Weather alerts in Cecil County, Maryland, 2014

183 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Cecil County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 183
Warnings: 36
Watches: 30
Advisories: 41
Busiest month: July47 alerts
Busiest day: July 14, 201412 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Cecil County, 2014

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	0			0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	18	11	39%	7	86%	35 min
Flash flood warnings	4	2	50%	0

Each office's whole area, 2014

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: tornado warnings	6	1	83%	1	100%	20 min
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: severe thunderstorm warnings	167	91	46%	267	80%	24 min
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: flash flood warnings	57	32	44%	70	96%	60 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, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 1, 2:35 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	PHI	46 hr
Jan 2, 3:32 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	PHI	18 hr
Jan 4, 2:30 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	PHI	22 hr
Jan 5, 9:10 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	PHI	9 hr
Jan 6, 3:30 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	PHI	42 hr
Jan 9, 3:26 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	PHI	21 hr
Jan 10, 3:17 AM EST	Flood Watch	PHI	42 hr
Jan 11, 2:30 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PHI	90 min
Jan 11, 2:52 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	6 hr
Jan 11, 3:27 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	4 hr
Jan 14, 10:40 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	PHI	13 hr
Jan 20, 3:36 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	PHI	11 hr
Jan 20, 2:58 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	PHI	37 hr
Jan 21, 4:02 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	PHI	50 hr
Jan 21, 11:03 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Jan 21, 4:28 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Jan 25, 8:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PHI	79 min
Jan 25, 10:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PHI	59 min
Jan 26, 3:07 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	PHI	44 hr
Feb 1, 7:18 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	PHI	20 hr
Feb 2, 3:37 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	PHI	24 hr
Feb 4, 3:45 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	PHI	36 hr
Feb 4, 9:45 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Feb 10, 3:28 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	PHI	24 hr
Feb 11, 3:43 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	PHI	61 hr
Feb 12, 6:41 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Feb 13, 12:17 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 hr
Feb 13, 6:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PHI	119 min
Feb 14, 3:36 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	PHI	28 hr
Feb 17, 2:40 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	PHI	18 hr
Feb 21, 4:27 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	PHI	11 hr
Feb 21, 10:39 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Feb 21, 12:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PHI	60 min
Feb 21, 12:16 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Feb 21, 12:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	58 min
Feb 25, 2:52 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	PHI	22 hr
Mar 1, 4:02 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	PHI	24 hr
Mar 2, 3:56 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	PHI	37 hr
Mar 3, 6:05 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Mar 12, 4:05 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	PHI	35 hr
Mar 12, 4:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Mar 12, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Mar 12, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	79 min
Mar 12, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	77 min
Mar 12, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	45 min
Mar 13, 3:20 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	PHI	12 hr
Mar 15, 3:02 PM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	PHI	12 hr
Mar 16, 3:30 AM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	PHI	33 hr
Mar 16, 3:30 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PHI	11 hr
Mar 30, 3:50 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	PHI	24 hr
Apr 14, 3:18 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	PHI	12 hr
Apr 15, 3:40 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	PHI	29 hr
Apr 15, 2:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	4 hr
Apr 15, 3:32 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	PHI	24 hr
Apr 16, 3:02 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	PHI	17 hr
Apr 17, 3:08 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	PHI	11 hr
Apr 20, 3:37 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	PHI	16 hr
Apr 22, 3:23 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	PHI	13 hr
Apr 22, 7:07 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Apr 22, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	50 min
Apr 22, 7:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	39 min
Apr 23, 4:03 AM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	PHI	15 hr
Apr 23, 4:03 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	PHI	15 hr
Apr 23, 7:27 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	PHI	26 hr
Apr 26, 3:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 28, 3:03 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	68 hr
Apr 28, 3:04 PM EDT	Flood Watch	PHI	61 hr
Apr 30, 8:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	61 min
Apr 30, 9:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	3 hr
Apr 30, 12:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	26 hr
Apr 30, 1:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	4 hr
Apr 30, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	108 min
Apr 30, 4:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	9 hr
Apr 30, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	117 min
May 3, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	44 min
May 3, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	41 min
May 10, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	53 min
May 10, 2:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 15, 3:56 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PHI	45 hr
May 15, 5:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
May 16, 8:03 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	10 hr
May 16, 9:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	6 hr
May 16, 10:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	7 hr
May 22, 1:19 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
May 22, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 22, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	56 min
May 22, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	61 min
May 27, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 27, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	64 min
May 27, 6:39 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	36 min
Jun 9, 3:03 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 11, 4:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	93 min
Jun 11, 5:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	88 min
Jun 11, 6:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	65 min
Jun 12, 3:56 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PHI	20 hr
Jun 12, 6:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	4 hr
Jun 13, 1:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	4 hr
Jun 13, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	119 min
Jun 13, 3:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	4 hr
Jun 18, 10:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	84 min
Jun 18, 11:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	54 min
Jun 19, 12:18 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jun 19, 12:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	2 hr
Jun 19, 1:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	4 hr
Jun 19, 1:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	4 hr
Jun 25, 1:49 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 25, 5:44 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 25, 10:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	3 hr
Jul 2, 12:45 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Jul 2, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jul 2, 3:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PHI	46 hr
Jul 2, 4:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jul 2, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	77 min
Jul 2, 10:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	36 min
Jul 3, 12:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	3 hr
Jul 3, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr
Jul 3, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	69 min
Jul 3, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	39 min
Jul 3, 7:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 8, 4:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	63 min
Jul 8, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jul 8, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	72 min
Jul 8, 7:44 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
Jul 8, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	55 min
Jul 9, 3:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jul 9, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 9, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	37 min
Jul 9, 7:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jul 10, 3:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PHI	9 hr
Jul 10, 11:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	118 min
Jul 13, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jul 13, 8:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jul 13, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	64 min
Jul 13, 10:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	58 min
Jul 13, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	46 min
Jul 13, 10:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	37 min
Jul 14, 3:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PHI	45 hr
Jul 14, 1:06 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jul 14, 1:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 14, 4:39 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jul 14, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	56 min
Jul 14, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	62 min
Jul 14, 6:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
Jul 15, 1:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jul 15, 1:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 15, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	42 min
Jul 15, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	63 min
Jul 15, 4:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	4 hr
Jul 15, 4:41 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jul 15, 7:04 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Jul 23, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	54 min
Jul 27, 10:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	61 min
Jul 27, 11:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	62 min
Jul 27, 11:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	58 min
Jul 28, 12:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	85 min
Aug 1, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	3 hr
Aug 12, 3:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	4 hr
Aug 12, 7:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	4 hr
Aug 12, 9:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	4 hr
Aug 21, 3:30 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 31, 1:30 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Aug 31, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	37 min
Aug 31, 2:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	5 hr
Aug 31, 4:32 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Aug 31, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	36 min
Aug 31, 5:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	53 min
Aug 31, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	49 min
Sep 2, 6:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Sep 2, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	92 min
Sep 2, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	67 min
Sep 2, 8:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	65 min
Sep 2, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	52 min
Sep 6, 2:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Sep 6, 4:20 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Sep 6, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	64 min
Sep 6, 6:58 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Oct 3, 3:22 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	24 hr
Oct 4, 3:35 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	PHI	5 hr
Oct 15, 5:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	119 min
Oct 22, 6:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	3 hr
Nov 25, 3:01 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	PHI	31 hr
Dec 8, 4:08 PM EST	Flood Watch	PHI	23 hr
Dec 24, 12:58 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	9 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	18
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	11
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	38
Special Weather Statement	38
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	2
Flash Flood Warning	4
Flash Flood Watch	5
Flood Watch	3
Areal Flood Advisory	19
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	7
Winter Storm Watch	5
Freezing Rain Advisory	2
Winter Weather Advisory	7
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Freeze Watch	2
Frost Advisory	2
Wind Chill Advisory	3
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	1
Fire
Red Flag Warning	2
Fire Weather Watch	3
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	3
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	4

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2013 2015

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.