Weather alerts in Nebraska, 2012
2,409 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 2,409
- Warnings
- 1,126
- Watches
- 214
- Advisories
- 349
- Busiest month
- May660 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 14, 201293 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
2,409 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
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 | 729 |
| Tornado Warning | 64 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 42 |
| Tornado Watch | 11 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 168 |
| Special Weather Statement | 552 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 25 |
| River Flood Warning | 12 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 7 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 40 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 9 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 11 |
| Blizzard Watch | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 10 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 49 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 5 |
| Heat Advisory | 33 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 21 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 8 |
| Frost Advisory | 13 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 10 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 31 |
| High Wind Watch | 15 |
| Wind Advisory | 152 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 212 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 118 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 51 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lincoln County212
- Dundy County196
- Cherry County194
- Clay County191
- Hitchcock County183
- Webster County182
- Adams County181
- Franklin County181
- Dawson County179
- Nuckolls County179
- Keith County178
- Fillmore County174
- Kearney County170
- Phelps County170
- Harlan County169
- Rock County166
- Red Willow County166
- Howard County165
- York County165
- Holt County165
- Saunders County163
- Hamilton County162
- Logan County161
- Buffalo County160
- Gosper County160
- Custer County159
- Platte County158
- Hall County157
- Brown County156
- Stanton County156
- Furnas County156
- Thayer County155
- Merrick County154
- Sherman County153
- Lancaster County153
- Dodge County152
- Perkins County152
- Greeley County151
- Blaine County151
- Seward County151
53 more counties
- Loup County150
- Garden County150
- Nance County149
- Deuel County149
- Thomas County149
- Polk County148
- Burt County147
- Colfax County147
- Arthur County146
- McPherson County146
- Wheeler County145
- Butler County145
- Cuming County145
- Thurston County144
- Madison County143
- Garfield County142
- Grant County142
- Douglas County141
- Wayne County141
- Hayes County141
- Sheridan County141
- Sarpy County140
- Washington County139
- Keya Paha County138
- Cass County138
- Chase County138
- Pierce County137
- Saline County135
- Hooker County134
- Boyd County133
- Valley County131
- Boone County129
- Antelope County124
- Frontier County123
- Otoe County122
- Gage County119
- Cedar County117
- Knox County115
- Cheyenne County113
- Kimball County112
- Jefferson County111
- Johnson County105
- Banner County101
- Scotts Bluff County98
- Sioux County98
- Box Butte County94
- Morrill County93
- Nemaha County88
- Pawnee County88
- Dakota County87
- Dixon County85
- Dawes County85
- Richardson County82
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. Rebuilt daily.