Alert archive / Nebraska / Dawson County

Weather alerts in Dawson County, Nebraska, 2023

209 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 209
Warnings: 54
Watches: 27
Advisories: 29
Busiest month: July40 alerts
Busiest day: May 6, 202316 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

2 of 2 tornado warnings covering Dawson County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them; 2 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 5 minutes after it went out.

Dawson County, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	2	2	0%	3	67%	5 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	28	13	54%	16	100%	24 min
Flash flood warnings	0			0

Each office's whole area, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Hastings, NE: tornado warnings	31	4	87%	13	38%	9 min
NWS Hastings, NE: severe thunderstorm warnings	323	166	49%	516	82%	23 min
NWS Hastings, NE: flash flood warnings	10	1	90%	3	33%	38 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, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 1, 2:17 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	GID	25 hr
Jan 2, 1:28 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 hr
Jan 2, 3:25 PM CST	Ice Storm Warning	GID	14 hr
Jan 3, 2:42 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	GID	9 hr
Jan 12, 9:26 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	15 hr
Jan 15, 2:29 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	GID	48 hr
Jan 16, 2:10 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	GID	64 hr
Jan 17, 9:51 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Jan 18, 7:58 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Jan 22, 9:46 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	10 hr
Jan 24, 2:55 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	9 hr
Jan 27, 2:05 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	GID	45 hr
Jan 30, 1:48 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	GID	19 hr
Feb 15, 2:17 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	34 hr
Feb 21, 3:10 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	48 hr
Feb 21, 2:23 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	GID	46 hr
Mar 7, 10:44 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	11 hr
Mar 8, 1:57 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	24 hr
Mar 10, 2:44 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	20 hr
Mar 15, 3:55 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	34 hr
Mar 19, 2:08 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	19 hr
Mar 25, 3:41 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	17 hr
Mar 26, 3:23 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	30 hr
Mar 28, 3:43 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	6 hr
Mar 30, 7:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 30, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	46 min
Apr 6, 2:40 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	29 hr
Apr 7, 3:56 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GID	11 hr
Apr 7, 2:55 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	30 hr
Apr 10, 2:54 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GID	12 hr
Apr 10, 2:25 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	30 hr
Apr 11, 3:05 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GID	12 hr
Apr 11, 3:04 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	30 hr
Apr 12, 3:03 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GID	10 hr
Apr 12, 1:04 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	32 hr
Apr 13, 5:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Apr 15, 2:46 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	29 hr
Apr 18, 5:37 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Apr 21, 2:33 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	GID	24 hr
Apr 21, 2:33 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	GID	30 hr
Apr 22, 2:33 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	GID	30 hr
Apr 23, 1:18 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	GID	20 hr
Apr 28, 3:02 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	GID	29 hr
Apr 28, 1:44 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GID	14 hr
Apr 29, 3:40 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	16 hr
Apr 29, 3:53 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	28 hr
Apr 30, 3:08 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	GID	29 hr
May 1, 2:54 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	GID	29 hr
May 5, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	60 min
May 5, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	48 min
May 5, 3:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 5, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
May 5, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	38 min
May 5, 7:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 5, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	45 min
May 5, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	30 min
May 5, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	24 min
May 5, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	14 min
May 5, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	38 min
May 5, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	39 min
May 5, 10:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	14 min
May 5, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	38 min
May 5, 11:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
May 5, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	50 min
May 6, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	23 min
May 6, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	45 min
May 6, 3:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	29 min
May 6, 5:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
May 7, 12:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
May 7, 5:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
May 7, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 9, 6:24 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
May 11, 4:14 PM CDT	Flood Watch	GID	12 hr
May 29, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	40 min
May 29, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	46 min
May 30, 11:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	35 min
Jun 3, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	27 min
Jun 3, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	41 min
Jun 9, 1:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 9, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	24 min
Jun 9, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	24 min
Jun 9, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	27 min
Jun 9, 5:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	6 hr
Jun 16, 2:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 17, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	29 min
Jun 18, 3:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	GID	44 hr
Jun 20, 10:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	9 days
Jun 23, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 24, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	44 min
Jun 24, 1:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	29 min
Jun 24, 1:51 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jun 27, 2:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	41 min
Jun 27, 3:15 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 27, 7:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 29, 12:01 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jun 29, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 30, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	24 min
Jun 30, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	33 min
Jul 7, 5:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	46 min
Jul 10, 2:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 10, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 10, 5:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
Jul 10, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	46 min
Jul 10, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	26 min
Jul 10, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	31 min
Jul 11, 10:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	49 min
Jul 12, 8:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jul 13, 6:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	42 min
Jul 13, 8:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jul 14, 7:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 14, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jul 14, 8:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	55 min
Jul 14, 9:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	42 min
Jul 14, 10:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	32 min
Jul 14, 10:18 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jul 16, 2:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	25 min
Jul 17, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	32 min
Jul 17, 11:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 18, 12:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	46 min
Jul 21, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	25 min
Jul 22, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 22, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	44 min
Jul 22, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	27 min
Jul 22, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	23 min
Jul 22, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	38 min
Jul 22, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	43 min
Jul 22, 5:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jul 22, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	28 min
Jul 22, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	41 min
Jul 23, 2:40 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	GID	5 days
Jul 23, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	38 min
Jul 26, 4:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jul 26, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	45 min
Jul 29, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 29, 4:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	46 min
Jul 29, 5:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	55 min
Jul 31, 1:34 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Aug 1, 7:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Aug 1, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 2, 1:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	6 hr
Aug 3, 4:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	41 min
Aug 3, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 4, 12:43 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 4, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 4, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	57 min
Aug 4, 9:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Aug 4, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	47 min
Aug 5, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	26 min
Aug 7, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	31 min
Aug 8, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	46 min
Aug 8, 10:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	26 min
Aug 8, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	44 min
Aug 8, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	39 min
Aug 18, 2:29 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	GID	30 hr
Aug 19, 3:56 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	GID	5 days
Aug 25, 7:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 4, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	64 min
Sep 4, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	49 min
Sep 9, 1:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 9, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Sep 9, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	61 min
Sep 9, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	34 min
Sep 9, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	47 min
Sep 9, 5:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
Sep 9, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	32 min
Sep 9, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	47 min
Sep 21, 2:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 21, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Sep 21, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	37 min
Sep 21, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	33 min
Sep 21, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	52 min
Sep 21, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	22 min
Sep 21, 5:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	3 hr
Sep 21, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	31 min
Sep 21, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	48 min
Sep 21, 6:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	118 min
Sep 21, 7:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	63 min
Sep 23, 2:27 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Oct 3, 12:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Oct 3, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Oct 3, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	40 min
Oct 3, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	43 min
Oct 3, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LBF	48 min
Oct 3, 3:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Oct 3, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	33 min
Oct 3, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	15 min
Oct 3, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	49 min
Oct 5, 2:20 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	GID	25 hr
Oct 6, 2:55 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	GID	30 hr
Oct 11, 2:57 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	GID	25 hr
Oct 12, 12:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	44 min
Oct 12, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	40 min
Oct 12, 3:29 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	GID	37 hr
Oct 12, 12:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Oct 12, 12:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	24 min
Oct 12, 12:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	28 min
Oct 12, 1:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Oct 12, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	29 min
Oct 12, 2:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	27 min
Oct 25, 4:25 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	14 hr
Oct 27, 2:17 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	41 hr
Nov 7, 7:15 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	13 hr
Nov 23, 2:49 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	69 hr
Dec 20, 10:50 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	20 hr
Dec 23, 1:24 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	GID	25 hr
Dec 24, 3:07 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	GID	39 hr
Dec 24, 3:07 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	71 hr
Dec 24, 2:44 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	GID	36 hr
Dec 25, 7:56 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 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	28
Tornado Warning	2
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	13
Tornado Watch	2
Mesoscale Discussion	41
Special Weather Statement	58
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1
River Flood Warning	1
Flood Watch	1
River Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	4
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Ice Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	4
Winter Storm Watch	2
Winter Weather Advisory	11
Heat
Heat Advisory	3
Cold
Freeze Warning	6
Freeze Watch	2
Frost Advisory	1
Wind Chill Advisory	3
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Fire
Red Flag Warning	9
Fire Weather Watch	5
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	7

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2022 2024

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.