Alert archive / Montana / Powell County

Weather alerts in Powell County, Montana, 2009

109 weather alerts in 2009, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Powell County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
109
Warnings
27
Watches
15
Advisories
47
Busiest month
July21 alerts
Busiest day
July 6, 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.

Powell County, 2009

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings11464%0
Flash flood warnings00

Each office's whole area, 2009

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Missoula, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings301357%3580%22 min
NWS Missoula, MT: flash flood warnings3167%813%48 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 1, 12:57 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO28 hr
Jan 2, 8:57 AM MSTWind AdvisoryMSO5 hr
Jan 3, 3:03 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchMSO13 hr
Jan 4, 4:10 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningMSO41 hr
Jan 5, 2:56 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchMSO13 hr
Jan 6, 4:15 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningMSO30 hr
Jan 16, 7:27 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryMSO49 hr
Jan 17, 10:33 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryMSO26 hr
Jan 23, 8:11 AM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryMSO4 hr
Jan 24, 3:25 AM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryMSO35 hr
Jan 24, 3:25 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO32 hr
Jan 26, 2:41 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO48 hr
Jan 30, 4:43 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchMSO10 hr
Jan 30, 2:43 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO21 hr
Feb 18, 8:13 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO6 hr
Feb 23, 2:36 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO27 hr
Feb 24, 3:06 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchMSO13 hr
Feb 25, 4:32 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningMSO42 hr
Feb 25, 4:32 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO10 hr
Mar 3, 6:19 AM MSTDense Fog AdvisoryMSO3 hr
Mar 3, 2:08 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchMSO43 hr
Mar 4, 2:29 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO44 hr
Mar 7, 4:24 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO37 hr
Mar 8, 2:23 PM MDTWind Chill AdvisoryMSO23 hr
Mar 9, 4:45 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO32 hr
Mar 9, 11:08 PM MDTWind Chill AdvisoryMSO5 hr
Mar 13, 2:44 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO3 days
Mar 14, 9:07 PM MDTWinter Storm WarningMSO47 hr
Mar 16, 5:44 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO10 hr
Mar 17, 7:47 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO4 hr
Mar 22, 1:46 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO14 hr
Mar 23, 2:10 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchMSO38 hr
Mar 24, 2:12 PM MDTWinter Storm WarningMSO33 hr
Mar 24, 2:12 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO33 hr
Mar 28, 4:10 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningMSO44 hr
Mar 28, 4:10 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO44 hr
Mar 30, 2:51 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO39 hr
Mar 31, 1:10 PM MDTWinter Storm WarningMSO17 hr
Apr 1, 9:58 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO32 hr
Apr 14, 9:02 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO30 hr
Apr 23, 4:31 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO5 hr
Apr 27, 3:54 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningMSO56 hr
Apr 27, 2:35 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO39 hr
May 11, 2:41 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO30 hr
May 19, 4:10 AM MDTWind AdvisoryMSO16 hr
Jun 6, 8:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO44 min
Jun 25, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO44 min
Jul 6, 1:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jul 6, 1:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO36 min
Jul 6, 1:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 6, 1:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO23 min
Jul 6, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO45 min
Jul 6, 2:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO38 min
Jul 6, 2:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO46 min
Jul 6, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO27 min
Jul 6, 4:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Jul 8, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO58 min
Jul 12, 10:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO40 min
Jul 23, 11:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO25 min
Jul 24, 1:17 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jul 24, 2:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 24, 5:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO38 min
Jul 25, 12:40 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jul 25, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO25 min
Jul 26, 3:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO26 min
Jul 26, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO61 min
Jul 26, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO49 min
Jul 28, 2:35 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Aug 6, 12:04 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Aug 6, 12:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 7, 12:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO42 min
Aug 7, 1:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMSO101 min
Aug 13, 2:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO51 min
Aug 21, 5:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO38 min
Aug 21, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO22 min
Aug 21, 6:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMSO42 min
Aug 21, 7:00 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Aug 21, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO41 min
Aug 21, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO37 min
Aug 21, 8:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMSO50 min
Sep 18, 3:17 PM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX23 hr
Sep 20, 2:39 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryMSO18 hr
Sep 24, 2:43 PM MDTFire Weather WatchTFX24 hr
Sep 24, 2:45 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMSO23 hr
Sep 25, 1:47 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMSO33 hr
Sep 25, 2:45 PM MDTRed Flag WarningTFX31 hr
Sep 28, 2:43 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMSO17 hr
Sep 29, 7:37 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMSO12 hr
Sep 29, 2:37 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO13 hr
Oct 3, 2:05 PM MDTWind AdvisoryMSO20 hr
Oct 3, 2:06 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMSO14 hr
Oct 4, 3:36 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningMSO32 hr
Oct 6, 2:50 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO29 hr
Oct 7, 1:56 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO46 hr
Oct 10, 4:32 AM MDTWind Chill AdvisoryMSO25 hr
Oct 25, 3:54 AM MDTWinter Storm WatchMSO24 hr
Oct 26, 3:59 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningMSO32 hr
Oct 31, 3:35 AM MDTWind AdvisoryMSO17 hr
Nov 11, 6:46 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO6 hr
Dec 4, 2:05 PM MSTWind Chill WarningMSO69 hr
Dec 4, 2:05 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO27 hr
Dec 11, 4:27 AM MSTWinter Storm WatchMSO24 hr
Dec 11, 1:30 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningMSO3 days
Dec 14, 2:53 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO24 hr
Dec 15, 4:56 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO18 hr
Dec 16, 6:34 PM MSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryMSO16 hr
Dec 20, 5:19 AM MSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryMSO4 hr
Dec 22, 5:08 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO30 hr
Dec 30, 2:47 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSO20 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.