Alert archive / Kansas / Morton County
Weather alerts in Morton County, Kansas, 2008
134 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Morton County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 134
- Warnings
- 43
- Watches
- 33
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest month
- June37 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 5, 20084 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Morton County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 17 | 11 | 35% | 8 | 50% | 11 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Dodge City, KS: tornado warnings | 83 | 33 | 60% | 75 | 83% | 25 min |
| NWS Dodge City, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 337 | 211 | 37% | 464 | 76% | 21 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 3, 1:38 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:50 PM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Jan 16, 1:33 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 8 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:34 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:18 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:08 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 14 hr |
| Jan 28, 6:50 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:11 AM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | DDC | 43 hr |
| Feb 4, 10:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DDC | 23 hr |
| Feb 5, 7:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:50 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 16 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:57 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | DDC | 20 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:27 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 20 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:06 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 36 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:16 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 15 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:17 AM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | DDC | 23 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:09 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 16 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:43 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 26 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:55 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 21 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:02 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 18 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:15 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 15 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:37 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 29 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:48 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:34 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:23 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 11 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 17 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 3:52 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 19 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:42 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:51 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 11 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:27 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 31 hr |
| May 1, 2:09 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| May 1, 8:35 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 27 hr |
| May 2, 3:50 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | 17 hr |
| May 5, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 5, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 5, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 49 min |
| May 5, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 47 min |
| May 8, 7:06 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 114 min |
| May 8, 1:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 10, 4:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| May 11, 3:59 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 11 hr |
| May 11, 2:46 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 30 hr |
| May 19, 11:55 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 26 hr |
| May 20, 3:49 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| May 21, 3:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 30 hr |
| May 21, 7:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 21, 8:30 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 23 hr |
| May 22, 9:07 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 7 hr |
| May 23, 4:13 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 15 hr |
| May 23, 5:26 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| May 24, 3:42 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 10 hr |
| May 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 11 hr |
| May 25, 11:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 25, 12:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 47 min |
| May 26, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 63 min |
| May 29, 7:32 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 14 hr |
| May 29, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 29, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| May 29, 6:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 29, 9:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 29, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 30, 2:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 20 min |
| Jun 2, 3:32 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 16 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 3, 3:18 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 12 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 16 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 9:38 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 23 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:16 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 13 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:16 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 24 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:16 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 12 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 3:01 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 18 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:18 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 20 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 17, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 20, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 65 min |
| Jun 22, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 43 min |
| Jun 23, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 72 min |
| Jul 18, 3:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:54 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 16 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:38 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 59 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 12:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 14, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Aug 31, 1:34 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:21 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 15 hr |
| Oct 11, 8:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Oct 11, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Oct 21, 11:15 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 32 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:33 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 47 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 21, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 38 min |
| Oct 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | 16 hr |
| Nov 10, 12:59 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Nov 13, 3:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 27 hr |
| Nov 21, 11:40 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 4 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:24 AM CST | High Wind Watch | DDC | 12 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:24 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 39 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:38 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 44 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 24 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:03 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Dec 22, 12:55 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 5:19 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 9 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:02 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 14 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 | 17 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 17 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 22 |
| Special Weather Statement | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 27 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 20 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 13 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.