:02 AM CSTRed Flag WarningICT16 hr
Feb 7, 3:08 PM CSTWind AdvisoryICT27 hr
Feb 16, 3:07 AM CSTFire Weather WatchICT36 hr
Feb 16, 9:43 AM CSTWind AdvisoryICT3 hr
Feb 17, 3:14 PM CSTRed Flag WarningICT28 hr
Feb 17, 3:18 PM CSTWind AdvisoryICT28 hr
Feb 26, 11:37 AM CSTFire Weather WatchICT17 hr
Feb 27, 4:08 AM CSTRed Flag WarningICT14 hr
Feb 28, 10:45 AM CSTWind AdvisoryICT5 hr
Feb 28, 11:09 AM CSTRed Flag WarningICT6 hr
Feb 29, 10:17 AM CSTRed Flag WarningICT8 hr
Mar 3, 2:52 PM CSTRed Flag WarningICT27 hr
Mar 5, 2:34 AM CSTFire Weather WatchICT13 hr
Mar 5, 3:20 PM CSTWind AdvisoryICT28 hr
Mar 5, 3:23 PM CSTRed Flag WarningICT28 hr
Mar 6, 2:50 AM CSTFire Weather WatchICT12 hr
Mar 6, 2:50 PM CSTRed Flag WarningICT28 hr
Mar 7, 2:48 AM CSTWind AdvisoryICT16 hr
Mar 12, 6:21 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICT4 hr
Mar 13, 10:02 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICT13 hr
Mar 14, 5:05 AM CDTFire Weather WatchICT10 hr
Mar 14, 3:09 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICT28 hr
Mar 14, 3:12 PM CDTRed Flag WarningICT28 hr
Mar 16, 3:34 AM CDTRed Flag WarningICT15 hr
Mar 20, 4:05 AM CDTFire Weather WatchICT35 hr
Mar 20, 4:09 PM CDTFire Weather WatchICT11 hr
Mar 21, 3:26 AM CDTRed Flag WarningICT17 hr
Mar 21, 3:20 PM CDTFire Weather WatchICT23 hr
Mar 21, 3:20 PM CDTRed Flag WarningICT30 hr
Mar 22, 2:44 PM CDTRed Flag WarningICT31 hr
Mar 22, 3:00 PM CDTHigh Wind WatchICT13 hr
Mar 23, 4:02 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningICT20 hr
Mar 23, 8:25 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICT11 hr
Mar 25, 3:50 AM CDTRed Flag WarningICT15 hr
Apr 2, 3:32 AM CDTFire Weather WatchICT24 hr
Apr 3, 3:25 AM CDTRed Flag WarningICT16 hr
Apr 4, 3:38 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICT30 hr
Apr 4, 3:39 PM CDTRed Flag WarningICT30 hr
Apr 4, 7:15 PM CDTFire Weather WatchICT8 hr
Apr 5, 5:59 PM CDTFire Weather WatchICT10 hr
Apr 5, 6:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 5, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT64 min
Apr 6, 3:29 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICT15 hr
Apr 6, 3:36 AM CDTRed Flag WarningICT15 hr
Apr 6, 4:47 PM CDTFire Weather WatchICT11 hr
Apr 7, 3:43 AM CDTRed Flag WarningICT15 hr
Apr 7, 3:45 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICT14 hr
Apr 11, 3:28 AM CDTFreeze WarningICT29 hr
Apr 15, 3:02 PM CDTFlood WatchICT55 hr
Apr 24, 3:55 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICT15 hr
Apr 24, 1:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 24, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Apr 24, 5:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Apr 24, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT48 min
Apr 24, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT42 min
Apr 24, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT52 min
Apr 24, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT50 min
Apr 24, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT66 min
Apr 26, 1:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Apr 26, 2:12 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 26, 6:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Apr 26, 8:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC28 min
Apr 26, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT41 min
May 8, 3:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
May 8, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
May 8, 6:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
May 9, 2:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT40 min
May 9, 3:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 9, 1:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
May 9, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr
May 9, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT24 min
May 9, 5:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
May 9, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT20 min
May 11, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 11, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT19 min
May 11, 3:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT40 min
May 11, 4:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT53 min
May 13, 12:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
May 13, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 23, 11:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 24, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 24, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 24, 9:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
May 24, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT40 min
May 24, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT24 min
May 25, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT46 min
May 25, 2:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
May 25, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
May 25, 7:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 26, 1:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 26, 1:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchICT37 hr
May 26, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT41 min
May 26, 1:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr
May 26, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT35 min
May 26, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT42 min
May 26, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT36 min
May 26, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT59 min
May 26, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT40 min
May 26, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT53 min
May 26, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT55 min
May 26, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT35 min
May 26, 5:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT7 hr
May 26, 5:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
May 26, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT28 min
May 26, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT29 min
May 26, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT42 min
May 26, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT32 min
May 26, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT52 min
May 26, 8:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
May 26, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT66 min
May 26, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT26 min
May 26, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
May 27, 12:23 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT9 hr
May 27, 1:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICT39 hr
May 27, 1:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICT55 hr
May 27, 9:14 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT24 hr
May 27, 1:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
May 27, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 27, 4:15 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICT15 hr
May 29, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT36 min
May 29, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT44 min
May 29, 3:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jun 12, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT39 min
Jun 15, 3:34 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryICT42 hr
Jun 15, 3:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 15, 3:07 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchICT37 hr
Jun 15, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT39 min
Jun 15, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT43 min
Jun 15, 6:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 15, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT59 min
Jun 15, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT67 min
Jun 15, 7:57 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT18 hr
Jun 15, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT61 min
Jun 16, 3:35 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningICT29 hr
Jun 17, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT61 min
Jun 18, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT44 min
Jun 18, 3:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT6 hr
Jun 18, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT47 min
Jun 18, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT50 min
Jun 18, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT45 min
Jun 23, 12:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 23, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT44 min
Jun 23, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT29 min
Jun 28, 4:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 2, 2:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchICT44 hr
Jul 2, 2:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT7 hr
Jul 2, 10:01 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT48 hr
Jul 2, 10:48 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICT44 hr
Jul 2, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 2, 6:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jul 2, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT28 min
Jul 2, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT37 min
Jul 2, 9:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICT5 hr
Jul 2, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT56 min
Jul 2, 9:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jul 2, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT65 min
Jul 4, 9:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT27 hr
Jul 4, 3:44 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryICT28 hr
Jul 5, 4:07 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryICT29 hr
Jul 5, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 5, 11:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jul 6, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT52 min
Jul 6, 1:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jul 6, 9:23 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryICT24 hr
Jul 11, 10:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 12, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT37 min
Jul 12, 1:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT29 min
Jul 12, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT46 min
Jul 12, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT61 min
Jul 12, 3:26 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT6 hr
Jul 12, 8:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Jul 13, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 13, 6:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jul 13, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT52 min
Jul 13, 7:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT44 min
Jul 13, 8:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT63 min
Jul 13, 8:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT55 min
Jul 14, 6:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 14, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT42 min
Jul 18, 3:20 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryICT4 days
Jul 18, 3:30 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningICT6 days
Jul 28, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 28, 6:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 28, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT35 min
Jul 28, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT52 min
Jul 28, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT40 min
Aug 1, 2:06 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryICT6 hr
Aug 7, 3:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT55 min
Aug 7, 4:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT52 min
Aug 10, 3:12 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryICT29 hr
Aug 11, 3:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 11, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT38 min
Aug 19, 1:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Aug 19, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Aug 19, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT28 min
Aug 19, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT31 min
Aug 19, 5:30 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT4 hr
Aug 23, 3:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Aug 24, 3:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Aug 24, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 25, 3:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchICT15 hr
Aug 31, 8:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT55 min
Aug 31, 9:03 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT12 hr
Aug 31, 9:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT12 hr
Sep 1, 8:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT12 hr
Sep 8, 3:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchICT48 hr
Sep 8, 7:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT25 min
Sep 8, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT34 min
Sep 8, 8:02 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT40 hr
Sep 8, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT35 min
Sep 9, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT46 min
Sep 9, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT53 min
Sep 16, 11:37 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryICT10 hr
Sep 24, 1:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT33 min
Sep 24, 3:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICT21 hr
Sep 24, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT40 min
Oct 4, 1:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Oct 4, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Oct 4, 4:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Oct 4, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT27 min
Oct 4, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT34 min
Oct 4, 6:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Oct 6, 1:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Oct 6, 2:12 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Oct 6, 5:53 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICT3 hr
Oct 12, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT30 min
Oct 12, 1:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT26 min
Oct 12, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT38 min
Oct 12, 2:55 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryICT30 hr
Oct 17, 2:46 PM CDTWind AdvisoryICT3 hr
Oct 26, 12:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICT37 min
Nov 7, 2:59 PM CSTFrost AdvisoryICT42 hr
Nov 17, 2:30 PM CSTWind AdvisoryICT25 hr
Nov 27, 4:02 AM CSTWind AdvisoryICT14 hr
Nov 27, 1:44 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Dec 15, 9:30 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT14 hr
Dec 16, 4:32 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT43 hr
Dec 16, 8:46 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICT15 hr
Dec 17, 11:23 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryICT12 hr
Dec 22, 10:45 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryICT10 hr
Dec 24, 2:43 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryICT18 hr
Dec 25, 2:15 AM CSTWind AdvisoryICT16 hr
Dec 25, 10:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Dec 25, 12:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICT37 min
Dec 25, 12:49 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Dec 25, 12:59 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementICT61 min

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.