Alert archive / Kansas / Wabaunsee County
Weather alerts in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, 2012
92 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Wabaunsee County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 92
- Warnings
- 28
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 21
- Busiest month
- April16 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 27, 20127 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 1 tornado warnings covering Wabaunsee County in 2012 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Wabaunsee County, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 13 | 10 | 23% | 10 | 80% | 21 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Topeka, KS: tornado warnings | 21 | 8 | 62% | 19 | 74% | 14 min |
| NWS Topeka, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 128 | 90 | 30% | 270 | 77% | 15 min |
| NWS Topeka, KS: flash flood warnings | 5 | 2 | 60% | 8 | 88% | 63 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, 1:38 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:07 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 27 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:58 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 3 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:17 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 3 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:51 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 12 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 35 hr |
| Feb 20, 5:37 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Feb 22, 3:37 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 29 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:03 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | 13 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:59 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 14 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:15 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 47 min |
| Mar 4, 3:20 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 15 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:21 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 14 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:42 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 28 hr |
| Mar 6, 5:01 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 14 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Mar 28, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 5:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 7:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 45 min |
| Mar 29, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 12:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 10:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 15, 1:37 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 15 min |
| Apr 15, 3:24 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 17 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 1:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Apr 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Apr 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 33 min |
| May 6, 2:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 23, 3:21 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 16 hr |
| May 30, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 28 min |
| May 30, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 30, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 32 min |
| May 30, 6:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 30, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 10:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 14, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 11:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 24, 3:48 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 16 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:18 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 17 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:12 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 17 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:55 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | TOP | 3 days |
| Jun 30, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 3:00 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 5 days |
| Jul 12, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 20 min |
| Jul 13, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 15 min |
| Jul 17, 3:30 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 4 days |
| Jul 20, 4:01 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | TOP | 6 days |
| Jul 27, 3:34 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 51 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:52 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TOP | 15 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 3:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:21 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | 11 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:32 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 27 hr |
| Aug 25, 9:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | 109 min |
| Sep 10, 2:46 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 28 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:57 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | TOP | 11 hr |
| Sep 25, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TOP | 35 min |
| Oct 4, 3:41 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | TOP | 35 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:01 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TOP | 30 hr |
| Oct 13, 6:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Oct 17, 1:49 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | 29 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:34 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TOP | 20 hr |
| Dec 1, 9:29 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TOP | 12 hr |
| Dec 12, 1:26 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TOP | 5 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:58 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TOP | 23 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:55 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | TOP | 42 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:55 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 42 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:11 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TOP | 42 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 | 13 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 19 |
| Special Weather Statement | 10 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 2 |
| Heat Advisory | 7 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 9 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.