Alert archive / Kansas / Seward County
Weather alerts in Seward County, Kansas, 2008
176 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Seward County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 176
- Warnings
- 45
- Watches
- 33
- Advisories
- 52
- Busiest month
- June45 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 19, 20088 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Seward County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 22 | 13 | 41% | 9 | 78% | 15 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Dodge City, KS: tornado warnings | 83 | 33 | 60% | 75 | 83% | 25 min |
| NWS Dodge City, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 337 | 211 | 37% | 464 | 76% | 21 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 3, 1:38 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:50 PM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Jan 16, 1:33 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 8 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:34 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:18 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:08 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 14 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:13 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 6:50 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:03 AM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | DDC | 31 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:11 AM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | DDC | 43 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:50 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 16 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:23 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:57 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | DDC | 20 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:54 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 26 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:49 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | DDC | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:27 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 20 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:06 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 36 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:16 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 15 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:17 AM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | DDC | 23 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:07 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Mar 19, 3:16 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:09 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 16 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:43 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 26 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:55 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 21 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:02 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 18 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:27 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 15 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:15 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 15 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:23 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 38 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:37 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 29 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:05 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 91 min |
| Apr 17, 1:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 17, 3:48 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:34 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:23 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 11 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 17 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 3:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Apr 23, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:52 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 19 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:42 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:51 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 11 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:27 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 31 hr |
| May 1, 2:09 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| May 1, 8:35 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 27 hr |
| May 2, 3:50 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | 17 hr |
| May 5, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 5, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 5, 6:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| May 5, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 48 min |
| May 5, 10:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 7 hr |
| May 8, 7:06 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 114 min |
| May 8, 1:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 8, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 24 min |
| May 8, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 8, 7:11 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 2 hr |
| May 8, 7:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 10, 4:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| May 12, 2:57 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 12 hr |
| May 19, 11:55 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 26 hr |
| May 20, 3:49 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| May 21, 7:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 21, 8:30 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 23 hr |
| May 22, 1:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 22, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| May 22, 4:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 22, 6:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 22, 8:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 29 min |
| May 23, 5:26 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| May 23, 1:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 23, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 23, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 56 min |
| May 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 20 min |
| May 23, 6:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| May 23, 8:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 25, 11:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 25, 12:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 26, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 26, 3:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 26, 6:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 29, 7:32 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 14 hr |
| May 29, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| May 29, 6:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 29, 9:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:32 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 16 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:18 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 12 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 16 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 8 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:48 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 12 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:02 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 24 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 32 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:16 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 24 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 3:01 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 18 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:18 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 20 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 17, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 17 min |
| Jun 18, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 5:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 19, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 12 min |
| Jun 20, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 3:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 2, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 9:09 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 2:38 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 59 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 63 min |
| Aug 9, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 12:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 14, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Aug 31, 1:34 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:21 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 15 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 7:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 12 hr |
| Oct 11, 8:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Oct 21, 11:15 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 32 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:33 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 47 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 21, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 38 min |
| Oct 21, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 43 min |
| Oct 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Nov 4, 3:48 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 14 hr |
| Nov 7, 11:19 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 12:59 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Nov 13, 3:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 27 hr |
| Nov 21, 11:40 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 4 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:24 AM CST | High Wind Watch | DDC | 12 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:24 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 39 hr |
| Nov 30, 10:01 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | 5 hr |
| Dec 1, 3:38 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 44 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 24 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:40 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 25 hr |
| Dec 22, 1:03 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Dec 22, 12:55 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | 4 hr |
| Dec 22, 5:19 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 9 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:02 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 14 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:24 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 7 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 | 22 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 15 |
| Tornado Watch | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 37 |
| Special Weather Statement | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 7 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 42 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 14 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 10 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.