Weather alerts in Dawson County, Montana, 2024

135 weather alerts in 2024, 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 135
Warnings: 42
Watches: 21
Advisories: 24
Busiest month: July21 alerts
Busiest day: April 22, 20249 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, 2024

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	0			0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	24	15	38%	26	73%	35 min
Flash flood warnings	0			0

Each office's whole area, 2024

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Glasgow, MT: tornado warnings	7	3	57%	3	100%	23 min
NWS Glasgow, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings	92	47	49%	157	73%	31 min
NWS Glasgow, MT: flash flood warnings	0			1	0%

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 2, 8:41 AM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	GGW	5 hr
Jan 2, 4:42 PM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	GGW	18 hr
Jan 4, 9:57 PM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	GGW	13 hr
Jan 11, 3:07 AM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	GGW	35 hr
Jan 12, 2:32 AM MST	Wind Chill Warning	GGW	3 days
Jan 15, 6:38 AM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	GGW	28 hr
Jan 16, 2:11 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	56 hr
Jan 17, 2:30 AM MST	Wind Chill Advisory	GGW	3 days
Jan 25, 6:11 AM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	GGW	5 hr
Feb 3, 10:20 PM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	GGW	13 hr
Feb 5, 8:07 PM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	GGW	37 hr
Feb 6, 2:21 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	72 hr
Feb 10, 9:38 PM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	GGW	8 hr
Mar 19, 1:59 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	56 hr
Mar 21, 3:07 AM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	GGW	34 hr
Mar 22, 1:14 PM MDT	Winter Storm Warning	GGW	56 hr
Apr 15, 2:49 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GGW	30 hr
Apr 20, 2:53 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GGW	22 hr
Apr 21, 12:51 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GGW	32 hr
Apr 21, 1:56 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GGW	6 hr
Apr 22, 12:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	88 min
Apr 22, 12:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	61 min
Apr 22, 1:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	60 min
Apr 22, 2:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	64 min
Apr 22, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	60 min
Apr 22, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	63 min
Apr 22, 4:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	56 min
Apr 22, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	59 min
Apr 22, 5:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	88 min
Apr 25, 2:38 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GGW	12 hr
Apr 25, 2:32 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GGW	29 hr
Apr 28, 1:29 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GGW	37 hr
Apr 30, 2:47 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GGW	17 hr
May 5, 2:52 AM MDT	High Wind Watch	GGW	24 hr
May 5, 7:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	64 min
May 5, 8:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	62 min
May 13, 7:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	64 min
May 17, 1:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 17, 5:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	64 min
May 26, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	61 min
May 29, 12:25 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 29, 2:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 29, 4:36 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jun 3, 7:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	62 min
Jun 10, 4:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	55 min
Jun 15, 2:27 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 15, 4:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 15, 7:26 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Jun 15, 7:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GGW	63 min
Jun 15, 8:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	58 min
Jun 15, 8:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GGW	49 min
Jun 22, 2:54 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 22, 3:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	65 min
Jun 22, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	62 min
Jun 24, 12:40 AM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 27, 12:18 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 27, 1:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 27, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GGW	65 min
Jun 27, 4:01 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jun 27, 4:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	57 min
Jun 27, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	66 min
Jun 27, 4:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GGW	55 min
Jun 27, 5:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GGW	42 min
Jun 30, 8:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	61 min
Jun 30, 8:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jun 30, 9:36 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jun 30, 9:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	54 min
Jul 5, 4:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	63 min
Jul 5, 5:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	60 min
Jul 10, 1:24 AM MDT	Heat Advisory	GGW	68 hr
Jul 13, 1:44 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jul 13, 2:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 13, 4:41 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 13, 5:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GGW	64 min
Jul 13, 6:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	65 min
Jul 13, 6:57 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 14, 3:38 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jul 14, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr
Jul 19, 1:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	61 min
Jul 21, 12:43 PM MDT	Excessive Heat Watch	GGW	25 hr
Jul 22, 1:27 PM MDT	Excessive Heat Warning	GGW	3 days
Jul 24, 2:44 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GGW	12 hr
Jul 24, 2:55 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GGW	33 hr
Jul 31, 1:26 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	GGW	3 days
Aug 5, 12:01 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	59 min
Aug 6, 5:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 15, 9:06 AM MDT	Dense Smoke Advisory	GGW	18 hr
Aug 19, 1:44 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Aug 20, 10:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	57 min
Aug 21, 5:16 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Aug 21, 6:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Aug 21, 7:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	55 min
Aug 21, 7:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	61 min
Aug 21, 7:53 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 21, 8:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GGW	48 min
Aug 21, 10:13 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Aug 23, 4:39 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 24, 11:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GGW	69 min
Sep 4, 8:48 AM MDT	Dense Smoke Advisory	GGW	6 hr
Sep 11, 5:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	58 min
Sep 11, 6:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	56 min
Sep 12, 12:12 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 12, 3:58 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Sep 12, 4:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Sep 12, 5:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GGW	65 min
Sep 12, 6:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	33 min
Sep 17, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	61 min
Sep 17, 4:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	63 min
Sep 17, 5:25 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Sep 17, 5:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GGW	61 min
Sep 17, 5:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GGW	37 min
Sep 17, 6:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	67 min
Sep 17, 8:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GGW	64 min
Sep 20, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GGW	61 min
Sep 26, 2:35 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GGW	15 hr
Sep 28, 7:37 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GGW	7 hr
Sep 29, 2:37 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	GGW	12 hr
Sep 29, 2:37 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GGW	24 hr
Sep 30, 2:22 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GGW	17 hr
Sep 30, 8:10 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GGW	23 hr
Oct 3, 2:08 AM MDT	High Wind Watch	GGW	24 hr
Oct 4, 1:56 AM MDT	High Wind Warning	GGW	42 hr
Oct 5, 2:42 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	GGW	17 hr
Nov 15, 2:10 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	36 hr
Nov 19, 2:03 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	36 hr
Dec 7, 1:14 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	49 hr
Dec 8, 2:06 AM MST	Blizzard Warning	GGW	25 hr
Dec 8, 7:59 PM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Dec 13, 1:05 PM MST	Winter Storm Watch	GGW	24 hr
Dec 14, 1:18 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	25 hr
Dec 15, 8:01 AM MST	Winter Storm Warning	GGW	6 hr
Dec 17, 1:54 PM MST	High Wind Warning	GGW	39 hr
Dec 17, 2:00 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	39 hr
Dec 21, 2:27 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	35 hr
Dec 28, 12:25 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	GGW	50 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	24
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	10
Mesoscale Discussion	22
Special Weather Statement	26
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	2
Winter Weather Advisory	10
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	1
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	2
Cold
Wind Chill Warning	1
Wind Chill Advisory	3
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
High Wind Watch	2
Fire
Red Flag Warning	11
Fire Weather Watch	6
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	7
Dense Smoke 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.