Weather alerts in Rawlins County, Kansas, 2020

155 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Rawlins County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 155
Warnings: 56
Watches: 28
Advisories: 30
Busiest month: July35 alerts
Busiest day: August 16, 20207 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

Rawlins County, 2020

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	0			0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	28	21	25%	21	76%	35 min
Flash flood warnings	0			0

Each office's whole area, 2020

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Goodland, KS: tornado warnings	6	1	83%	25	12%	14 min
NWS Goodland, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings	249	114	54%	362	77%	31 min
NWS Goodland, KS: flash flood warnings	27	8	70%	40	45%	98 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 14, 9:40 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	6 hr
Jan 16, 3:12 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GLD	33 hr
Jan 17, 4:44 PM CST	High Wind Warning	GLD	8 hr
Jan 27, 8:35 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GLD	11 hr
Feb 1, 9:10 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	GLD	21 hr
Feb 2, 3:07 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GLD	46 hr
Feb 5, 3:10 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	8 hr
Feb 24, 3:00 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GLD	29 hr
Mar 3, 3:38 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	24 hr
Mar 3, 2:02 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	GLD	28 hr
Mar 4, 2:28 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	GLD	28 hr
Mar 12, 3:16 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GLD	46 hr
Mar 14, 4:06 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GLD	18 hr
Mar 15, 7:22 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	16 hr
Mar 18, 12:33 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	9 hr
Mar 18, 2:19 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GLD	38 hr
Mar 18, 9:20 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	14 hr
Mar 19, 5:58 AM CDT	Blizzard Warning	GLD	17 hr
Mar 19, 2:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Mar 24, 5:40 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	4 hr
Mar 25, 3:38 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	15 hr
Mar 26, 5:33 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	4 hr
Mar 30, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	46 min
Mar 30, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	45 min
Mar 30, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	47 min
Apr 6, 4:49 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	6 hr
Apr 27, 2:58 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	30 hr
Apr 28, 3:10 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	12 hr
Apr 29, 3:01 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	16 hr
Apr 30, 3:31 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	15 hr
May 4, 1:39 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
May 4, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	44 min
May 9, 3:52 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	GLD	29 hr
May 11, 11:50 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	11 hr
May 12, 6:45 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	15 hr
May 21, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 23, 3:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
May 23, 5:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
May 23, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr
May 24, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	41 min
May 24, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	46 min
Jun 3, 2:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jun 3, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 3, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	56 min
Jun 4, 5:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 4, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	63 min
Jun 4, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	47 min
Jun 4, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	52 min
Jun 6, 12:32 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	GLD	33 hr
Jun 8, 4:25 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	GLD	40 hr
Jun 13, 3:23 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	9 hr
Jun 13, 12:44 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	32 hr
Jun 14, 3:29 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	12 hr
Jun 15, 2:22 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	38 hr
Jun 25, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	40 min
Jun 25, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	19 min
Jun 25, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	61 min
Jun 25, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	17 min
Jun 26, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 26, 8:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 27, 6:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jun 27, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 27, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	47 min
Jun 27, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	50 min
Jun 27, 10:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jun 27, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	25 min
Jul 2, 2:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jul 2, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 2, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	54 min
Jul 2, 5:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 2, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	77 min
Jul 6, 6:47 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	102 min
Jul 8, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 8, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	44 min
Jul 8, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	61 min
Jul 8, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	64 min
Jul 12, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 12, 6:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Jul 13, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jul 13, 6:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 13, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	56 min
Jul 13, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	32 min
Jul 18, 5:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jul 18, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	21 min
Jul 18, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	14 min
Jul 19, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 19, 7:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jul 19, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	68 min
Jul 20, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jul 20, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	91 min
Jul 20, 9:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jul 20, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	83 min
Jul 24, 11:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	GLD	37 hr
Jul 25, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	16 min
Jul 25, 6:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jul 29, 2:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Jul 29, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 29, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	19 min
Jul 29, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	25 min
Jul 31, 7:03 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	3 hr
Jul 31, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	28 min
Aug 5, 7:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Aug 5, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	64 min
Aug 8, 1:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Aug 8, 4:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 8, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	71 min
Aug 8, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	45 min
Aug 8, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	46 min
Aug 13, 3:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Aug 16, 1:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 16, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Aug 16, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	58 min
Aug 16, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	55 min
Aug 16, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	56 min
Aug 16, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	96 min
Aug 16, 6:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Aug 21, 6:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	20 min
Sep 5, 1:01 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	30 hr
Sep 7, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	44 min
Sep 7, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	22 min
Sep 7, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	35 min
Sep 29, 3:27 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	16 hr
Oct 1, 3:50 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	GLD	29 hr
Oct 3, 7:37 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	GLD	13 hr
Oct 4, 3:26 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	9 hr
Oct 4, 3:26 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	40 hr
Oct 7, 2:21 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	29 hr
Oct 9, 2:41 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	12 hr
Oct 10, 2:34 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	40 hr
Oct 11, 3:38 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	11 hr
Oct 11, 3:44 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	GLD	29 hr
Oct 11, 2:57 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	28 hr
Oct 11, 4:23 PM CDT	Blowing Dust Warning	GLD	4 hr
Oct 11, 4:27 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	GLD	6 hr
Oct 13, 2:56 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	25 hr
Oct 14, 3:52 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	GLD	29 hr
Oct 15, 3:52 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	GLD	30 hr
Oct 17, 4:11 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	GLD	23 hr
Oct 18, 3:39 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	GLD	30 hr
Oct 21, 4:53 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	GLD	23 hr
Oct 21, 3:04 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	20 hr
Oct 22, 3:35 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	GLD	30 hr
Oct 23, 4:00 PM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	GLD	24 hr
Oct 24, 3:45 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GLD	63 hr
Nov 5, 3:21 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	12 hr
Nov 5, 2:58 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	GLD	27 hr
Nov 6, 3:23 AM CST	High Wind Watch	GLD	24 hr
Nov 7, 2:57 AM CST	High Wind Warning	GLD	33 hr
Nov 8, 3:59 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	GLD	14 hr
Nov 13, 11:59 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	GLD	30 hr
Dec 14, 3:26 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GLD	38 hr
Dec 15, 10:16 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	6 hr
Dec 21, 8:47 PM CST	High Wind Watch	GLD	18 hr
Dec 22, 4:29 AM CST	High Wind Warning	GLD	37 hr
Dec 27, 3:00 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GLD	49 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	28
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	12
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	24
Special Weather Statement	17
Flooding
Flash Flood Watch	1
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Winter Weather Advisory	10
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Freeze Watch	2
Frost Advisory	6
Wind and dust
Blowing Dust Warning	1
High Wind Warning	6
High Wind Watch	2
Fire
Red Flag Warning	18
Fire Weather Watch	9
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	14

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2019 2021

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.