Weather alerts in Russell County, Kansas, 2023

199 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Russell County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 199
Warnings: 41
Watches: 25
Advisories: 45
Busiest month: July47 alerts
Busiest day: May 9, 20238 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

0 of 2 tornado warnings covering Russell County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning.

Russell County, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	2	0	100%	2	0%
Severe thunderstorm warnings	20	11	45%	30	90%	26 min
Flash flood warnings	0			0

Each office's whole area, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Wichita, KS: tornado warnings	15	3	80%	8	75%	25 min
NWS Wichita, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings	255	128	50%	378	87%	25 min
NWS Wichita, KS: flash flood warnings	4	3	25%	4	100%	128 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 2, 7:00 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	14 hr
Jan 3, 12:47 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	3 hr
Jan 11, 4:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	6 hr
Jan 17, 9:43 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	3 hr
Jan 17, 10:37 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	2 hr
Jan 20, 3:26 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	45 hr
Jan 22, 9:49 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	8 hr
Jan 24, 3:09 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	5 hr
Jan 28, 2:49 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ICT	32 hr
Jan 28, 1:16 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ICT	44 hr
Feb 13, 3:03 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ICT	36 hr
Feb 15, 2:55 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ICT	23 hr
Feb 15, 2:55 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	29 hr
Feb 25, 2:38 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ICT	42 hr
Feb 26, 3:03 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Feb 26, 5:51 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
Feb 26, 6:58 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Feb 26, 7:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ICT	30 min
Mar 14, 3:04 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	54 hr
Mar 22, 4:40 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	6 hr
Mar 25, 6:08 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	4 hr
Mar 25, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	28 min
Mar 29, 3:20 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	24 hr
Mar 29, 3:19 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	52 hr
Mar 30, 3:12 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	42 hr
Mar 31, 11:11 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	6 hr
Apr 2, 11:58 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	26 hr
Apr 3, 1:24 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	36 hr
Apr 3, 1:48 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	31 hr
Apr 4, 4:12 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	17 hr
Apr 5, 3:16 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	30 hr
Apr 12, 3:05 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	ICT	12 hr
Apr 12, 3:06 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	41 hr
Apr 12, 3:07 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	29 hr
Apr 14, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 14, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	21 min
Apr 18, 3:04 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	24 hr
Apr 19, 2:59 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	27 hr
Apr 19, 10:21 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	ICT	8 hr
Apr 19, 10:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 19, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 20, 12:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	33 min
Apr 20, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	45 min
Apr 21, 2:38 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	ICT	24 hr
Apr 21, 2:38 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	29 hr
Apr 22, 2:38 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	30 hr
Apr 28, 3:45 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	ICT	28 hr
May 7, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	31 min
May 9, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	30 min
May 9, 6:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 9, 10:02 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
May 9, 11:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	53 min
May 9, 11:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	36 min
May 9, 12:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	61 min
May 9, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	54 min
May 9, 1:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
May 18, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	46 min
May 18, 5:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	4 hr
May 28, 2:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
May 28, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	45 min
Jun 1, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	42 min
Jun 3, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	30 min
Jun 3, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	43 min
Jun 9, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	34 min
Jun 9, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	67 min
Jun 9, 5:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	16 hr
Jun 9, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	44 min
Jun 9, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	52 min
Jun 10, 9:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	85 min
Jun 10, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	55 min
Jun 13, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	29 min
Jun 17, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	31 min
Jun 17, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	34 min
Jun 17, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	17 min
Jun 21, 1:25 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 21, 3:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 21, 3:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	58 min
Jun 21, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	62 min
Jun 27, 3:15 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 27, 5:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	50 min
Jun 27, 6:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	41 min
Jun 29, 5:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jun 29, 11:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 30, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	34 min
Jun 30, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	63 min
Jun 30, 5:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Jun 30, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 30, 7:39 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Jun 30, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	80 min
Jun 30, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	45 min
Jun 30, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	51 min
Jul 4, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 4, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	30 min
Jul 4, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	30 min
Jul 4, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	27 min
Jul 10, 7:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 10, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jul 10, 8:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 10, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	59 min
Jul 10, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	37 min
Jul 11, 11:52 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	33 hr
Jul 14, 11:24 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 14, 11:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	64 min
Jul 14, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 14, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	78 min
Jul 16, 2:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 16, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jul 16, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	54 min
Jul 16, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	38 min
Jul 16, 5:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	19 min
Jul 16, 5:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Jul 16, 8:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
Jul 19, 7:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Jul 19, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 22, 1:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 22, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 22, 5:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jul 22, 9:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jul 23, 3:28 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	30 hr
Jul 24, 3:06 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	42 hr
Jul 24, 3:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	35 min
Jul 24, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	32 min
Jul 25, 2:59 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	42 hr
Jul 26, 2:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	41 min
Jul 26, 2:58 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	34 hr
Jul 27, 3:35 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	ICT	17 hr
Jul 27, 3:35 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	ICT	41 hr
Jul 28, 2:46 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	ICT	42 hr
Jul 28, 4:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 28, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	67 min
Jul 30, 3:22 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	30 hr
Jul 30, 3:22 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	54 hr
Jul 30, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	46 min
Jul 30, 7:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Aug 1, 2:24 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	31 hr
Aug 1, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	23 min
Aug 2, 3:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	58 min
Aug 2, 3:11 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	30 hr
Aug 3, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 4, 12:43 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 4, 2:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	57 min
Aug 4, 2:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	66 min
Aug 5, 7:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Aug 5, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Aug 5, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	32 min
Aug 5, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	50 min
Aug 7, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 8, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 9, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	90 min
Aug 9, 2:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	86 min
Aug 9, 3:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	66 min
Aug 11, 11:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Aug 12, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	32 min
Aug 12, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	29 min
Aug 12, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	43 min
Aug 13, 2:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 13, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 17, 2:34 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	ICT	25 hr
Aug 18, 4:00 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	ICT	7 days
Aug 25, 3:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 25, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	24 min
Aug 25, 7:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 25, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	61 min
Sep 16, 6:34 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	4 hr
Sep 22, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	24 min
Oct 3, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	47 min
Oct 3, 5:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Oct 3, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	40 min
Oct 3, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Oct 3, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	36 min
Oct 3, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	57 min
Oct 3, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	25 min
Oct 3, 7:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Oct 3, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	64 min
Oct 5, 1:44 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	ICT	13 hr
Oct 6, 2:25 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	ICT	31 hr
Oct 11, 2:54 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	28 hr
Oct 12, 3:02 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ICT	16 hr
Oct 12, 2:38 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	28 hr
Oct 12, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	26 min
Oct 12, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	28 min
Oct 13, 11:10 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	ICT	8 hr
Oct 15, 2:57 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	ICT	30 hr
Oct 25, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	45 min
Oct 25, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	45 min
Oct 26, 3:53 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ICT	12 hr
Oct 27, 4:02 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	30 hr
Oct 28, 4:04 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	33 hr
Nov 6, 6:52 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	17 hr
Nov 7, 7:23 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	15 hr
Nov 23, 1:46 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ICT	37 hr
Nov 24, 2:42 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ICT	47 hr
Nov 24, 2:45 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	35 hr
Dec 15, 8:29 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	4 hr
Dec 21, 5:08 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	9 hr
Dec 22, 2:39 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	6 hr
Dec 22, 8:26 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ICT	16 hr
Dec 24, 2:49 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	18 hr
Dec 25, 8:52 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ICT	36 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	20
Tornado Warning	2
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	17
Mesoscale Discussion	33
Special Weather Statement	55
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	2
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	2
Winter Weather Advisory	6
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	4
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	9
Cold
Freeze Warning	5
Freeze Watch	2
Frost Advisory	3
Wind Chill Advisory	2
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
Wind Advisory	11
Fire
Red Flag Warning	4
Fire Weather Watch	3
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 2022 2024

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.