Alert archive / Kansas / Seward County
Weather alerts in Seward 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.
Seward County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 162
- Warnings
- 53
- Watches
- 20
- Advisories
- 25
- Busiest month
- July33 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 15, 202010 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 1 tornado warnings covering Seward County in 2020 had a tornado report inside them; 2 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 10 minutes after it went out.
Seward County, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 3 | 67% | 10 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 25 | 11 | 56% | 16 | 75% | 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 Dodge City, KS: tornado warnings | 10 | 2 | 80% | 11 | 27% | 14 min |
| NWS Dodge City, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 231 | 116 | 50% | 275 | 80% | 26 min |
| NWS Dodge City, KS: flash flood warnings | 10 | 0 | 100% | 2 | 0% |
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, 3:05 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 15 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:44 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 22 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:48 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 42 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | 13 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:14 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DDC | 22 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 28, 7:14 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:19 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:10 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 24 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:11 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 14 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 39 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:07 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 27 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 5:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Feb 24, 5:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 5:35 PM CST | Snow Squall Warning | DDC | 55 min |
| Feb 24, 6:01 PM CST | Snow Squall Warning | DDC | 59 min |
| Feb 24, 6:24 PM CST | Snow Squall Warning | DDC | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 6:54 PM CST | Snow Squall Warning | DDC | 66 min |
| Feb 25, 6:13 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 107 min |
| Feb 29, 10:50 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 8 hr |
| Mar 6, 7:05 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 8 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:20 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 15 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:15 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 11 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:40 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 13 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:44 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:13 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 7 hr |
| Mar 22, 8:31 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 2 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:15 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 10 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:57 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:16 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 7 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 12 hr |
| Apr 8, 12:24 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:23 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | DDC | 36 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 2:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 2:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Apr 22, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 3:44 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 23 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 16 hr |
| May 7, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 12, 8:04 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 7 hr |
| May 13, 3:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 18 hr |
| May 14, 9:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 21, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 21, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 21, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 51 min |
| May 21, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 51 min |
| May 21, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 42 min |
| May 21, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 48 min |
| May 21, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 21, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 49 min |
| May 21, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 48 min |
| May 21, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 47 min |
| May 21, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 52 min |
| May 21, 9:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 21, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 50 min |
| May 21, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 21, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 48 min |
| May 21, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 47 min |
| May 21, 11:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 24, 3:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 24, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 24, 8:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 24, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 53 min |
| May 24, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 8:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 4, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 16 min |
| Jun 8, 3:47 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | DDC | 11 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:59 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 33 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 1:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 32 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:56 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 10 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:31 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 31 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 21, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 6:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 1, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 12, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 10:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 12:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 11:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 14, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 1:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 20, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 57 min |
| Jul 28, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 83 min |
| Jul 29, 2:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 30, 12:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 7:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 9:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 4:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 10, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 7:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 14, 4:15 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 45 min |
| Oct 7, 3:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 27 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:20 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 23 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 41 hr |
| Oct 11, 4:52 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 8 hr |
| Oct 15, 4:24 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | 29 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:53 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | 30 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:00 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DDC | 25 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:19 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 17 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:26 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | 28 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:58 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | 30 hr |
| Oct 25, 4:02 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 39 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:37 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 21 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:31 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 19 hr |
| Oct 27, 8:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 13, 10:21 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 13 hr |
| Nov 13, 7:19 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 23 hr |
| Nov 24, 12:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 48 min |
| Nov 24, 1:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 28 min |
| Dec 1, 11:34 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 42 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 2, 8:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:49 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 43 hr |
| Dec 12, 1:23 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DDC | 32 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:15 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 38 hr |
| Dec 22, 10:38 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | 31 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 32 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 | 25 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 32 |
| Special Weather Statement | 32 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Snow Squall Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 12 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 12 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 10 |
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.