Alert archive / Missouri / Cole County
Weather alerts in Cole County, Missouri, 2014
126 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Cole County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 126
- Warnings
- 42
- Watches
- 22
- Advisories
- 26
- Busiest month
- April26 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 3, 20149 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 5 tornado warnings covering Cole County in 2014 had a tornado report inside them.
Cole County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 5 | 1 | 80% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 18 | 8 | 56% | 14 | 79% | 11 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS St. Louis, MO: tornado warnings | 36 | 7 | 81% | 22 | 64% | 10 min |
| NWS St. Louis, MO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 239 | 119 | 50% | 368 | 76% | 21 min |
| NWS St. Louis, MO: flash flood warnings | 28 | 13 | 54% | 30 | 87% | 144 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, 3:32 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 28 hr |
| Jan 3, 11:48 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 16 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:31 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LSX | 44 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:31 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 44 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:13 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | LSX | 68 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:16 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:19 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LSX | 22 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:50 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 20 hr |
| Jan 16, 6:40 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 5 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:33 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 14 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:03 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LSX | 33 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:59 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | LSX | 27 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:17 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 14 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:56 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 23 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:01 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LSX | 13 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:00 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 60 hr |
| Jan 31, 11:34 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:07 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 10 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LSX | 46 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:56 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 46 hr |
| Feb 4, 6:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 4, 11:38 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:20 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LSX | 32 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:43 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:22 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 20 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:34 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Feb 28, 3:56 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 24 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LSX | 50 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:46 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LSX | 30 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:32 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 21 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:52 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LSX | 16 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LSX | 13 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:50 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LSX | 16 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Mar 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 7:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:15 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LSX | 16 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Apr 2, 3:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 37 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Apr 3, 3:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | 64 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 4:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 32 min |
| Apr 13, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Apr 14, 4:06 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 29 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:00 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LSX | 12 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:14 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LSX | 15 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Apr 24, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Apr 24, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 1:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 37 min |
| May 10, 4:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 10, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 10, 7:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 12, 2:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 4, 3:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 4, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:01 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 6:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 7, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 11:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 7, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 5:27 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 14, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 3:10 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 8 days |
| Aug 27, 3:03 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 17 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 14 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Sep 5, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Sep 9, 1:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 1, 1:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 37 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 45 min |
| Oct 1, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | 48 min |
| Oct 1, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | 52 min |
| Oct 1, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Oct 1, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | 49 min |
| Oct 1, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 48 min |
| Oct 2, 2:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Oct 3, 11:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | 26 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Oct 9, 3:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 35 hr |
| Oct 9, 1:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | 68 hr |
| Oct 14, 12:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | 24 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:24 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LSX | 24 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:30 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 42 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:55 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 31 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:00 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 17 hr |
| Nov 30, 11:56 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 12 hr |
| Dec 17, 4:12 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 30 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 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 36 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 6 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
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.