Alert archive / Kansas / Riley County
Weather alerts in Riley County, Kansas, 2013
144 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Riley County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 144
- Warnings
- 41
- Watches
- 21
- Advisories
- 29
- Busiest month
- May28 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 19, 201311 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Riley County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 26 | 18 | 31% | 19 | 79% | 20 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 2 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Topeka, KS: tornado warnings | 16 | 7 | 56% | 13 | 77% | 14 min |
| NWS Topeka, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 161 | 92 | 43% | 234 | 78% | 19 min |
| NWS Topeka, KS: flash flood warnings | 20 | 13 | 35% | 27 | 100% | 99 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, 7:42 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 11 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:18 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 11 hr |
| Jan 29, 5:49 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 28 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:31 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 26 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TOP | 25 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:54 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | TOP | 53 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:16 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 23, 4:04 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TOP | 37 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | TOP | 55 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:59 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 46 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:40 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 14 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:57 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | TOP | 37 hr |
| Mar 21, 10:13 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 9 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:53 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | TOP | 42 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:59 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 17 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Apr 9, 1:33 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 28 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 37 min |
| Apr 9, 8:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Apr 9, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 15 min |
| Apr 9, 11:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Apr 17, 6:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 32 min |
| Apr 17, 5:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:36 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 28 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:46 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 28 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:09 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 33 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:41 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 30 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:59 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 29 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:07 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 6 hr |
| May 2, 3:34 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 17 hr |
| May 18, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 18, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 42 min |
| May 18, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 48 min |
| May 18, 11:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 35 min |
| May 19, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 19, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| May 19, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 18 min |
| May 19, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 50 min |
| May 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 66 min |
| May 19, 4:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 19, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 39 min |
| May 19, 7:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 27, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 27, 6:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 27, 8:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 27, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| May 27, 10:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 28, 1:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 28, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 28, 5:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 29, 12:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | 25 hr |
| May 29, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 29, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 29, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 29 min |
| May 30, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 31 min |
| May 31, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 30 min |
| May 31, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 8, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 8, 7:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 3:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 23, 7:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 11:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 25, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 3:43 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 28 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 27, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 27, 6:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 51 min |
| Jun 27, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 8:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 8, 3:21 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 29 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 10:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 50 min |
| Jul 22, 3:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 23, 7:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 24, 4:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 28, 4:09 AM CDT | Flood Watch | TOP | 46 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:56 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 16 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 2, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 3:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 26 min |
| Aug 12, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 3:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Aug 15, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 5:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:29 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 16 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:45 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 16 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:14 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 11:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 55 min |
| Sep 16, 12:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 5:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 27 min |
| Oct 3, 7:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TOP | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 1:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 32 min |
| Oct 4, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 30 min |
| Oct 4, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 46 min |
| Oct 4, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 38 min |
| Oct 18, 2:11 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 19 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:33 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | TOP | 29 hr |
| Oct 24, 4:00 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 29 hr |
| Oct 30, 6:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 30, 8:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 23 min |
| Oct 30, 2:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | 19 hr |
| Nov 1, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 22 min |
| Nov 1, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 24 min |
| Nov 2, 3:29 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 28 hr |
| Nov 8, 9:18 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 9 hr |
| Nov 16, 12:55 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 29 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:28 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 14 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:54 AM CST | High Wind Warning | TOP | 3 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:43 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 35 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:03 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 15 hr |
| Dec 19, 1:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TOP | 23 hr |
| Dec 19, 1:59 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | TOP | 19 hr |
| Dec 20, 12:57 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | TOP | 39 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:35 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 10:41 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:40 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TOP | 28 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 | 9 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 38 |
| Special Weather Statement | 15 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 9 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 7 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
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.