Alert archive / Kansas / Norton County
Weather alerts in Norton County, Kansas, 2018
167 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Norton County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 167
- Warnings
- 58
- Watches
- 31
- Advisories
- 28
- Busiest month
- July45 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 25, 20188 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Norton County in 2018 had a tornado report inside them.
Norton County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 27 | 8 | 70% | 10 | 100% | 18 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 7 | 2 | 71% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Goodland, KS: tornado warnings | 35 | 3 | 91% | 14 | 36% | 9 min |
| NWS Goodland, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 406 | 139 | 66% | 464 | 70% | 21 min |
| NWS Goodland, KS: flash flood warnings | 59 | 23 | 61% | 50 | 68% | 73 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 1, 6:20 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | GLD | 16 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:42 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | 41 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:38 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | GLD | 44 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:30 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | 13 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:04 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | GLD | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:16 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | GLD | 33 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | 23 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:28 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | 31 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | 21 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:02 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | 33 hr |
| Feb 23, 4:15 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:54 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | 24 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:15 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | 28 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:35 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | 37 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:15 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | 23 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:26 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | 29 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:54 PM CST | High Wind Watch | GLD | 23 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:33 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | 19 hr |
| Mar 4, 11:00 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | 32 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:09 PM CST | High Wind Warning | GLD | 28 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:16 PM CST | High Wind Watch | GLD | 19 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:27 AM CST | High Wind Warning | GLD | 32 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:42 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | 31 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:05 PM CST | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:58 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | 25 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 23, 6:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 37 min |
| Apr 1, 3:17 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | GLD | 21 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:09 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | 28 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:01 AM CDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | GLD | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:58 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | 12 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | 16 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:07 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | 24 hr |
| Apr 9, 1:38 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | 13 hr |
| Apr 9, 1:38 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | 13 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:02 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | 41 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:02 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | 66 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:59 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | GLD | 19 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:45 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | 10 hr |
| Apr 12, 11:12 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | 55 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:42 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | GLD | 45 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:39 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | GLD | 20 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:20 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | 24 hr |
| May 18, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 18, 6:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 18, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 47 min |
| May 18, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | 6 hr |
| May 18, 11:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 46 min |
| May 20, 11:24 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 11 hr |
| May 24, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 52 min |
| May 24, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 48 min |
| May 28, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 55 min |
| May 28, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 49 min |
| May 28, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 45 min |
| May 28, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 28, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 27 min |
| May 28, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | 19 hr |
| May 28, 9:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 29, 10:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | 8 hr |
| May 30, 5:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 6, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 1:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 1:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 7, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 12:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 3:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | 60 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 33 min |
| Jun 28, 3:07 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:34 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | GLD | 16 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:49 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | GLD | 14 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 29, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 8:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 61 min |
| Jul 2, 3:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | 17 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 4:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 63 min |
| Jul 6, 6:32 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 17, 3:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 24 min |
| Jul 17, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 8:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 9:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 28 min |
| Jul 18, 9:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 12 min |
| Jul 19, 10:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 9:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 25, 12:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | 11 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 43 min |
| Jul 25, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 33 min |
| Jul 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | 14 min |
| Jul 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 7:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 26, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 28, 10:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | 95 min |
| Jul 28, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 50 min |
| Jul 29, 2:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 39 min |
| Jul 30, 5:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Aug 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 15, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 1:26 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:38 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 83 min |
| Sep 1, 2:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 38 min |
| Sep 4, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | 25 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 15 min |
| Sep 4, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:21 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 2 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 13 min |
| Sep 20, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 15 min |
| Sep 29, 10:12 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 12 hr |
| Sep 30, 7:12 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 13 hr |
| Oct 2, 4:05 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 8 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:02 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GLD | 21 hr |
| Oct 10, 5:11 AM CDT | Hard Freeze Warning | GLD | 30 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:36 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | 43 hr |
| Nov 6, 3:48 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | 49 hr |
| Nov 23, 4:09 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | 9 hr |
| Nov 23, 1:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | 23 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:04 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | GLD | 23 hr |
| Nov 30, 4:58 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 15 hr |
| Nov 30, 5:17 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GLD | 48 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:08 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | 15 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:55 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | GLD | 55 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:16 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | GLD | 10 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:16 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | GLD | 16 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:16 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.
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.