Alert archive / Minnesota / Houston County
Weather alerts in Houston County, Minnesota, 2010
138 weather alerts in 2010, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Houston County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 138
- Warnings
- 29
- Watches
- 30
- Advisories
- 40
- Busiest month
- July25 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 13, 201011 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Houston County, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 15 | 10 | 33% | 13 | 92% | 27 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 0% |
Each office's whole area, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS La Crosse, WI: tornado warnings | 11 | 6 | 45% | 17 | 35% | 10 min |
| NWS La Crosse, WI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 114 | 81 | 29% | 225 | 71% | 23 min |
| NWS La Crosse, WI: flash flood warnings | 30 | 12 | 60% | 38 | 63% | 58 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, 3:23 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 21 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:04 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 21 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:00 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 20 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:11 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 38 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:32 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 20 hr |
| Jan 17, 5:46 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 45 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:42 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ARX | 47 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:15 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 12 hr |
| Jan 21, 6:22 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ARX | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:50 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ARX | 19 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 13 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 42 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:50 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 20 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:24 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 15 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:01 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 22 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:34 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 14 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:13 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 9 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:54 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 8 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | 6 days |
| Apr 2, 11:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 2, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 117 min |
| Apr 6, 9:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 11:47 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | 20 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 43 min |
| May 4, 2:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 5, 9:41 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | 7 hr |
| May 7, 3:27 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | ARX | 12 hr |
| May 8, 3:36 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ARX | 29 hr |
| May 22, 2:20 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 7 hr |
| May 25, 12:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 15, 2:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 17, 4:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 17, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 84 min |
| Jun 17, 9:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 4:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 2:40 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | 14 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 23, 1:29 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 2:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 25, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | 27 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 26, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 3:07 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ARX | 16 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:43 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 14, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 9:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 16, 3:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 66 min |
| Jul 17, 6:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 11:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 18, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 3:48 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 5 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 3:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | 21 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | 26 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 23, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:25 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ARX | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:30 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 12 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 8, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Aug 9, 2:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 100 min |
| Aug 10, 5:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 3:54 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ARX | 15 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | 22 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 13, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 10:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 13, 12:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 16 min |
| Aug 13, 7:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Aug 19, 3:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 8:56 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 13 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Sep 6, 3:22 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | 25 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Sep 6, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:42 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | 10 hr |
| Sep 15, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Sep 15, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 32 min |
| Sep 15, 10:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | 4 hr |
| Sep 15, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 36 min |
| Sep 22, 3:15 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | 48 hr |
| Sep 23, 9:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | 24 hr |
| Sep 24, 9:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | 10 hr |
| Sep 24, 12:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | 53 hr |
| Sep 24, 12:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | 8 days |
| Sep 26, 2:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | 8 days |
| Oct 2, 3:27 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | 30 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:27 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ARX | 30 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:22 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | ARX | 24 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:27 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ARX | 52 hr |
| Nov 23, 4:19 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 32 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 24 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:48 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | 38 hr |
| Dec 3, 5:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 24 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:16 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | 54 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:40 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 10, 11:08 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | 35 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:46 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 11, 6:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 12, 10:01 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 25 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:17 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 36 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 12 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:42 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 44 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:32 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 38 hr |
| Dec 29, 11:04 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 39 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:13 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 24 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.