Alert archive / Kansas / Republic County
Weather alerts in Republic County, Kansas, 2020
145 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Republic County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 145
- Warnings
- 40
- Watches
- 21
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest month
- June40 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 27, 20209 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Republic County, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 26 | 12 | 54% | 5 | 100% | 17 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% |
Each office's whole area, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Topeka, KS: tornado warnings | 9 | 1 | 89% | 2 | 50% | 0 min |
| NWS Topeka, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 167 | 88 | 47% | 220 | 88% | 24 min |
| NWS Topeka, KS: flash flood warnings | 39 | 20 | 49% | 50 | 94% | 78 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 9, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TOP | 13 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:15 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 34 hr |
| Jan 12, 12:47 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 7 hr |
| Jan 13, 5:55 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 18 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:14 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 47 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:27 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 21 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:27 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:27 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 27 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:09 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 7 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 8 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:33 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TOP | 30 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:21 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | 5 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:24 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 23 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:44 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | 12 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:06 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 16 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:44 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | 9 min |
| Mar 8, 3:41 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | 7 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:07 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 7 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:20 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 20 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:27 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 12 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:40 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 28 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:47 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 34 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:27 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 31 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:32 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | TOP | 25 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:04 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | TOP | 29 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:04 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 33 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:19 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 30 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:37 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 30 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:46 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 17 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:50 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 29 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 3:44 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 15 hr |
| May 4, 5:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| May 4, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| May 4, 9:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 13, 11:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 24, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | 56 hr |
| May 24, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 24, 8:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 24, 10:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 3, 8:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 10:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 3:40 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | TOP | 12 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:31 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | TOP | 24 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:31 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 32 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 9, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 14 min |
| Jun 10, 12:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 18, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 6:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 26, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 10:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 1:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 28, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 33 min |
| Jun 28, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 2:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 2:57 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 29 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 7:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 8:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 8, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 11:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 9, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 3:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 1:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 4:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:05 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 53 hr |
| Jul 18, 9:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 20, 2:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 53 min |
| Jul 20, 11:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | 37 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:45 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 15 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 26, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 36 min |
| Jul 26, 6:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | 4 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TOP | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | 41 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 3:26 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 29 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 14, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 14, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 7:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Aug 16, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:35 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 25 hr |
| Oct 11, 8:25 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | TOP | 4 hr |
| Oct 11, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 26 min |
| Oct 11, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 41 min |
| Oct 15, 2:49 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | TOP | 18 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:46 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 19 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:38 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | TOP | 23 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:50 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 31 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:19 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 60 hr |
| Nov 7, 2:46 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 27 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:33 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 22 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:32 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | 12 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:07 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 22 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:33 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 27 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:19 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 39 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 | 26 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 30 |
| Special Weather Statement | 19 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 9 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 6 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 3 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 9 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
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.