Alert archive / Missouri / McDonald County
Weather alerts in McDonald County, Missouri, 2015
172 weather alerts in 2015, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
McDonald County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 172
- Warnings
- 62
- Watches
- 31
- Advisories
- 40
- Busiest month
- May26 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 25, 201510 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 1 tornado warnings covering McDonald County in 2015 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
McDonald County, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 20 | 15 | 25% | 11 | 100% | 23 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 10 | 8 | 20% | 10 | 80% | 265 min |
Each office's whole area, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Springfield, MO: tornado warnings | 43 | 12 | 72% | 28 | 71% | 11 min |
| NWS Springfield, MO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 293 | 170 | 42% | 436 | 83% | 24 min |
| NWS Springfield, MO: flash flood warnings | 122 | 81 | 34% | 326 | 88% | 156 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, 2:57 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | SGF | 43 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:56 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 42 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:31 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 16 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:12 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 5 hr |
| Jan 20, 9:43 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 12 hr |
| Feb 4, 4:03 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 8 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:01 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 13 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:39 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | SGF | 35 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:46 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:21 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 13 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:44 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 28 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:39 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 47 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:34 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 32 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:40 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:53 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 13 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 9 hr |
| Mar 14, 6:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 6 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Mar 24, 2:53 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SGF | 37 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 5:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Mar 25, 1:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | 59 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 5:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Mar 25, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 7:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Mar 25, 11:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 17 hr |
| Apr 1, 12:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 3:14 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SGF | 27 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Apr 2, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 10:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Apr 2, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 1:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:13 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | SGF | 22 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Apr 8, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 1:15 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | SGF | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 1:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Apr 9, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:15 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 52 min |
| Apr 17, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 8:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 12:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 9, 3:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 34 hr |
| May 10, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 16, 4:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 25 hr |
| May 16, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 17, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 37 min |
| May 17, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 44 min |
| May 22, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 61 hr |
| May 23, 10:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| May 24, 4:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 11 hr |
| May 24, 9:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | 70 hr |
| May 24, 10:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 35 hr |
| May 25, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 27, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 36 min |
| May 28, 10:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 50 hr |
| May 29, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 29, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 37 min |
| May 29, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 50 min |
| May 29, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | 26 min |
| May 29, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 39 min |
| May 29, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 6 hr |
| May 29, 4:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 29, 10:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 10 hr |
| May 30, 2:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | 48 hr |
| May 30, 8:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 12 hr |
| May 30, 8:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 15 hr |
| May 31, 11:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 24 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 16, 3:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 4 days |
| Jun 18, 3:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | 71 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 24 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 2:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 70 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 12 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | 68 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 10 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 3 days |
| Jul 8, 5:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 3 days |
| Jul 9, 3:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 27 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 12 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | 58 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 60 min |
| Jul 11, 4:18 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | 4 days |
| Jul 11, 11:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 12 hr |
| Jul 11, 10:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 12 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:07 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | 4 days |
| Jul 20, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 20, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 3:12 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | 30 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:27 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | 30 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:08 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | 30 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:51 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | SGF | 3 days |
| Aug 5, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 5, 8:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Aug 7, 2:25 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | 56 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 19, 2:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 9 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 53 min |
| Aug 23, 4:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Aug 23, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 1:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 5 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 12:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Oct 28, 2:43 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 6 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:01 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | SGF | 17 hr |
| Nov 1, 2:04 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 7 hr |
| Nov 1, 11:07 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 11 hr |
| Nov 2, 8:47 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 13 hr |
| Nov 5, 1:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Nov 5, 4:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 52 min |
| Nov 5, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 43 min |
| Nov 10, 3:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | 37 hr |
| Nov 11, 4:27 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 15 hr |
| Nov 15, 1:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 55 hr |
| Nov 17, 6:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 7:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:07 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 8 hr |
| Nov 17, 8:56 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 12 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 3 days |
| Nov 27, 9:40 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 32 hr |
| Nov 28, 4:57 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 42 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:04 AM CST | Flood Watch | SGF | 42 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:38 AM CST | River Flood Watch | SGF | 58 hr |
| Dec 13, 5:15 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 12 hr |
| Dec 13, 4:32 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 18 hr |
| Dec 14, 9:56 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 10 hr |
| Dec 14, 7:21 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 18 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:43 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | SGF | 5 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 4 days |
| Dec 25, 9:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SGF | 4 days |
| Dec 26, 3:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 44 min |
| Dec 26, 4:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 10 hr |
| Dec 26, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 45 min |
| Dec 26, 6:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 4 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:24 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 33 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 18 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 15 hr |
| Dec 28, 6:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 7:19 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 3 days |
| Dec 30, 5:06 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | SGF | 3 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 | 20 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 13 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 30 |
| Special Weather Statement | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 20 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 10 |
| River Flood Warning | 7 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 10 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| River Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 11 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 9 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
| Freezing 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.