Alert archive / Nebraska / Hitchcock County
Weather alerts in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, 2016
168 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Hitchcock County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 168
- Warnings
- 52
- Watches
- 21
- Advisories
- 18
- Busiest month
- May37 alerts
- Busiest day
- September 4, 201610 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 3 tornado warnings covering Hitchcock County in 2016 had a tornado report inside them.
Hitchcock County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 31 | 17 | 45% | 4 | 50% | 12 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 6 | 1 | 83% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Goodland, KS: tornado warnings | 82 | 20 | 76% | 44 | 66% | 15 min |
| NWS Goodland, KS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 595 | 158 | 73% | 350 | 78% | 24 min |
| NWS Goodland, KS: flash flood warnings | 82 | 18 | 78% | 37 | 65% | 105 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 6, 7:14 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 16 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:03 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | 23 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | GLD | 52 hr |
| Feb 1, 7:37 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 1, 10:45 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | GLD | 19 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:39 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:38 PM CST | High Wind Warning | GLD | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:30 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | 16 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:36 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | 29 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:30 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | 29 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:23 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | GLD | 12 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:55 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | GLD | 33 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:55 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | GLD | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 9:12 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | 11 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Apr 15, 8:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 15, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Apr 23, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 17 min |
| May 7, 12:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 7, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 7, 6:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 7, 9:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| May 8, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 15 min |
| May 22, 2:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 22, 5:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 22, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 22, 10:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| May 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| May 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 24, 10:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 24, 11:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 25, 3:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| May 25, 7:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| May 26, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 44 min |
| May 26, 6:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 63 min |
| May 26, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | 34 min |
| May 26, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | 46 min |
| May 26, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 48 min |
| May 26, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 49 min |
| May 26, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | 43 min |
| May 26, 9:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | 3 hr |
| May 26, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 49 min |
| May 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 45 min |
| May 26, 11:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | 12 hr |
| May 27, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 31 min |
| May 29, 3:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 29, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 21 min |
| May 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 49 min |
| May 30, 2:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 30, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 30, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 26 min |
| May 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 12, 2:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | 14 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 11:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 6:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 26, 5:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 27, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 1:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jun 27, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 1:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 28, 7:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 28, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | 5 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 52 min |
| Jun 28, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 3:58 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 95 min |
| Jul 5, 4:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 5, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 18 min |
| Jul 6, 3:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 66 min |
| Jul 7, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 1:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 19, 3:59 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | GLD | 11 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:35 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | GLD | 4 days |
| Jul 22, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 16 min |
| Jul 22, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 12:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 1:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 11:00 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 10 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 13 min |
| Aug 19, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 25 min |
| Aug 23, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 1:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 8:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Aug 27, 4:35 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 7 hr |
| Sep 2, 7:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | 17 hr |
| Sep 3, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 49 min |
| Sep 3, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 49 min |
| Sep 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | 8 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Sep 3, 9:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 10:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 4, 5:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | 17 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Sep 4, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Sep 4, 8:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Sep 5, 3:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Sep 5, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 49 min |
| Sep 5, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 6:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Sep 5, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 19 min |
| Sep 6, 3:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | 21 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:00 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 6 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 15, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 17, 2:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 30 min |
| Sep 22, 8:00 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:29 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | GLD | 30 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:09 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GLD | 42 hr |
| Oct 15, 9:59 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 13 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:02 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | 29 hr |
| Oct 20, 2:47 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GLD | 19 hr |
| Oct 25, 9:24 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 3 hr |
| Nov 17, 6:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:23 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | GLD | 3 hr |
| Nov 24, 6:50 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 4 hr |
| Dec 7, 2:28 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | GLD | 19 hr |
| Dec 16, 8:44 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | 9 hr |
| Dec 16, 1:34 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | GLD | 28 hr |
| Dec 17, 1:27 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | GLD | 21 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:05 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GLD | 19 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:59 AM CST | High Wind Warning | GLD | 13 hr |
| Dec 25, 8:21 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 24 min |
| Dec 25, 8:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 45 min |
| Dec 25, 9:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | GLD | 60 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 Warning | 30 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 11 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 51 |
| Special Weather Statement | 26 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 10 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.