Alert archive / Kansas / Stafford County
Weather alerts in Stafford County, Kansas, 2011
194 weather alerts in 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Stafford County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 194
- Warnings
- 51
- Watches
- 34
- Advisories
- 63
- Busiest month
- May49 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 17, 201112 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 Stafford County in 2011 had a tornado report inside them; 3 of 5 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 11 minutes after it went out.
Stafford County, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 5 | 60% | 11 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 30 | 24 | 20% | 14 | 93% | 21 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Dodge City, KS: tornado warnings | 29 | 8 | 72% | 17 | 71% | 13 min |
| NWS Dodge City, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 279 | 221 | 21% | 454 | 77% | 20 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 1, 3:16 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DDC | 17 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:17 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 12 hr |
| Jan 7, 12:11 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | 40 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:52 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 40 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:46 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DDC | 29 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:31 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DDC | 30 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:55 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 35 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:08 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | DDC | 10 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:23 PM CST | Wind Chill Watch | DDC | 44 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:23 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 44 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:20 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Feb 1, 5:00 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | DDC | 31 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:45 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:15 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 62 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:51 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DDC | 28 hr |
| Feb 8, 10:11 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:59 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:32 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | DDC | 17 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:48 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 25 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:27 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 27 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:50 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 27 hr |
| Feb 20, 12:04 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:56 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:06 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 15 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:48 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 34 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:25 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | DDC | 22 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:57 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:57 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 32 hr |
| Feb 27, 9:10 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 110 min |
| Mar 2, 7:48 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 22 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:23 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 59 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Mar 21, 3:50 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 28 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:22 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 15 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:19 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 4 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:39 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 52 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 47 hr |
| Apr 6, 9:16 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:59 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 49 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:26 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 9 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:32 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 28 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:40 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 21 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 50 min |
| Apr 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Apr 9, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 4:21 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | DDC | 20 hr |
| Apr 14, 12:14 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 31 hr |
| Apr 14, 12:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Apr 15, 6:57 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 2 hr |
| Apr 21, 11:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 4:11 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 49 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:42 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 8 hr |
| May 1, 3:59 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| May 2, 1:05 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 38 hr |
| May 3, 3:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 30 hr |
| May 4, 10:38 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 9 hr |
| May 7, 1:25 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 26 hr |
| May 8, 3:36 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 25 hr |
| May 8, 3:36 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 29 hr |
| May 9, 4:09 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 29 hr |
| May 11, 6:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 18, 10:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 19, 1:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 19, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 19, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 40 min |
| May 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| May 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 19, 8:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 19, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 19, 11:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 20, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 20, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 20, 6:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 24, 6:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 24, 6:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 24, 12:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 24, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 24, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 24, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 39 min |
| May 24, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 32 min |
| May 24, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | 24 min |
| May 24, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 32 min |
| May 24, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 26 min |
| May 25, 1:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| May 28, 2:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 28, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 62 min |
| May 28, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 42 min |
| May 28, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 28, 3:54 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | DDC | 35 hr |
| May 28, 3:54 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 42 hr |
| May 29, 3:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 29, 4:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 24 min |
| May 29, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 29, 6:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 30, 2:52 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | 20 hr |
| May 30, 8:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 30, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 30, 10:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 30, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 52 min |
| May 30, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 4:04 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:27 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:02 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 16, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 9:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 16, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 17, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 18, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 68 min |
| Jun 18, 2:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 7:19 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:51 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 27 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:25 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:40 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 15 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:08 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 29 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 3:21 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 17 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:31 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 1:55 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:31 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 24 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:38 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:23 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 29 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:43 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | DDC | 5 days |
| Jul 24, 1:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 27, 2:19 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 18 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 3:46 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 15 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 30, 3:50 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 64 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:20 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | DDC | 11 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:38 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 25 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:00 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 6:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Aug 9, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 11:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Aug 10, 3:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Aug 19, 3:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 3:27 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:45 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 12 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:59 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 28 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Sep 17, 7:31 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Sep 29, 10:53 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 5 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:26 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 11 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:26 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | 29 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 34 hr |
| Oct 9, 11:43 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | 9 hr |
| Oct 18, 4:29 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | DDC | 35 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:27 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | 28 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 16 hr |
| Nov 1, 9:47 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 34 hr |
| Nov 4, 12:10 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | 31 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:34 AM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | 39 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:41 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | 24 hr |
| Dec 2, 12:36 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | 28 hr |
| Dec 17, 4:08 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DDC | 36 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:58 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DDC | 43 hr |
| Dec 19, 5:56 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:09 PM CST | High Wind Watch | DDC | 12 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:59 AM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | 18 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.
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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.