Alert archive / Kansas / Osborne County
Weather alerts in Osborne County, Kansas, 2012
181 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Osborne County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 181
- Warnings
- 53
- Watches
- 30
- Advisories
- 49
- Busiest month
- April27 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 14, 201215 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 4 tornado warnings covering Osborne County in 2012 had a tornado report inside them.
Osborne County, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 4 | 1 | 75% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 16 | 7 | 56% | 11 | 82% | 12 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Hastings, NE: tornado warnings | 26 | 7 | 73% | 12 | 67% | 12 min |
| NWS Hastings, NE: severe thunderstorm warnings | 314 | 150 | 52% | 338 | 86% | 20 min |
| NWS Hastings, NE: flash flood warnings | 4 | 1 | 75% | 2 | 50% | 149 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 10, 3:24 PM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 27 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:00 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | 27 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:40 AM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 12 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:09 PM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 29 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:55 PM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 26 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:27 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 12 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:16 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | 15 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:54 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GID | 36 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:35 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 36 hr |
| Feb 3, 6:36 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 23 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:24 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 17 hr |
| Feb 15, 6:31 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:24 PM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 27 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:54 AM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 15 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:07 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 13 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:05 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | 14 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:58 AM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 14 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | GID | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 7:59 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 9:37 PM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 18 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:59 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | 14 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:59 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | 5 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:12 AM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 14 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:43 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | 2 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:06 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | 16 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:54 AM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 14 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:38 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | 14 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:05 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 11 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:01 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 28 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:12 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 4 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:05 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 21 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 23 min |
| Mar 25, 4:01 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 29 hr |
| Mar 29, 6:39 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:10 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 31 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Apr 14, 4:07 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 13 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 11:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Apr 14, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 12:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 1:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Apr 14, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 14, 4:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 9:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 24 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 1:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 2, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 4, 2:40 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 7 hr |
| May 17, 12:43 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 7 hr |
| May 18, 2:53 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 17 hr |
| May 19, 2:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 22, 3:41 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 12 hr |
| May 23, 10:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 23, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 25, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 25, 8:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 26, 3:43 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 17 hr |
| May 27, 3:57 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 16 hr |
| May 27, 3:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 27, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 27, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 21 min |
| May 27, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 37 min |
| May 27, 9:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 30, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 30, 6:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:30 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 11 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 14, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 16, 1:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 3:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 16 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 23, 3:46 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:58 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 8 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:46 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 17 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:33 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 23 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:06 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 32 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:02 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 24 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:05 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 12 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 3 days |
| Jun 27, 3:54 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 17 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:37 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | GID | 51 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:21 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 15 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 20 min |
| Jun 30, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 12 min |
| Jul 4, 4:03 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 16 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:52 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 41 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:56 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:30 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 8 days |
| Jul 20, 3:07 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | GID | 36 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 17 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 25, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 31 min |
| Jul 25, 7:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:09 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 15 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 3:12 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 13 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 15 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 9:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Aug 26, 4:16 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:29 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 28 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 3:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Sep 6, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 47 min |
| Sep 6, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 46 min |
| Sep 6, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 3:20 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 13 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:30 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 29 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:07 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 11 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:09 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 29 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:50 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 7 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:28 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 17 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:39 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 11 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:40 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | GID | 37 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:35 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GID | 12 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:35 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | GID | 18 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:56 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | GID | 30 hr |
| Oct 12, 11:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Oct 13, 2:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Oct 13, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:42 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 25 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:11 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 28 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:11 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 54 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:44 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 37 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:44 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 27 hr |
| Oct 17, 2:45 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | GID | 30 hr |
| Oct 17, 2:47 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 28 hr |
| Oct 22, 10:21 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 12 hr |
| Oct 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 12 hr |
| Oct 24, 11:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Nov 9, 3:53 PM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 26 hr |
| Nov 10, 1:53 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 10, 7:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Dec 1, 2:56 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 9 hr |
| Dec 5, 2:40 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | 15 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:38 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 14 hr |
| Dec 12, 4:07 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GID | 13 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:27 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GID | 24 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | GID | 35 hr |
| Dec 19, 10:47 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 45 hr |
| Dec 31, 1:25 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | GID | 11 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 | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 12 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 32 |
| Special Weather Statement | 17 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 2 |
| Heat Advisory | 8 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 26 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 26 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 10 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 9 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordForecastThe radar archive20112013
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.