Alert archive / Kansas / Reno County
Weather alerts in Reno County, Kansas, 2020
162 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Reno County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 162
- Warnings
- 39
- Watches
- 22
- Advisories
- 45
- Busiest month
- July31 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 7, 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.
Reno County, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 17 | 5 | 71% | 13 | 92% | 22 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 Wichita, KS: tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Wichita, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 182 | 94 | 48% | 318 | 89% | 24 min |
| NWS Wichita, KS: flash flood warnings | 8 | 4 | 50% | 17 | 88% | 107 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 7, 11:58 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 16 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:53 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 16 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:58 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 26 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:46 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 35 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 5:57 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 18 hr |
| Jan 14, 10:47 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 7 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:01 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 45 hr |
| Jan 16, 9:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ICT | 14 hr |
| Jan 16, 11:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:22 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 6:11 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 12 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:56 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ICT | 13 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:31 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 38 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:09 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 8 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:46 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 46 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:25 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 32 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:52 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 13 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:01 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 59 min |
| Feb 19, 3:28 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 27 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:59 PM CST | Flood Watch | ICT | 21 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:20 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 5 days |
| Feb 24, 1:33 PM CST | River Flood Warning | ICT | 4 days |
| Feb 24, 3:26 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 29 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:57 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 16 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:08 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 28 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:10 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 12 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:14 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 16 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:22 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 18 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:27 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 27 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Mar 18, 3:20 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 13 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:21 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 39 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 16 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:24 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 14 hr |
| Mar 23, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 3:37 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 28 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:20 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:52 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 30 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:17 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | ICT | 23 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:45 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ICT | 33 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 12, 3:33 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ICT | 30 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:30 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ICT | 30 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:20 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ICT | 19 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:17 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ICT | 30 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 51 min |
| Apr 23, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 7:11 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:31 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 8 hr |
| May 3, 4:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 28 min |
| May 3, 5:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 36 min |
| May 3, 5:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 57 min |
| May 7, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 57 min |
| May 7, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 11 min |
| May 7, 1:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 7, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 21 min |
| May 7, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 28 min |
| May 7, 2:24 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 19 hr |
| May 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 25 min |
| May 15, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 61 min |
| May 15, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 31 min |
| May 21, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 21, 11:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 54 min |
| May 24, 3:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ICT | 49 hr |
| May 24, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 24, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 25, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 29 min |
| May 25, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 65 min |
| May 25, 8:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 5 days |
| Jun 8, 3:29 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | ICT | 12 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:33 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | ICT | 25 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 7:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 24 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 93 min |
| Jun 21, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 18 min |
| Jun 24, 7:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 60 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:49 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 3 days |
| Jul 2, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 11:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 3, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 5:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 6:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 3:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 4:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 64 min |
| Jul 11, 4:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 11:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 15, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 1:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 8:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | 3 days |
| Jul 16, 3:01 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ICT | 53 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 28 min |
| Jul 25, 2:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ICT | 37 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 56 min |
| Jul 29, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 63 min |
| Jul 30, 12:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 6:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 4:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 10, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 59 min |
| Aug 17, 12:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 60 min |
| Aug 29, 2:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Sep 11, 10:05 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 12 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:54 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 7 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:22 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 26 hr |
| Oct 11, 8:19 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ICT | 7 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:28 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 6 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:02 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 17 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:02 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | 27 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:25 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | ICT | 24 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:31 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ICT | 30 hr |
| Oct 25, 4:32 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 60 hr |
| Oct 25, 4:06 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 50 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 75 min |
| Oct 27, 2:54 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | 56 hr |
| Oct 27, 6:02 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 16 hr |
| Nov 6, 5:46 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ICT | 5 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:24 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 27 hr |
| Nov 9, 11:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | 35 min |
| Nov 13, 8:20 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 28 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:36 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ICT | 12 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:38 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 27 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:12 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 16 hr |
| Nov 29, 2:31 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 15 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:27 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ICT | 24 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 40 hr |
| Dec 14, 12:14 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 36 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:32 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ICT | 26 hr |
| Dec 22, 8:18 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | ICT | 19 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:57 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ICT | 34 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:00 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.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 17 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 20 |
| Special Weather Statement | 36 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 15 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 3 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 15 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 6 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 13 |
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.