Alert archive / Nebraska / Kimball County
Weather alerts in Kimball County, Nebraska, 2008
113 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Kimball County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 113
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 37
- Busiest month
- May30 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 22, 20086 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 1 tornado warnings covering Kimball County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 4 minutes after it went out.
Kimball County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 4 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 2 | 78% | 5 | 80% | 20 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 2 | 33% | 3 | 67% | 50 min |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Cheyenne, WY: tornado warnings | 28 | 7 | 75% | 22 | 50% | 11 min |
| NWS Cheyenne, WY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 181 | 59 | 67% | 159 | 64% | 18 min |
| NWS Cheyenne, WY: flash flood warnings | 23 | 10 | 57% | 23 | 48% | 49 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, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 12:52 PM MST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 146 days |
| Jan 21, 8:24 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | CYS | 14 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:26 AM MST | Wind Advisory | CYS | 7 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:55 AM MST | Wind Advisory | CYS | 11 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:33 PM MST | Wind Advisory | CYS | 26 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:36 PM MST | Wind Advisory | CYS | 28 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:50 PM MST | Wind Advisory | CYS | 51 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:28 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | CYS | 35 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:45 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | CYS | 12 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:27 AM MDT | Snow Advisory | CYS | 6 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:54 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:28 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 8 hr |
| Mar 27, 6:04 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 116 min |
| Mar 29, 2:26 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:09 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | CYS | 23 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:15 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 28 hr |
| Apr 9, 1:00 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | CYS | 24 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:37 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:51 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 9 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:16 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:08 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 3 hr |
| May 1, 5:26 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 14 hr |
| May 1, 7:13 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 5 hr |
| May 2, 12:14 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | CYS | 18 hr |
| May 2, 8:26 AM MDT | Blizzard Warning | CYS | 10 hr |
| May 9, 12:00 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 9, 12:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 9, 2:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 9, 3:52 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 26 hr |
| May 9, 5:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 21, 4:30 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 38 hr |
| May 21, 2:21 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 21, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 21, 5:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| May 21, 7:40 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 21, 9:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 25 min |
| May 22, 12:34 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | 26 min |
| May 22, 7:58 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CYS | 2 hr |
| May 22, 10:18 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CYS | 102 min |
| May 22, 11:25 AM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 23, 8:53 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 23, 12:13 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 23, 12:18 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 12 hr |
| May 23, 12:41 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 23, 5:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 23, 5:37 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 23 min |
| May 23, 6:07 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 23, 6:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | 28 min |
| May 29, 11:24 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 29, 12:33 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 1, 2:29 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:42 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 3, 12:53 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 4, 11:54 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 11, 3:13 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:50 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:53 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 18, 12:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 1:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:29 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 27 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:31 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 6:08 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 23, 4:13 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | 54 min |
| Jun 23, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 1:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 2:26 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 22, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 6:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jul 27, 8:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 5:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:44 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | CYS | 11 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:39 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | CYS | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CYS | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 1:48 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Aug 25, 1:54 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Sep 21, 1:50 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:32 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | CYS | 27 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:32 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 19 hr |
| Oct 26, 2:44 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | CYS | 15 hr |
| Nov 4, 3:45 AM MST | Wind Advisory | CYS | 50 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:51 AM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | 37 hr |
| Nov 6, 5:06 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | CYS | 12 hr |
| Nov 12, 1:43 PM MST | High Wind Watch | CYS | 25 hr |
| Nov 13, 8:55 AM MST | Wind Advisory | CYS | 6 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:55 PM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | 26 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:10 PM MST | High Wind Watch | CYS | 12 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:48 AM MST | High Wind Warning | CYS | 14 hr |
| Dec 2, 2:14 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | 45 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:17 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | 32 hr |
| Dec 13, 4:26 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | 31 hr |
| Dec 14, 11:05 AM MST | Wind Chill Warning | CYS | 6 hr |
| Dec 14, 5:00 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | CYS | 7 hr |
| Dec 15, 6:02 AM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | CYS | 4 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:20 AM MST | Wind Chill Warning | CYS | 23 hr |
| Dec 30, 4:42 AM MST | Wind Advisory | CYS | 10 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 | 9 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Tornado Watch | 6 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 34 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Snow Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Wind Chill Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 22 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.