Alert archive / Missouri / Iron County
Weather alerts in Iron County, Missouri, 2018
106 weather alerts in 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 106
- Warnings
- 28
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 28
- Busiest month
- June28 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 3, 20189 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Iron County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 17 | 8 | 53% | 11 | 82% | 22 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2 | 100% | 97 min |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS St. Louis, MO: tornado warnings | 20 | 3 | 85% | 19 | 42% | 14 min |
| NWS St. Louis, MO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 218 | 101 | 54% | 375 | 80% | 23 min |
| NWS St. Louis, MO: flash flood warnings | 45 | 19 | 58% | 48 | 85% | 90 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 6, 3:35 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 44 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:36 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 20 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:28 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 18 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:14 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 27 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:22 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LSX | 45 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:22 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 21 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LSX | 44 min |
| Feb 6, 3:34 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 25 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:08 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:20 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 29 hr |
| Feb 17, 9:16 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 4 hr |
| Feb 18, 6:17 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:50 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 44 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:59 PM CST | Flood Watch | LSX | 15 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:17 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:24 PM CST | Flood Watch | LSX | 52 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:50 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 9:48 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | 9 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:25 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LSX | 15 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:25 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 15 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:16 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LSX | 54 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 4:27 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 30 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 3:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Apr 3, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 3:28 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 29 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:37 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 42 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:05 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 29 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 8:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 3:52 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 29 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:25 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LSX | 30 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:46 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LSX | 30 hr |
| May 2, 10:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 2, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 3, 2:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 14, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | 41 min |
| May 19, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 50 min |
| May 20, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | 50 min |
| May 27, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | 37 min |
| May 31, 8:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | 39 min |
| May 31, 12:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 31, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 31, 4:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 31, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 36 min |
| May 31, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 41 min |
| May 31, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 57 min |
| May 31, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 32 min |
| May 31, 7:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 31, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 31, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 12 min |
| Jun 2, 9:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 9:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 3:53 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 5 days |
| Jun 15, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 4:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 25, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 26, 7:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 3:46 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 5 days |
| Jun 28, 2:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 3:31 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 64 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 24 min |
| Jul 12, 3:35 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 64 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:19 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 7 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Aug 7, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 10:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 118 min |
| Aug 20, 11:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 20, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 60 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 17, 3:37 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LSX | 28 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:18 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 29 hr |
| Nov 3, 3:03 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 2:00 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 36 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:28 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 12 hr |
| Nov 14, 2:32 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 36 hr |
| Nov 25, 1:48 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 6 hr |
| Nov 25, 11:22 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 19 hr |
| Nov 29, 9:55 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 14 hr |
| Dec 1, 2:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 38 min |
| Dec 1, 3:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 49 min |
| Dec 13, 3:28 PM CST | Flood Watch | LSX | 38 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 | 17 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 23 |
| Special Weather Statement | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 9 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 6 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
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.