Alert archive / Minnesota / Wadena County
Weather alerts in Wadena County, Minnesota, 2019
110 weather alerts in 2019, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Wadena County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 110
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 37
- Busiest month
- July21 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 30, 20195 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Wadena County, 2019
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 8 | 11% | 10 | 70% | 15 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2019
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Grand Forks, ND: tornado warnings | 27 | 13 | 52% | 33 | 79% | 12 min |
| NWS Grand Forks, ND: severe thunderstorm warnings | 223 | 180 | 19% | 428 | 85% | 25 min |
| NWS Grand Forks, ND: flash flood warnings | 13 | 6 | 54% | 12 | 100% | 154 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, 9:04 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 19 hr |
| Jan 5, 10:50 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | 10 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:04 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 29 hr |
| Jan 14, 9:52 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | 19 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:36 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 56 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:59 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 21 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:25 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 12 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 32 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:47 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 45 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:39 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 18 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:42 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 21 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 29 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:31 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FGF | 3 days |
| Feb 1, 2:46 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | 37 hr |
| Feb 2, 11:22 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | 10 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:13 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 38 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:58 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 21 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:05 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | 14 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | 40 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:41 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 40 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:06 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FGF | 21 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:31 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 32 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:19 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 33 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:51 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 33 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:07 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 33 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:51 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 28 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:40 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 35 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:24 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FGF | 33 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:53 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 32 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:18 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | 25 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:14 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | 50 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:27 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | 33 hr |
| Mar 12, 6:25 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | 18 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:40 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 29 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:55 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | 9 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:08 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | 9 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:16 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | 24 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:05 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | 57 hr |
| Apr 11, 9:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 11:07 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | 26 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 19, 3:45 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | 28 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 27, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 16 min |
| Jun 28, 3:22 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 7:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 7:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 8:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 10:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | 16 min |
| Jul 9, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 22 min |
| Jul 9, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 12:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 12:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 15, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 17, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | 53 min |
| Aug 19, 11:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Aug 20, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 62 min |
| Aug 20, 5:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Aug 20, 6:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 36 min |
| Sep 2, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Sep 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 9:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:52 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:00 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | 19 hr |
| Sep 30, 1:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Oct 3, 3:01 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | 10 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:14 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | 71 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | 36 hr |
| Nov 27, 10:15 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | 52 hr |
| Nov 29, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | 53 hr |
| Dec 8, 4:02 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 26 hr |
| Dec 8, 1:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | 19 hr |
| Dec 8, 6:48 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:17 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | 46 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:04 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 32 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:31 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | 24 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:22 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | 61 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:22 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | 70 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:46 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 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 | 9 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 18 |
| Special Weather Statement | 19 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 7 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 8 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 12 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 3 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 13 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 8 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.