Alert archive / Montana / Madison County
Weather alerts in Madison County, Montana, 2012
92 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Madison County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 92
- Warnings
- 40
- Watches
- 30
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- August39 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 2, 20125 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Madison County, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% | |||
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Great Falls, MT: tornado warnings | 10 | 3 | 70% | 4 | 100% | 13 min |
| NWS Great Falls, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings | 74 | 40 | 46% | 153 | 56% | 25 min |
| NWS Great Falls, MT: flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| NWS Billings, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings | 29 | 16 | 45% | 38 | 55% | 21 min |
| NWS Missoula, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings | 57 | 25 | 56% | 71 | 49% | 20 min |
| NWS Missoula, MT: flash flood warnings | 6 | 0 | 100% | 6 | 0% | |
| NWS Glasgow, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings | 90 | 66 | 27% | 135 | 79% | 29 min |
| NWS Glasgow, MT: flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 3:59 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 32 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:58 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 4 days |
| Mar 29, 4:49 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 22 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:18 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 65 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:52 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:26 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 30 hr |
| May 21, 2:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 2, 1:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 67 min |
| Jun 3, 1:42 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:17 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 4, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:54 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:55 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 30 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:58 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 24 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 44 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:35 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 21 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:02 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 48 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:54 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 60 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:45 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 14 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 1, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 5:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:10 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:06 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 11 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:02 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 10 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:24 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 32 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:34 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 33 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:33 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 24 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:35 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 12 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:46 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 32 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:05 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 18 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:37 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 30 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:39 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 24 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:42 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:27 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:07 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 26, 4:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 2:37 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jul 31, 3:19 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 49 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:36 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 7 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:33 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 34 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:03 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 41 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:44 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 14 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:44 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 29 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:35 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 12 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:55 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 17 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:00 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 31 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:34 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 24 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:38 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 15 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:10 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 17 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:43 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 4:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 5:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 7:22 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 24 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:47 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 11 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:16 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 31 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:10 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 30 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:13 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 37 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:39 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 17 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:51 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 13 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 40 min |
| Aug 21, 2:45 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 7:20 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 7 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:11 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 22 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:11 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 31 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:55 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 19 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:36 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 38 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:35 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 24 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:24 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 48 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:17 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 30 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:08 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 24 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:26 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 66 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:05 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 43 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:29 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 17 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:13 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:37 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:49 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 3 days |
| Sep 6, 3:49 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 22 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:06 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 4 days |
| Sep 8, 8:34 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 63 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:31 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 11 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:07 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 31 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:07 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 30 hr |
| Oct 1, 9:39 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 34 hr |
| Oct 1, 12:48 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MSO | 16 hr |
| Oct 2, 4:42 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MSO | 16 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | TFX | 87 min |
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 Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 11 |
| Special Weather Statement | 11 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 40 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 27 |
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.