Alert archive / Maryland / Cecil County

Weather alerts in Cecil County, Maryland, 2019

216 weather alerts in 2019, 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
216
Warnings
50
Watches
33
Advisories
53
Busiest month
July48 alerts
Busiest day
June 29, 201913 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 warnings covering Cecil County in 2019 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.

Cecil County, 2019

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings20100%10%
Severe thunderstorm warnings393121%2864%27 min
Flash flood warnings2150%0

Each office's whole area, 2019

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: tornado warnings32488%1735%5 min
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: severe thunderstorm warnings41027633%1,17587%25 min
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: flash flood warnings865141%21194%96 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 7, 3:16 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI27 hr
Jan 10, 3:36 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI9 hr
Jan 11, 3:21 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI58 hr
Jan 19, 2:47 PM ESTFlood WatchPHI19 hr
Jan 19, 11:52 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI8 hr
Jan 20, 3:38 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryPHI50 hr
Jan 20, 9:49 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI30 hr
Jan 23, 3:58 AM ESTFlood WatchPHI36 hr
Jan 23, 3:07 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI21 hr
Jan 24, 11:53 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jan 28, 3:16 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI30 hr
Jan 29, 4:12 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI17 hr
Jan 29, 9:08 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryPHI37 hr
Jan 30, 3:32 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI17 hr
Jan 30, 12:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHI80 min
Feb 1, 2:55 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Feb 10, 3:36 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI36 hr
Feb 11, 4:37 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI37 hr
Feb 18, 3:16 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchPHI24 hr
Feb 19, 2:55 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningPHI34 hr
Feb 20, 10:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHI25 min
Feb 20, 6:32 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 23, 4:02 AM ESTHigh Wind WatchPHI23 hr
Feb 23, 2:58 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningPHI48 hr
Feb 25, 2:58 PM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Feb 28, 2:50 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI19 hr
Mar 2, 3:35 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchPHI24 hr
Mar 3, 4:01 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningPHI24 hr
Mar 3, 4:01 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI24 hr
Mar 3, 5:41 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Mar 21, 3:22 AM EDTFlood WatchPHI24 hr
Mar 21, 4:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Mar 22, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI48 min
Apr 3, 3:16 AM EDTRed Flag WarningPHI20 hr
Apr 14, 11:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 15, 1:05 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 15, 2:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI45 min
Apr 15, 2:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI44 min
Apr 15, 3:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI38 min
Apr 15, 3:19 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI18 hr
Apr 15, 3:50 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Apr 18, 3:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI42 hr
Apr 20, 5:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Apr 26, 11:37 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Apr 26, 1:33 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 26, 2:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 26, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI58 min
Apr 26, 4:01 PM EDTTornado WarningPHI29 min
Apr 26, 4:24 PM EDTTornado WarningPHI36 min
Apr 26, 4:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Apr 26, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI47 min
Apr 26, 4:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
May 2, 4:19 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI5 hr
May 3, 8:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
May 4, 3:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI21 hr
May 13, 2:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
May 23, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 23, 3:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
May 26, 11:14 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
May 26, 1:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 26, 5:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 26, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
May 28, 1:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
May 28, 1:48 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
May 28, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI51 min
May 28, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI46 min
May 28, 5:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
May 28, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI64 min
May 28, 6:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
May 28, 8:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
May 29, 1:10 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
May 29, 3:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
May 29, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI28 min
May 29, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI34 min
May 29, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI53 min
May 29, 7:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
May 30, 12:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 30, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 30, 3:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
May 30, 4:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI2 hr
May 30, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI36 min
May 30, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI29 min
Jun 2, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 2, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI44 min
Jun 2, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI36 min
Jun 10, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI40 min
Jun 10, 5:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Jun 10, 6:44 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHI2 hr
Jun 13, 5:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jun 13, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI39 min
Jun 13, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI30 min
Jun 13, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI50 min
Jun 13, 7:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jun 16, 1:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 17, 3:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI47 hr
Jun 17, 2:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jun 17, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 17, 6:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI2 hr
Jun 18, 12:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 18, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 18, 4:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jun 19, 3:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI43 hr
Jun 19, 11:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI6 hr
Jun 20, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI51 min
Jun 20, 1:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 20, 2:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jun 20, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI94 min
Jun 20, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI57 min
Jun 20, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI27 min
Jun 28, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI56 min
Jun 28, 5:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 29, 12:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jun 29, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI26 min
Jun 29, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI49 min
Jun 29, 1:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Jun 29, 2:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Jun 29, 2:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI33 min
Jun 29, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI31 min
Jun 29, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI28 min
Jun 29, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI53 min
Jun 29, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI51 min
Jun 29, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI46 min
Jun 29, 4:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jun 29, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI52 min
Jul 2, 5:53 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 2, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI48 min
Jul 4, 12:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jul 6, 1:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 6, 5:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jul 6, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI45 min
Jul 6, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI52 min
Jul 11, 3:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI18 hr
Jul 11, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI57 min
Jul 11, 12:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jul 11, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI53 min
Jul 11, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI65 min
Jul 11, 5:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHI4 hr
Jul 11, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI61 min
Jul 11, 5:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jul 11, 5:59 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 16, 2:44 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningPHI5 days
Jul 16, 2:44 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI29 hr
Jul 17, 3:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI19 hr
Jul 17, 1:29 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 17, 3:14 PM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHI24 hr
Jul 17, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 17, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI40 min
Jul 17, 6:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 17, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI46 min
Jul 17, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI45 min
Jul 18, 1:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 18, 2:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Jul 21, 3:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI51 hr
Jul 21, 3:09 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHI27 hr
Jul 21, 6:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jul 21, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI45 min
Jul 21, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI46 min
Jul 21, 9:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI87 min
Jul 21, 10:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI47 min
Jul 22, 1:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Jul 22, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 22, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI58 min
Jul 22, 4:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI4 hr
Jul 22, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI59 min
Jul 22, 4:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jul 22, 4:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI2 hr
Jul 22, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI61 min
Jul 22, 8:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jul 23, 7:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Jul 31, 3:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHI17 hr
Jul 31, 1:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 31, 4:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Aug 1, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI45 min
Aug 1, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI21 min
Aug 7, 1:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Aug 7, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 7, 3:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Aug 7, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI53 min
Aug 7, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI63 min
Aug 7, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI42 min
Aug 14, 10:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI104 min
Aug 18, 2:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Aug 18, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI36 min
Aug 18, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI45 min
Aug 18, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI42 min
Aug 21, 11:31 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Aug 21, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Aug 22, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI64 min
Aug 22, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI66 min
Sep 2, 2:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Sep 2, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI43 min
Sep 4, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI26 min
Sep 4, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI30 min
Sep 4, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI51 min
Sep 4, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI40 min
Sep 4, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI62 min
Sep 12, 2:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Sep 28, 5:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Oct 10, 3:36 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI65 hr
Oct 15, 3:27 PM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI51 hr
Oct 18, 3:16 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryPHI30 hr
Oct 27, 10:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHI61 min
Oct 31, 3:08 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHI11 hr
Oct 31, 3:16 PM EDTWind AdvisoryPHI18 hr
Oct 31, 7:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 31, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Oct 31, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI55 min
Oct 31, 9:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 31, 10:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI67 min
Oct 31, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHI73 min
Nov 1, 3:31 AM EDTFreeze WatchPHI6 hr
Nov 1, 9:12 AM EDTFreeze WarningPHI25 hr
Nov 27, 3:37 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHI38 hr
Dec 15, 3:24 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHI51 hr
Dec 17, 12:04 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI6 hr
Dec 26, 2:48 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHI9 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

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordForecastThe radar archive20182020

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.