Alert archive / Nebraska / Howard County

Weather alerts in Howard County, Nebraska, 2024

207 weather alerts in 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Howard County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 207
Warnings: 50
Watches: 39
Advisories: 49
Busiest month: June41 alerts
Busiest day: June 22, 202414 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 3 tornado warnings covering Howard County in 2024 had a tornado report inside them; 3 of 7 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 19 minutes after it went out.

Howard County, 2024

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	3	2	33%	7	43%	19 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	18	10	44%	4	50%	15 min
Flash flood warnings	5	2	60%	5	60%	222 min

Each office's whole area, 2024

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Hastings, NE: tornado warnings	41	11	73%	44	41%	18 min
NWS Hastings, NE: severe thunderstorm warnings	288	167	42%	611	86%	21 min
NWS Hastings, NE: flash flood warnings	11	5	55%	11	64%	172 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, 12:59 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	9 hr
Jan 3, 2:42 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	21 hr
Jan 5, 3:08 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	GID	36 hr
Jan 7, 3:18 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	GID	55 hr
Jan 10, 3:49 AM CST	Wind Chill Watch	GID	24 hr
Jan 10, 3:49 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	GID	56 hr
Jan 10, 3:49 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	GID	11 hr
Jan 10, 2:56 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	45 hr
Jan 11, 3:23 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	GID	5 days
Jan 11, 3:23 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	GID	63 hr
Jan 11, 3:40 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Jan 12, 12:05 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	3 hr
Jan 12, 3:37 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	32 hr
Jan 17, 3:11 AM CST	Wind Chill Watch	GID	35 hr
Jan 17, 3:11 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	GID	57 hr
Jan 17, 2:34 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	36 hr
Jan 18, 2:36 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	GID	45 hr
Jan 22, 2:21 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	22 hr
Jan 23, 2:35 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	20 hr
Jan 24, 2:22 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	22 hr
Jan 25, 2:13 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	22 hr
Jan 26, 2:43 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	21 hr
Feb 1, 3:09 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	23 hr
Feb 3, 9:30 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	27 hr
Feb 5, 1:59 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	11 hr
Feb 5, 9:41 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	12 hr
Feb 23, 2:38 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	GID	12 hr
Feb 24, 2:37 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	GID	15 hr
Feb 25, 3:09 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	GID	27 hr
Feb 27, 1:29 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Feb 27, 3:53 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Feb 28, 2:14 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	GID	30 hr
Mar 2, 4:34 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	6 hr
Mar 3, 2:56 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	GID	15 hr
Mar 10, 3:42 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GID	24 hr
Mar 10, 2:08 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	29 hr
Mar 23, 2:12 PM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	GID	23 hr
Mar 23, 10:49 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	9 hr
Mar 24, 3:47 AM CDT	Blizzard Warning	GID	51 hr
Mar 24, 12:54 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	42 hr
Apr 5, 2:02 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	GID	13 hr
Apr 5, 2:45 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	GID	52 hr
Apr 6, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 6, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	46 min
Apr 6, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	47 min
Apr 6, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	51 min
Apr 9, 2:45 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GID	24 hr
Apr 10, 3:10 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	29 hr
Apr 15, 3:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Apr 15, 9:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 16, 1:42 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	63 min
Apr 16, 2:14 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 16, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	35 min
Apr 16, 3:22 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	53 min
Apr 16, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	36 min
Apr 17, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	31 min
Apr 19, 2:41 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	GID	17 hr
Apr 20, 2:31 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	GID	18 hr
Apr 25, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	30 min
Apr 25, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	2 min
Apr 25, 9:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Apr 25, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	31 min
Apr 25, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr
Apr 26, 12:06 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
Apr 26, 12:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
Apr 26, 12:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	39 min
Apr 26, 12:52 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 26, 1:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	44 min
Apr 26, 1:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	52 min
Apr 26, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	37 min
Apr 28, 7:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	42 min
Apr 28, 2:23 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	GID	18 hr
May 3, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 3, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	46 min
May 6, 10:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 6, 11:34 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 20, 2:53 PM CDT	Flood Watch	GID	22 hr
May 20, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	50 min
May 20, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 20, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
May 21, 2:04 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
May 21, 3:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	28 min
May 21, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	31 min
May 23, 8:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
May 23, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 23, 10:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 23, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	43 min
May 23, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	52 min
May 23, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	50 min
May 24, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	34 min
May 25, 4:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 25, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 25, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	26 min
May 30, 7:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	4 hr
May 30, 8:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	28 min
May 30, 8:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	5 hr
May 30, 9:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	4 hr
May 30, 11:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	48 hr
May 31, 1:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	5 hr
May 31, 1:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	3 hr
Jun 2, 11:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	42 min
Jun 2, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 2, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	50 min
Jun 2, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	44 min
Jun 2, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	37 min
Jun 2, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	45 min
Jun 2, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	23 min
Jun 7, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 7, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	38 min
Jun 7, 6:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jun 8, 4:43 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	4 hr
Jun 14, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 14, 11:44 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jun 14, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	39 min
Jun 16, 6:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Jun 16, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 16, 10:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jun 21, 2:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Jun 21, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 21, 6:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jun 21, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	30 min
Jun 21, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	31 min
Jun 21, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	45 min
Jun 21, 8:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Jun 21, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	45 min
Jun 21, 9:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	7 hr
Jun 21, 9:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	56 min
Jun 21, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	41 min
Jun 21, 10:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	53 min
Jun 21, 11:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	5 hr
Jun 22, 12:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	6 hr
Jun 22, 4:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	29 hr
Jun 22, 4:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	72 hr
Jun 22, 10:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	14 hr
Jun 23, 3:32 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	GID	40 hr
Jun 25, 9:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Jun 25, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr
Jun 25, 11:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	29 min
Jun 26, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	35 min
Jun 29, 3:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	37 min
Jul 1, 12:09 PM CDT	Flood Watch	GID	15 hr
Jul 1, 3:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 1, 3:58 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 1, 6:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jul 1, 7:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	6 hr
Jul 1, 8:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	6 hr
Jul 1, 8:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	5 hr
Jul 3, 4:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Jul 3, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 3, 6:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jul 3, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	48 min
Jul 3, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	49 min
Jul 6, 12:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jul 6, 12:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr
Jul 6, 3:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 12, 2:29 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	GID	3 days
Jul 16, 2:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 16, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jul 21, 3:53 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	7 hr
Jul 28, 2:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Jul 29, 2:36 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	GID	29 hr
Jul 30, 3:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 31, 12:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	41 min
Jul 31, 1:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	45 min
Jul 31, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	47 min
Jul 31, 2:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jul 31, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	47 min
Jul 31, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	47 min
Aug 7, 10:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Aug 7, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	36 min
Aug 13, 10:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 13, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr
Aug 14, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	34 min
Aug 15, 6:51 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	7 min
Aug 15, 6:58 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	2 hr
Aug 18, 4:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Aug 18, 5:50 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Aug 18, 7:51 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Aug 23, 2:10 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	GID	54 hr
Aug 25, 3:00 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	GID	41 hr
Aug 29, 1:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	17 min
Aug 29, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	31 min
Sep 28, 2:28 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GID	14 hr
Sep 29, 4:14 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	41 hr
Oct 3, 1:57 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GID	24 hr
Oct 4, 2:14 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	30 hr
Oct 6, 2:33 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	GID	18 hr
Oct 12, 2:18 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	GID	24 hr
Oct 13, 2:28 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	GID	19 hr
Oct 14, 3:14 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	GID	10 hr
Oct 14, 1:09 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	GID	44 hr
Oct 15, 3:07 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GID	11 hr
Oct 15, 2:22 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GID	22 hr
Oct 15, 2:22 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	29 hr
Oct 16, 12:45 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	30 hr
Nov 3, 5:15 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	6 hr
Nov 20, 3:01 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	GID	15 hr
Dec 12, 2:08 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	46 hr
Dec 14, 7:47 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	14 hr
Dec 19, 10:28 AM CST	High Wind Warning	GID	8 hr
Dec 23, 1:59 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	24 hr
Dec 24, 1:58 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	24 hr
Dec 25, 2:01 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	22 hr
Dec 26, 1:02 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	22 hr
Dec 27, 8:30 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	9 hr
Dec 30, 12:24 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	14 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	18
Tornado Warning	3
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	18
Tornado Watch	4
Mesoscale Discussion	38
Special Weather Statement	31
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	3
Flash Flood Warning	5
Flood Watch	2
Areal Flood Advisory	8
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	3
Winter Weather Advisory	8
Heat
Heat Advisory	5
Cold
Freeze Warning	4
Wind Chill Warning	1
Freeze Watch	2
Wind Chill Watch	2
Frost Advisory	2
Wind Chill Advisory	3
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
High Wind Watch	1
Fire
Red Flag Warning	11
Fire Weather Watch	7
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	23

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2023 2025

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.