Alert archive / Kansas / Sherman County

Weather alerts in Sherman County, Kansas, 2020

226 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Sherman County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
226
Warnings
92
Watches
27
Advisories
33
Busiest month
July42 alerts
Busiest day
July 2, 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.

0 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning.

Sherman County, 2020

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings020%
Severe thunderstorm warnings432249%29100%39 min
Flash flood warnings6183%1100%30 min

Each office's whole area, 2020

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Goodland, KS: tornado warnings6183%2512%14 min
NWS Goodland, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings24911454%36277%31 min
NWS Goodland, KS: flash flood warnings27870%4045%98 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, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 6, 3:05 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningGLD14 hr
Jan 10, 11:13 PM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryGLD9 hr
Jan 16, 2:12 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD33 hr
Jan 17, 5:37 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD3 hr
Jan 17, 3:44 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningGLD8 hr
Jan 27, 7:35 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD11 hr
Feb 1, 1:04 PM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD4 hr
Feb 1, 8:10 PM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD21 hr
Feb 2, 2:07 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD46 hr
Feb 5, 2:10 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD8 hr
Feb 24, 2:00 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD29 hr
Feb 25, 7:43 AM MSTSnow Squall WarningGLD32 min
Feb 25, 8:12 AM MSTSnow Squall WarningGLD63 min
Feb 25, 9:10 AM MSTSnow Squall WarningGLD50 min
Mar 3, 2:38 AM MSTFire Weather WatchGLD24 hr
Mar 3, 1:02 PM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD28 hr
Mar 12, 2:16 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD46 hr
Mar 14, 3:06 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD18 hr
Mar 15, 6:22 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD16 hr
Mar 17, 11:33 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD9 hr
Mar 18, 1:19 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD38 hr
Mar 18, 8:20 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD14 hr
Mar 19, 4:58 AM MDTBlizzard WarningGLD17 hr
Mar 19, 12:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD44 min
Mar 19, 1:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Mar 22, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD31 min
Mar 22, 3:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD14 min
Mar 22, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD29 min
Mar 22, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD28 min
Mar 25, 2:38 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD15 hr
Mar 26, 4:33 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD4 hr
Mar 27, 2:01 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD22 hr
Mar 30, 5:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD46 min
Mar 30, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD43 min
Apr 10, 8:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD14 min
Apr 10, 8:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD22 min
Apr 27, 1:58 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD30 hr
Apr 28, 2:10 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD12 hr
Apr 29, 2:01 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD16 hr
Apr 30, 2:31 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD15 hr
May 3, 2:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 3, 10:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD47 min
May 3, 11:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD43 min
May 4, 12:39 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
May 5, 2:08 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryGLD19 hr
May 9, 2:52 AM MDTFrost AdvisoryGLD29 hr
May 11, 10:50 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD11 hr
May 12, 5:45 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD15 hr
May 15, 8:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD48 min
May 15, 9:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD58 min
May 15, 10:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD40 min
May 15, 11:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD33 min
May 21, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 21, 2:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD11 min
May 21, 5:09 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
May 23, 2:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
May 23, 4:35 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
May 23, 4:40 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC3 hr
May 23, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD44 min
May 23, 5:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD21 min
May 24, 7:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD48 min
May 24, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD45 min
May 24, 8:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD38 min
May 24, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD50 min
May 24, 9:02 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD72 min
May 24, 9:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD41 min
Jun 2, 2:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD34 min
Jun 2, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD17 min
Jun 2, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD21 min
Jun 2, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD27 min
Jun 2, 3:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD25 min
Jun 2, 4:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD100 min
Jun 2, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD52 min
Jun 2, 5:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD58 min
Jun 2, 5:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD3 hr
Jun 3, 1:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jun 4, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD63 min
Jun 5, 12:28 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLD33 hr
Jun 6, 11:32 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLD33 hr
Jun 6, 7:24 PM MDTDust Storm WarningGLD36 min
Jun 7, 3:00 PM MDTDust Storm WarningGLD2 hr
Jun 7, 3:53 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryGLD2 hr
Jun 8, 3:25 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLD40 hr
Jun 12, 12:45 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD31 hr
Jun 13, 2:23 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD9 hr
Jun 13, 11:44 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD32 hr
Jun 14, 2:29 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD12 hr
Jun 14, 2:35 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD23 hr
Jun 14, 2:35 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD29 hr
Jun 14, 6:54 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLD99 min
Jun 15, 1:22 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD38 hr
Jun 15, 1:22 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD31 hr
Jun 16, 1:56 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD30 hr
Jun 19, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD35 min
Jun 19, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD31 min
Jun 19, 6:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD41 min
Jun 25, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD23 min
Jun 26, 6:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 26, 7:13 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 26, 8:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD76 min
Jun 26, 9:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD73 min
Jun 27, 5:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jun 27, 7:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 27, 7:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD39 min
Jun 27, 8:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD47 min
Jun 27, 9:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jun 28, 1:31 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD30 hr
Jul 1, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD28 min
Jul 1, 8:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD28 min
Jul 2, 4:05 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD5 hr
Jul 2, 1:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jul 2, 1:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 2, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD66 min
Jul 2, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD62 min
Jul 2, 4:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 2, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD48 min
Jul 2, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD77 min
Jul 3, 9:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD46 min
Jul 8, 4:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 9, 2:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jul 12, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 12, 5:22 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jul 13, 2:08 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 13, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jul 13, 5:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 13, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD68 min
Jul 13, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD31 min
Jul 13, 7:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD64 min
Jul 13, 8:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD59 min
Jul 13, 9:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD62 min
Jul 13, 10:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD3 hr
Jul 13, 10:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD46 min
Jul 14, 6:28 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD8 hr
Jul 18, 3:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD21 min
Jul 18, 4:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jul 20, 8:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD83 min
Jul 20, 9:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD79 min
Jul 22, 3:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD40 min
Jul 25, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD25 min
Jul 25, 5:19 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jul 25, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD29 min
Jul 25, 6:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD17 min
Jul 25, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD28 min
Jul 26, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD24 min
Jul 26, 6:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD3 hr
Jul 29, 1:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Jul 29, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 29, 8:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD24 min
Jul 31, 4:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD27 min
Aug 4, 1:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 5, 6:12 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Aug 5, 7:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD26 min
Aug 5, 8:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD66 min
Aug 6, 5:13 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 6, 11:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD41 min
Aug 8, 3:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD55 min
Aug 8, 3:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 8, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD71 min
Aug 8, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD25 min
Aug 9, 2:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD26 min
Aug 9, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD19 min
Aug 9, 2:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD26 min
Aug 9, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD42 min
Aug 9, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD71 min
Aug 9, 4:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD95 min
Aug 9, 5:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLD3 hr
Aug 10, 7:38 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD52 min
Aug 10, 8:47 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD13 min
Aug 10, 9:18 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD42 min
Aug 10, 10:06 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD24 min
Aug 10, 11:22 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD23 min
Aug 11, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD65 min
Aug 11, 4:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD97 min
Aug 11, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD76 min
Aug 11, 10:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD55 min
Aug 11, 11:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD54 min
Aug 12, 12:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD30 min
Aug 13, 2:06 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Aug 13, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD68 min
Aug 13, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD31 min
Aug 16, 12:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 16, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 16, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD96 min
Aug 16, 5:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Aug 16, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLD29 min
Aug 20, 11:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD13 min
Aug 21, 12:18 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLD27 min
Sep 5, 12:01 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD30 hr
Sep 29, 2:27 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD16 hr
Oct 1, 2:50 AM MDTFrost AdvisoryGLD29 hr
Oct 3, 6:37 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryGLD13 hr
Oct 4, 2:26 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD40 hr
Oct 7, 1:21 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD29 hr
Oct 9, 2:36 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD23 hr
Oct 9, 1:41 PM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD12 hr
Oct 10, 1:34 AM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD40 hr
Oct 11, 2:38 AM MDTFire Weather WatchGLD11 hr
Oct 11, 2:44 AM MDTFrost AdvisoryGLD29 hr
Oct 11, 1:57 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD28 hr
Oct 11, 3:23 PM MDTBlowing Dust WarningGLD4 hr
Oct 11, 3:27 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLD6 hr
Oct 13, 1:56 PM MDTRed Flag WarningGLD25 hr
Oct 14, 2:52 AM MDTFrost AdvisoryGLD29 hr
Oct 15, 2:52 AM MDTFreeze WarningGLD30 hr
Oct 17, 3:11 AM MDTFreeze WatchGLD23 hr
Oct 18, 2:39 AM MDTFrost AdvisoryGLD30 hr
Oct 21, 3:53 AM MDTFreeze WatchGLD23 hr
Oct 21, 2:04 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD20 hr
Oct 22, 2:35 AM MDTFreeze WarningGLD30 hr
Oct 24, 2:45 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD63 hr
Oct 26, 8:40 PM MDTWind Chill AdvisoryGLD11 hr
Nov 5, 2:21 AM MSTFire Weather WatchGLD12 hr
Nov 5, 1:58 PM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD27 hr
Nov 6, 2:23 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchGLD24 hr
Nov 7, 1:57 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningGLD33 hr
Nov 8, 2:59 AM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD14 hr
Nov 13, 2:20 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchGLD9 hr
Nov 13, 2:25 AM MSTFire Weather WatchGLD9 hr
Nov 13, 10:57 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningGLD30 hr
Nov 13, 10:59 AM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD30 hr
Nov 15, 1:30 AM MSTRed Flag WarningGLD15 hr
Dec 14, 2:26 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD38 hr
Dec 15, 9:16 PM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryGLD6 hr
Dec 21, 7:47 PM MSTHigh Wind WatchGLD18 hr
Dec 22, 3:29 AM MSTHigh Wind WarningGLD37 hr
Dec 27, 2:00 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLD49 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.