Alert archive / Kansas / Pottawatomie County

Weather alerts in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, 2016

202 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Pottawatomie County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 202
Warnings: 72
Watches: 33
Advisories: 37
Busiest month: May48 alerts
Busiest day: May 26, 201616 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 Pottawatomie County in 2016 had a tornado report inside them; 6 of 6 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 19 minutes after it went out.

Pottawatomie County, 2016

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	3	2	33%	6	100%	19 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	34	18	47%	10	70%	32 min
Flash flood warnings	6	3	50%	0

Each office's whole area, 2016

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Topeka, KS: tornado warnings	31	15	52%	46	87%	14 min
NWS Topeka, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings	270	134	50%	383	85%	22 min
NWS Topeka, KS: flash flood warnings	40	20	50%	47	83%	88 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 6, 12:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TOP	61 min
Jan 17, 2:51 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	TOP	18 hr
Jan 18, 3:52 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TOP	28 hr
Jan 20, 4:05 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TOP	36 hr
Jan 20, 8:13 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	TOP	16 hr
Jan 24, 3:33 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TOP	20 hr
Jan 25, 12:00 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TOP	3 hr
Jan 30, 3:47 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	TOP	3 days
Feb 7, 3:14 PM CST	Wind Advisory	TOP	27 hr
Feb 16, 4:20 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	TOP	59 hr
Feb 17, 3:20 PM CST	Wind Advisory	TOP	28 hr
Feb 18, 3:42 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	TOP	19 hr
Feb 19, 3:46 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	TOP	13 hr
Feb 26, 2:54 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	TOP	27 hr
Feb 29, 9:39 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	TOP	8 hr
Mar 3, 2:47 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	TOP	27 hr
Mar 5, 3:25 PM CST	Wind Advisory	TOP	27 hr
Mar 13, 1:34 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	TOP	7 hr
Mar 13, 10:21 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TOP	11 hr
Mar 14, 9:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Mar 16, 3:23 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	16 hr
Mar 20, 3:28 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TOP	12 hr
Mar 20, 3:28 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TOP	25 hr
Mar 21, 3:33 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	17 hr
Mar 21, 4:15 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TOP	24 hr
Mar 21, 4:15 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	29 hr
Mar 22, 3:53 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TOP	51 hr
Mar 22, 3:47 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	29 hr
Apr 2, 3:21 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TOP	12 hr
Apr 3, 3:44 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	15 hr
Apr 5, 4:48 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	17 hr
Apr 5, 6:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 6, 3:44 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	15 hr
Apr 6, 3:12 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TOP	14 hr
Apr 7, 3:45 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	TOP	15 hr
Apr 7, 4:49 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	TOP	15 hr
Apr 8, 3:43 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	TOP	29 hr
Apr 8, 4:29 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TOP	14 hr
Apr 9, 4:23 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	TOP	15 hr
Apr 11, 3:41 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	TOP	29 hr
Apr 24, 3:04 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Apr 24, 5:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	51 min
Apr 24, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	52 min
Apr 24, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	51 min
Apr 24, 8:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	3 hr
Apr 24, 8:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Apr 24, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	36 min
Apr 24, 8:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	3 hr
Apr 24, 9:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	4 hr
Apr 26, 2:18 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Apr 26, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 26, 4:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Apr 26, 6:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	27 min
Apr 26, 1:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Apr 26, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 26, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	43 min
Apr 26, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	35 min
Apr 26, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	47 min
Apr 26, 4:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	3 hr
Apr 26, 4:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	3 hr
Apr 26, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	45 min
Apr 26, 6:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Apr 26, 7:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	6 hr
Apr 26, 8:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	3 hr
Apr 26, 8:17 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	28 min
Apr 26, 11:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	6 hr
Apr 27, 1:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	3 hr
Apr 27, 4:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	8 hr
May 9, 3:35 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
May 9, 1:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	59 min
May 9, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr
May 9, 5:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
May 9, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	29 min
May 9, 7:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
May 11, 2:02 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
May 11, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 11, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	25 min
May 11, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	43 min
May 11, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	32 min
May 11, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	30 min
May 11, 5:34 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	101 min
May 13, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	25 min
May 13, 12:52 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
May 13, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	26 min
May 13, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 13, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	31 min
May 13, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	24 min
May 24, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 24, 3:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	23 min
May 24, 9:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
May 24, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 24, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	50 min
May 24, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	35 min
May 25, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
May 25, 7:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
May 25, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 26, 10:33 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
May 26, 1:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	25 min
May 26, 1:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 26, 1:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TOP	38 hr
May 26, 1:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr
May 26, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	30 min
May 26, 2:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TOP	31 min
May 26, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	34 min
May 26, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	42 min
May 26, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	48 min
May 26, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	36 min
May 26, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	29 min
May 26, 4:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	9 hr
May 26, 4:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	48 hr
May 27, 1:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	8 hr
May 27, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 27, 2:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	20 hr
May 29, 3:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
May 29, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	18 min
May 29, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	28 min
Jun 12, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	33 min
Jun 14, 6:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 15, 3:40 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	65 hr
Jun 15, 3:35 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	TOP	36 hr
Jun 21, 3:11 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	30 hr
Jun 27, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	41 min
Jun 30, 3:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TOP	3 days
Jul 4, 3:28 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	29 hr
Jul 5, 3:30 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	24 hr
Jul 7, 1:22 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Jul 7, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 7, 3:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	43 min
Jul 7, 3:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	39 min
Jul 7, 4:27 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jul 11, 10:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 12, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	30 min
Jul 12, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	28 min
Jul 12, 3:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	38 min
Jul 12, 3:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	37 min
Jul 13, 8:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jul 13, 8:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	50 min
Jul 13, 8:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	42 min
Jul 13, 8:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	66 min
Jul 14, 4:34 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TOP	3 hr
Jul 18, 3:36 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	33 hr
Jul 18, 3:06 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	TOP	6 days
Jul 28, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 28, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	41 min
Jul 28, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	31 min
Jul 28, 8:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jul 28, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	26 min
Aug 3, 3:07 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	29 hr
Aug 10, 4:02 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	15 hr
Aug 10, 2:41 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	TOP	29 hr
Aug 19, 1:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Aug 19, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Aug 19, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	29 min
Aug 19, 5:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Aug 23, 5:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Aug 23, 8:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Aug 23, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	39 min
Aug 23, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	33 min
Aug 23, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	30 min
Aug 24, 4:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TOP	18 hr
Aug 24, 3:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Aug 24, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 25, 6:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	112 min
Aug 26, 1:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 28, 8:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	94 min
Aug 29, 11:46 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TOP	36 hr
Sep 13, 10:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	3 hr
Sep 14, 12:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	27 hr
Sep 17, 1:09 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TOP	7 hr
Sep 24, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TOP	32 min
Sep 24, 5:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	3 hr
Sep 24, 7:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	3 hr
Sep 24, 8:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TOP	43 hr
Sep 24, 10:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	6 hr
Sep 25, 12:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TOP	6 hr
Oct 4, 1:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Oct 4, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Oct 4, 4:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Oct 4, 6:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Oct 4, 7:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TOP	3 hr
Oct 6, 11:15 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Oct 6, 1:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Oct 6, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Oct 6, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TOP	23 min
Oct 6, 5:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Oct 6, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	48 min
Oct 6, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	15 min
Oct 6, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	48 min
Oct 12, 3:40 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	TOP	30 hr
Oct 26, 10:15 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TOP	13 hr
Nov 7, 2:10 PM CST	Frost Advisory	TOP	43 hr
Nov 17, 9:06 PM CST	Wind Advisory	TOP	18 hr
Nov 22, 4:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TOP	24 min
Nov 22, 4:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TOP	57 min
Dec 15, 10:04 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TOP	47 hr
Dec 16, 2:49 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	TOP	44 hr
Dec 23, 10:20 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	TOP	15 hr
Dec 24, 3:46 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	TOP	17 hr
Dec 25, 3:18 AM CST	Wind Advisory	TOP	15 hr
Dec 25, 2:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TOP	28 min
Dec 25, 3:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TOP	26 min

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	34
Tornado Warning	3
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	13
Tornado Watch	6
Mesoscale Discussion	38
Special Weather Statement	22
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	7
Flash Flood Warning	6
River Flood Warning	4
Flash Flood Watch	4
Areal Flood Advisory	7
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Winter Weather Advisory	5
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	1
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	8
Cold
Freeze Warning	3
Frost Advisory	1
Wind Chill Advisory	2
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	7
Fire
Red Flag Warning	13
Fire Weather Watch	8
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	7

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2015 2017

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.