Alert archive / Missouri / Ralls County
Weather alerts in Ralls County, Missouri, 2009
113 weather alerts in 2009, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Ralls County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 113
- Warnings
- 27
- Watches
- 29
- Advisories
- 27
- Busiest month
- June26 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 15, 20099 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 2 tornado warnings covering Ralls County in 2009 had a tornado report inside them.
Ralls County, 2009
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 5 | 44% | 3 | 33% | 13 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 3 | 25% | 1 | 0% |
Each office's whole area, 2009
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS St. Louis, MO: tornado warnings | 62 | 12 | 81% | 30 | 80% | 19 min |
| NWS St. Louis, MO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 214 | 84 | 61% | 316 | 59% | 20 min |
| NWS St. Louis, MO: flash flood warnings | 97 | 48 | 51% | 138 | 78% | 120 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 3, 6:07 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 9 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:12 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 9 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:42 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LSX | 39 hr |
| Jan 15, 9:29 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | LSX | 13 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:05 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 44 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 44 hr |
| Feb 26, 6:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Feb 26, 9:26 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 26, 5:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:17 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 8 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:26 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:32 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:16 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LSX | 7 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | 9 days |
| Mar 9, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 27 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LSX | 17 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:34 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 36 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:31 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 24 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 8 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 36 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | 6 days |
| May 7, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 7, 5:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 7, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 13, 9:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 13, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 23 min |
| May 13, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 13, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 13, 7:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 13, 8:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 14, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 32 hr |
| May 15, 12:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | 6 days |
| May 15, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 15, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | 26 min |
| May 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| May 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 45 min |
| May 15, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | 42 min |
| May 15, 5:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 6 hr |
| May 15, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 63 min |
| May 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 15, 11:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | 9 hr |
| May 16, 8:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 16 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 7, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 9, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 12 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 20 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 17, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 19, 10:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 19, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 7:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 21, 2:24 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 6 days |
| Jun 23, 5:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 53 min |
| Jun 23, 9:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 5:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 9:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 7 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 15, 12:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jul 24, 11:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 25, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 3:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 17 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 4, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 4:18 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | 63 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Aug 17, 4:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 11 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Aug 19, 12:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 13 hr |
| Sep 6, 9:04 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 12 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:50 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 12 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:07 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LSX | 5 hr |
| Sep 26, 1:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Oct 9, 4:07 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | LSX | 16 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:55 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 23 hr |
| Oct 17, 4:22 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LSX | 29 hr |
| Oct 17, 3:31 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | 17 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | 47 hr |
| Oct 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 6 hr |
| Oct 29, 9:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | 9 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | 6 days |
| Oct 30, 6:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | 12 hr |
| Nov 4, 3:29 PM CST | Freeze Warning | LSX | 17 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:02 PM CST | Flood Watch | LSX | 37 hr |
| Nov 16, 7:27 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 7 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:26 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LSX | 38 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:48 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | 25 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:39 PM CST | Flood Watch | LSX | 61 hr |
| Dec 23, 11:31 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:56 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | 11 hr |
| Dec 24, 5:41 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:31 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | 6 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 | 9 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 30 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| River Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 12 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 9 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
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.