Alert archive / Nebraska / Franklin County
Weather alerts in Franklin County, Nebraska, 2015
129 weather alerts in 2015, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Franklin County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 129
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 22
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- June30 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 4, 20155 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Franklin County, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 15 | 8 | 47% | 3 | 67% | 13 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Hastings, NE: tornado warnings | 38 | 14 | 63% | 25 | 76% | 14 min |
| NWS Hastings, NE: severe thunderstorm warnings | 285 | 138 | 52% | 329 | 79% | 19 min |
| NWS Hastings, NE: flash flood warnings | 7 | 3 | 57% | 3 | 100% | 29 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 3, 4:03 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | GID | 32 hr |
| Jan 3, 12:07 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 13 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:10 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 38 hr |
| Feb 1, 6:47 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | GID | 15 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:56 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 9 hr |
| Feb 9, 6:23 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 10 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:07 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 113 min |
| Feb 17, 8:59 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:25 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 12 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:25 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 28 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:04 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:44 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 11 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:57 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 29 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:19 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 14 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:53 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 14 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 1, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 36 min |
| Apr 1, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 29 min |
| Apr 1, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 8:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 3, 2:30 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GID | 13 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:09 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 30 hr |
| Apr 12, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 3:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 29 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 2:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Apr 18, 8:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 5, 12:26 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 10 hr |
| May 6, 1:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 6, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 6, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 29 min |
| May 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 6, 9:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 11, 3:38 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | GID | 29 hr |
| May 16, 12:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 16, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 31 min |
| May 16, 6:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| May 29, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 4:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 3:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GID | 38 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 3, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 4, 12:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 4, 1:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 4, 4:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 4, 12:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 4, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 11:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 6:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 6, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 2:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 10, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 27 min |
| Jun 10, 8:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 11:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 6:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 7:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 3:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 11, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 2:44 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 29 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 12, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 15, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 24 min |
| Jul 15, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 3:14 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 29 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 11:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 25, 2:40 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 29 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 12:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GID | 25 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 1:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 16, 2:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:47 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 1:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Sep 10, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Sep 10, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 42 min |
| Oct 12, 3:16 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GID | 15 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:32 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | GID | 29 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:21 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | GID | 30 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:42 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | GID | 14 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:16 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | GID | 29 hr |
| Nov 4, 11:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | GID | 51 min |
| Nov 9, 3:33 PM CST | High Wind Watch | GID | 23 hr |
| Nov 10, 2:17 PM CST | High Wind Warning | GID | 28 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 14 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 16, 5:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Nov 16, 7:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Nov 24, 3:53 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 56 hr |
| Nov 26, 7:04 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:13 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 46 hr |
| Dec 12, 4:13 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GID | 24 hr |
| Dec 13, 4:33 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 25 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:19 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 10 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:52 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 20 hr |
| Dec 31, 3:33 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 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 | 15 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Tornado Watch | 6 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 36 |
| Special Weather Statement | 23 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 7 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
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.