Alert archive / Missouri / Polk County
Weather alerts in Polk County, Missouri, 2014
170 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Polk County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 170
- Warnings
- 40
- Watches
- 29
- Advisories
- 40
- Busiest month
- April45 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 3, 201416 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 5 tornado warnings covering Polk County in 2014 had a tornado report inside them.
Polk County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 16 | 9 | 44% | 11 | 55% | 29 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 2 | 100% | 85 min |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Springfield, MO: tornado warnings | 28 | 3 | 89% | 21 | 33% | 2 min |
| NWS Springfield, MO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 269 | 130 | 52% | 307 | 71% | 22 min |
| NWS Springfield, MO: flash flood warnings | 31 | 18 | 42% | 40 | 80% | 115 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, 4:15 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 26 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:00 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | SGF | 35 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:00 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 43 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:23 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | SGF | 45 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:16 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:03 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | SGF | 30 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:05 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 34 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:40 AM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | 16 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:11 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | 13 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:00 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 14 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:29 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | SGF | 54 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:16 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | 12 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:11 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 29 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:49 AM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | 26 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:36 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:37 AM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | 11 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:44 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 13 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:45 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 59 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:10 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 54 hr |
| Feb 4, 6:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:55 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | SGF | 32 hr |
| Feb 9, 12:51 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 9 hr |
| Feb 9, 1:53 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 20 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:27 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 14 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:49 AM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | 15 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 2:43 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 2:10 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | 14 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:55 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 14 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:00 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | SGF | 36 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | SGF | 51 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:58 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | SGF | 31 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:32 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:03 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 9 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:32 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | SGF | 17 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 15 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:39 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | SGF | 24 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:53 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 27 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:17 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 14 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 14 hr |
| Mar 26, 7:19 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | SGF | 23 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Mar 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 7:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:11 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 17 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Apr 1, 11:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Apr 2, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Apr 3, 2:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Apr 3, 9:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 12:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 12:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 12:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Apr 3, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Apr 13, 3:41 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | SGF | 11 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:07 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | SGF | 42 hr |
| 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, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 66 min |
| Apr 13, 6:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Apr 13, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 60 min |
| Apr 13, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | 24 min |
| Apr 13, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 64 min |
| Apr 13, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 3:11 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | 12 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:03 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 16 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 26, 5:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:23 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 1:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 4:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 8:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 11:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 1, 3:09 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | SGF | 17 hr |
| May 12, 2:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 12, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 47 min |
| May 12, 5:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 6 hr |
| May 15, 3:48 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | SGF | 15 hr |
| May 22, 5:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| May 26, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 47 min |
| May 26, 6:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 4, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 4, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 7:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 4 days |
| Jun 13, 1:53 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 23, 2:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 28, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 9:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 7, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 6:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:14 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:20 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | 29 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:07 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:41 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | 5 days |
| Aug 27, 1:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 4:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 55 min |
| Sep 1, 4:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 2:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 17 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 1, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | 37 min |
| Sep 1, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 59 min |
| Sep 1, 8:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Sep 1, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 20 min |
| Sep 1, 9:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 6 hr |
| 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 |
| Sep 17, 2:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Sep 17, 7:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 6 hr |
| Sep 17, 10:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 10:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 4 hr |
| Sep 17, 11:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | 5 hr |
| Sep 18, 1:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 1, 1:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 30 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, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Oct 2, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Oct 2, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 49 min |
| Oct 2, 4:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 6 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SGF | 40 hr |
| Oct 9, 1:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 47 min |
| Oct 9, 1:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Oct 13, 7:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 7:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 40 min |
| Oct 23, 11:22 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 9 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:23 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | SGF | 11 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:42 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | SGF | 55 hr |
| Nov 10, 12:37 PM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | 5 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:12 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 31 hr |
| Nov 23, 6:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Nov 30, 2:08 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 22 hr |
| Dec 1, 1:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 17, 4:12 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 29 hr |
| Dec 18, 7:12 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 15 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 | 16 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 49 |
| Special Weather Statement | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 8 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 11 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 11 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
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.