Alert archive / Nebraska / Lincoln County

Weather alerts in Lincoln County, Nebraska, 2023

249 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Lincoln County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
249
Warnings
82
Watches
35
Advisories
42
Busiest month
July53 alerts
Busiest day
September 21, 202311 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 1 tornado warnings covering Lincoln County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them.

Lincoln County, 2023

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings10100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings624429%6287%22 min
Flash flood warnings00

Each office's whole area, 2023

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS North Platte, NE: tornado warnings18856%1080%20 min
NWS North Platte, NE: severe thunderstorm warnings36019346%33688%21 min
NWS North Platte, NE: flash flood warnings21862%1788%127 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 12, 2:20 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF20 hr
Jan 15, 2:19 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchLBF23 hr
Jan 16, 1:40 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningLBF64 hr
Jan 17, 9:51 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 18, 7:58 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Jan 20, 5:15 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLBF4 days
Jan 28, 1:49 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryLBF32 hr
Jan 30, 2:48 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryLBF31 hr
Feb 20, 1:30 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchLBF14 hr
Feb 21, 3:43 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF47 hr
Feb 22, 10:04 AM CSTWind Chill WarningLBF26 hr
Feb 22, 7:57 PM CSTSnow Squall Warning Significant damage threatLBF63 min
Feb 22, 8:29 PM CSTSnow Squall Warning Significant damage threatLBF46 min
Feb 23, 2:26 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryLBF21 hr
Mar 7, 2:05 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF19 hr
Mar 7, 2:05 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF49 hr
Mar 15, 3:22 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF35 hr
Mar 20, 2:50 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF25 hr
Mar 25, 3:39 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF23 hr
Mar 26, 2:49 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF33 hr
Mar 27, 3:00 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF21 hr
Apr 1, 3:05 PM CDTWinter Storm WatchLBF36 hr
Apr 3, 3:26 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF43 hr
Apr 6, 2:29 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF30 hr
Apr 10, 3:32 AM CDTFire Weather WatchLBF10 hr
Apr 10, 1:47 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF31 hr
Apr 11, 2:33 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF29 hr
Apr 12, 2:37 AM CDTFire Weather WatchLBF12 hr
Apr 12, 3:05 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF30 hr
Apr 13, 5:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Apr 13, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF38 min
Apr 13, 5:57 PM CDTDust Storm WarningLBF19 min
Apr 13, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF47 min
Apr 13, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF45 min
Apr 13, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF47 min
Apr 13, 6:49 PM CDTDust Storm AdvisoryLBF56 min
Apr 13, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF46 min
Apr 17, 3:01 PM CDTFire Weather WatchLBF11 hr
Apr 18, 2:08 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF18 hr
Apr 19, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF17 min
Apr 19, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF43 min
Apr 27, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF63 min
Apr 27, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF40 min
Apr 27, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF38 min
Apr 27, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF37 min
Apr 27, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF41 min
Apr 27, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF50 min
Apr 28, 1:26 PM CDTFire Weather WatchLBF13 hr
Apr 29, 2:53 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF17 hr
Apr 29, 2:18 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF30 hr
May 4, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF44 min
May 4, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF35 min
May 4, 11:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF62 min
May 5, 3:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 5, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
May 5, 7:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 5, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF39 min
May 5, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF39 min
May 5, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF47 min
May 5, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF41 min
May 5, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF46 min
May 6, 5:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
May 7, 12:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
May 7, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 7, 5:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
May 7, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF48 min
May 9, 6:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
May 9, 10:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF43 min
May 10, 5:18 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLBF5 hr
May 10, 8:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF3 hr
May 10, 1:55 PM CDTFlood WatchLBF47 hr
May 11, 3:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
May 12, 7:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF3 hr
May 12, 10:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF12 hr
May 12, 10:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF3 hr
May 16, 4:53 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF5 hr
May 17, 12:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
May 17, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF33 min
May 17, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF38 min
May 28, 4:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF2 hr
May 28, 4:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF2 hr
May 29, 2:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 29, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 29, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF43 min
May 29, 6:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 29, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF50 min
May 29, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF49 min
May 29, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF40 min
May 29, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF43 min
May 29, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF28 min
May 30, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 30, 8:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 30, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF45 min
May 30, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF64 min
May 30, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF61 min
Jun 3, 5:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF3 hr
Jun 3, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF29 min
Jun 3, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF29 min
Jun 9, 3:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF39 min
Jun 15, 7:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF88 min
Jun 22, 6:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF100 min
Jun 23, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF39 min
Jun 23, 5:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 23, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 23, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF41 min
Jun 23, 9:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jun 23, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF51 min
Jun 23, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF47 min
Jun 23, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLBF48 min
Jun 24, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF48 min
Jun 26, 9:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jun 27, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF33 min
Jun 27, 2:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF67 min
Jun 27, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF44 min
Jun 27, 3:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 27, 3:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF48 min
Jun 27, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 27, 5:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jun 28, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 29, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 29, 8:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 30, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF35 min
Jul 7, 5:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF45 min
Jul 10, 2:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 10, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 10, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF50 min
Jul 10, 5:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Jul 10, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF51 min
Jul 10, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF46 min
Jul 10, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLBF40 min
Jul 10, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF51 min
Jul 10, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF40 min
Jul 10, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF50 min
Jul 10, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF41 min
Jul 10, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF23 min
Jul 10, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF53 min
Jul 10, 9:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF60 min
Jul 11, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF43 min
Jul 12, 8:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Jul 13, 5:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF46 min
Jul 13, 10:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF52 min
Jul 13, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 13, 8:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jul 13, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF40 min
Jul 14, 7:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 14, 8:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF40 min
Jul 14, 8:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF51 min
Jul 14, 8:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jul 14, 9:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF38 min
Jul 14, 9:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF49 min
Jul 14, 9:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF43 min
Jul 16, 7:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jul 16, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF49 min
Jul 17, 11:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 19, 2:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 22, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 22, 5:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 22, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF52 min
Jul 22, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF36 min
Jul 22, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF42 min
Jul 23, 5:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 23, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF48 min
Jul 23, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF48 min
Jul 24, 2:46 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLBF43 hr
Jul 26, 2:11 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLBF31 hr
Jul 26, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF34 min
Jul 26, 4:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jul 27, 1:48 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLBF43 hr
Jul 29, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF44 min
Jul 29, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 29, 4:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF39 min
Jul 29, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF47 min
Jul 29, 6:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF38 min
Jul 31, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF36 min
Jul 31, 1:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Aug 1, 7:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Aug 1, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 3, 4:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF3 hr
Aug 3, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 4, 12:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 4, 4:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Aug 4, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 4, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF42 min
Aug 4, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF51 min
Aug 5, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF29 min
Aug 7, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 7, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF42 min
Aug 7, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF50 min
Aug 7, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF48 min
Aug 7, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF38 min
Aug 7, 9:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF57 min
Aug 7, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF46 min
Aug 8, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 8, 8:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Aug 8, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF41 min
Aug 10, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF42 min
Aug 17, 12:58 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLBF55 hr
Aug 19, 2:48 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchLBF24 hr
Aug 20, 2:33 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLBF4 days
Aug 31, 1:53 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF30 hr
Sep 1, 1:49 PM CDTFire Weather WatchLBF12 hr
Sep 4, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF48 min
Sep 4, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF39 min
Sep 7, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF54 min
Sep 7, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF44 min
Sep 9, 1:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 9, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Sep 9, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF29 min
Sep 9, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF52 min
Sep 9, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF44 min
Sep 9, 5:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Sep 9, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF49 min
Sep 9, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF23 min
Sep 21, 2:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 21, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Sep 21, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF43 min
Sep 21, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF50 min
Sep 21, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF47 min
Sep 21, 4:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF5 hr
Sep 21, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLBF39 min
Sep 21, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF20 min
Sep 21, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF19 min
Sep 21, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF30 min
Sep 21, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF38 min
Sep 21, 11:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF3 hr
Sep 22, 7:40 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF2 hr
Sep 23, 2:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Sep 30, 6:46 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF5 hr
Oct 3, 12:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Oct 3, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Oct 3, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF47 min
Oct 5, 2:38 AM CDTFreeze WatchLBF24 hr
Oct 6, 2:33 AM CDTFreeze WarningLBF30 hr
Oct 11, 3:18 AM CDTHigh Wind WatchLBF24 hr
Oct 11, 11:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF56 min
Oct 12, 3:17 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningLBF36 hr
Oct 12, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF48 min
Oct 12, 1:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF51 min
Oct 12, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF49 min
Oct 25, 7:07 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF12 hr
Oct 26, 1:50 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF65 hr
Nov 12, 2:00 PM CSTFire Weather WatchLBF12 hr
Nov 13, 2:01 AM CSTRed Flag WarningLBF16 hr
Nov 22, 2:04 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchLBF23 hr
Nov 23, 1:23 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningLBF59 hr
Dec 22, 2:24 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF60 hr
Dec 24, 2:51 AM CSTBlizzard WarningLBF3 days
Dec 25, 7:56 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Dec 26, 3:09 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF39 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.