Alert archive / Montana / Dawson County
Weather alerts in Dawson County, Montana, 2016
118 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Dawson County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 118
- Warnings
- 41
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 27
- Busiest month
- June38 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 6, 20169 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Dawson County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 30 | 15 | 50% | 25 | 76% | 25 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Glasgow, MT: tornado warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| NWS Glasgow, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings | 144 | 78 | 46% | 242 | 78% | 28 min |
| NWS Glasgow, MT: flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 7 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, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2:03 PM MST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GGW | 6 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:17 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GGW | 44 hr |
| Jan 19, 10:10 PM MST | Freezing Fog Advisory | GGW | 13 hr |
| Feb 2, 10:04 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | GGW | 8 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:54 AM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | 11 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:34 PM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | 50 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:35 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | 14 hr |
| Feb 13, 8:47 AM MST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GGW | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 11:11 AM MST | Ice Storm Warning | GGW | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:58 AM MST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GGW | 4 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:13 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | GGW | 19 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:10 PM MST | High Wind Watch | GGW | 13 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:28 AM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | 35 hr |
| Feb 18, 6:07 PM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 8:34 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 71 min |
| Mar 1, 1:26 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | 13 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:03 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | GGW | 12 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:53 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | GGW | 30 hr |
| May 21, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 21, 2:54 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 21, 6:38 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 2:33 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | GGW | 28 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 9, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 6:05 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 9, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 8:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 55 min |
| Jun 10, 10:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 11:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 2:50 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 11, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:28 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 11, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 66 min |
| Jun 11, 6:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 65 min |
| Jun 11, 7:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 11, 8:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 11, 9:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GGW | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:37 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 3:40 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 13, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:00 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 15, 10:04 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 15, 10:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 1:46 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 21, 3:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 24, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 7:06 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 24, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 10:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 8:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 12:49 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 9:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 12:23 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jul 6, 12:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 12:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 2:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 2:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | GGW | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 3:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 1:19 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 10, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 2:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 4:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GGW | 119 min |
| Jul 14, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 25 min |
| Jul 19, 12:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 63 min |
| Jul 22, 1:17 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 8:38 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 62 min |
| Jul 30, 10:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 60 min |
| Jul 30, 11:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 30 min |
| Jul 31, 12:10 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 65 min |
| Jul 31, 4:42 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 2:53 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Sep 2, 7:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 61 min |
| Sep 2, 8:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 67 min |
| Sep 7, 5:42 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GGW | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 6:48 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 57 min |
| Oct 3, 2:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GGW | 27 min |
| Oct 10, 8:41 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | 18 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:10 AM MDT | Freezing Fog Advisory | GGW | 9 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:53 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | GGW | 15 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:09 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GGW | 24 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:15 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GGW | 42 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:15 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | 50 hr |
| Dec 5, 10:05 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | 13 hr |
| Dec 5, 10:45 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GGW | 36 hr |
| Dec 7, 11:18 AM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GGW | 25 hr |
| Dec 8, 11:59 AM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GGW | 24 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:04 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | 37 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:58 AM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GGW | 54 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:05 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GGW | 20 hr |
| Dec 14, 10:06 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | 41 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:36 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GGW | 45 hr |
| Dec 17, 12:13 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | GGW | 21 hr |
| Dec 20, 8:19 PM MST | High Wind Warning | GGW | 9 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:28 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | GGW | 48 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:52 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | GGW | 68 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:42 PM MST | Blizzard Warning | GGW | 37 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:01 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | 17 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:37 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | GGW | 7 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 | 30 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 22 |
| Special Weather Statement | 13 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 9 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 6 |
| High Wind Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 2 |
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.