Alert archive / Missouri / Ripley County
Weather alerts in Ripley County, Missouri, 2017
126 weather alerts in 2017, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Ripley County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 126
- Warnings
- 33
- Watches
- 22
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest month
- May33 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 27, 20179 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 Ripley County in 2017 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Ripley County, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 14 | 6 | 57% | 4 | 100% | 17 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 5 | 2 | 60% | 2 | 100% | 455 min |
Each office's whole area, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Paducah, KY: tornado warnings | 46 | 12 | 74% | 45 | 58% | 20 min |
| NWS Paducah, KY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 223 | 108 | 52% | 306 | 70% | 18 min |
| NWS Paducah, KY: flash flood warnings | 49 | 20 | 59% | 58 | 83% | 145 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, 9:36 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 11 hr |
| Jan 2, 5:07 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 15 hr |
| Jan 9, 7:23 PM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 23 hr |
| Jan 10, 10:10 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:00 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PAH | 33 hr |
| Jan 15, 10:42 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 11 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:35 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 14 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Feb 7, 2:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 23 min |
| Feb 19, 1:14 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 10 hr |
| Feb 19, 9:18 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 9 hr |
| Feb 23, 5:50 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:46 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:19 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 7:46 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Feb 28, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:09 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:03 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 53 min |
| Mar 6, 8:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 6, 9:21 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 64 min |
| Mar 9, 3:12 PM CST | Freeze Warning | PAH | 38 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:45 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Mar 9, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 67 min |
| Mar 9, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 6:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | 36 min |
| Mar 11, 5:02 AM CST | Freeze Warning | PAH | 29 hr |
| Mar 11, 7:09 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:25 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | 69 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Mar 29, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 29, 9:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Apr 4, 11:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 9, 1:16 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | PAH | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:03 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 42 min |
| Apr 21, 11:47 AM CDT | Flood Watch | PAH | 16 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 12:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 26, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | 4 days |
| Apr 28, 10:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | 9 days |
| Apr 28, 6:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 29, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 8:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | 12 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 30, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | 11 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | 12 hr |
| May 1, 3:49 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 16 hr |
| May 1, 5:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | 12 hr |
| May 1, 5:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | 12 hr |
| May 2, 5:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | 4 days |
| May 2, 1:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | 62 hr |
| May 5, 4:02 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 15 hr |
| May 6, 3:17 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 15 hr |
| May 11, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 11, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 44 min |
| May 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 34 min |
| May 11, 5:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 16, 2:58 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 16 hr |
| May 17, 2:34 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | PAH | 15 hr |
| May 19, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 26 min |
| May 19, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 36 min |
| May 20, 1:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 26, 3:43 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 14 hr |
| May 27, 3:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 27, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 27, 4:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 50 min |
| May 27, 4:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 41 min |
| May 27, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 38 min |
| May 27, 11:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | 15 hr |
| May 27, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 27, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 27, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 41 min |
| May 27, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | 24 min |
| May 27, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 33 min |
| May 27, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | 33 min |
| May 27, 9:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | 113 min |
| May 28, 10:21 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 10 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 11:15 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 2:30 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PAH | 24 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:34 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 4 days |
| Jul 21, 12:30 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PAH | 55 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:30 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:23 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | 29 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 4:04 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 20, 1:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | 118 min |
| Aug 31, 3:41 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 39 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:54 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 16 hr |
| Sep 11, 1:45 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | 22 hr |
| Sep 14, 6:10 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 4:13 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 5 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Oct 27, 4:04 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | PAH | 11 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:27 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | 18 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:27 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | 42 hr |
| Nov 4, 5:39 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | 3 hr |
| Nov 6, 10:43 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:41 AM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | 30 hr |
| Nov 18, 10:24 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 18, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:48 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Dec 11, 3:35 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | PAH | 14 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:15 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | PAH | 3 days |
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 | 14 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Tornado Watch | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 29 |
| Special Weather Statement | 9 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 5 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 10 |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 13 |
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.