Alert archive / Missouri / Iron County
Weather alerts in Iron County, Missouri, 2008
168 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Iron County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 168
- Warnings
- 41
- Watches
- 42
- Advisories
- 22
- Busiest month
- March25 alerts
- Busiest day
- December 27, 20089 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 3 tornado warnings covering Iron County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them.
Iron County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 23 | 4 | 83% | 3 | 33% | 41 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 7 | 2 | 71% | 4 | 75% | 159 min |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS St. Louis, MO: tornado warnings | 98 | 15 | 85% | 34 | 65% | 23 min |
| NWS St. Louis, MO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 467 | 151 | 68% | 450 | 74% | 23 min |
| NWS St. Louis, MO: flash flood warnings | 100 | 35 | 65% | 145 | 77% | 155 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 7, 6:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jan 7, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:44 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jan 8, 4:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 4:12 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 12 hr |
| Jan 28, 8:10 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 25 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:54 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jan 29, 11:32 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 25 min |
| Jan 29, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 33 min |
| Jan 30, 4:18 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LSX | 32 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:50 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 15 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 31 hr |
| Feb 4, 6:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Feb 4, 9:21 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Feb 5, 11:16 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Feb 5, 3:09 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 26 min |
| Feb 5, 7:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 6 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:09 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:55 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LSX | 32 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:58 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:58 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 45 hr |
| Feb 17, 11:54 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:48 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 30 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:31 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LSX | 47 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:22 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:15 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:04 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:58 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 8:11 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 10 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:06 AM CST | Flood Watch | LSX | 35 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LSX | 38 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:22 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 4:53 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 9 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:55 PM CST | Snow Advisory | LSX | 21 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:56 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LSX | 64 hr |
| Mar 17, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 38 min |
| Mar 18, 2:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Mar 26, 1:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Mar 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 7:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Mar 27, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | 34 min |
| Mar 27, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 9:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Mar 30, 4:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 31 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 60 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 4 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 9, 4:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 41 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:28 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 11:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:16 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 29 hr |
| May 2, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 2, 7:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 55 min |
| May 3, 4:03 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | LSX | 16 hr |
| May 7, 5:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 23 hr |
| May 7, 9:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 6 hr |
| May 8, 3:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 6 hr |
| May 8, 9:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 6 hr |
| May 10, 4:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 10, 12:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 10, 3:30 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LSX | 28 hr |
| May 10, 5:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 10, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 30 min |
| May 10, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 10, 8:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 10, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 50 min |
| May 13, 6:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 25, 12:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 25, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 71 hr |
| May 25, 6:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 25, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 41 min |
| May 25, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 45 min |
| May 30, 9:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 29 min |
| May 30, 11:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 2:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 4, 1:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 4, 2:06 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 10:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 6, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 21, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 6:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jun 21, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 11:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 27, 11:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 27, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 28, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 2:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 23 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:47 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 24, 11:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 25, 6:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 25, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 30, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 30, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 7:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Aug 1, 3:42 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:07 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 63 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 28, 6:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 10:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Sep 2, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 46 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Sep 12, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 47 hr |
| Sep 14, 2:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Sep 14, 2:56 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LSX | 11 hr |
| Sep 14, 9:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | 12 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Sep 29, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 43 min |
| Oct 25, 3:50 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LSX | 35 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:16 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 30 hr |
| Nov 6, 1:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Nov 6, 4:53 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Dec 9, 6:58 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 11:40 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 8 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 36 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 20 hr |
| Dec 14, 11:47 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:07 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 28 hr |
| Dec 17, 4:09 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | LSX | 32 hr |
| Dec 19, 6:06 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 5 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:57 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | LSX | 26 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:08 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 50 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:05 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Dec 27, 7:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 16 min |
| Dec 27, 8:03 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Dec 27, 9:34 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Dec 27, 10:26 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Dec 27, 11:46 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Dec 27, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 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 | 23 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 11 |
| Tornado Watch | 10 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 63 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 7 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 12 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 6 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 2 |
| Snow Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
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.