Alert archive / Nebraska / Lincoln County

Weather alerts in Lincoln County, Nebraska, 2024

247 weather alerts in 2024, 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
247
Warnings
89
Watches
41
Advisories
36
Busiest month
June50 alerts
Busiest day
May 24, 202410 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 6 tornado warnings covering Lincoln County in 2024 had a tornado report inside them; 3 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 14 minutes after it went out.

Lincoln County, 2024

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings6267%3100%14 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings523238%3689%18 min
Flash flood warnings10100%0

Each office's whole area, 2024

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS North Platte, NE: tornado warnings361461%1979%13 min
NWS North Platte, NE: severe thunderstorm warnings31515950%28188%21 min
NWS North Platte, NE: flash flood warnings12375%683%73 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
Dec 31, 6:52 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF15 hr
Jan 3, 2:14 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF28 hr
Jan 4, 3:30 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF32 hr
Jan 7, 3:00 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningLBF48 hr
Jan 7, 3:00 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF54 hr
Jan 10, 2:52 AM CSTWind Chill WatchLBF25 hr
Jan 10, 2:52 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF60 hr
Jan 11, 3:27 AM CSTWind Chill WarningLBF5 days
Jan 11, 9:28 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLBF14 hr
Jan 12, 11:49 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLBF21 hr
Jan 12, 1:57 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF34 hr
Jan 17, 2:52 AM CSTWind Chill WatchLBF35 hr
Jan 17, 2:52 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryLBF57 hr
Jan 18, 2:18 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryLBF46 hr
Jan 22, 2:27 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF22 hr
Jan 23, 2:27 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF22 hr
Jan 24, 2:28 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF22 hr
Jan 25, 1:59 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF22 hr
Feb 1, 2:01 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF4 days
Feb 5, 10:14 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF3 hr
Feb 5, 9:57 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF12 hr
Feb 21, 7:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLBF42 min
Feb 21, 8:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLBF39 min
Feb 23, 2:29 PM CSTFire Weather WatchLBF12 hr
Feb 24, 2:47 AM CSTRed Flag WarningLBF15 hr
Feb 24, 2:18 PM CSTFire Weather WatchLBF12 hr
Feb 25, 2:44 AM CSTRed Flag WarningLBF15 hr
Feb 25, 2:06 PM CSTRed Flag WarningLBF31 hr
Feb 27, 10:12 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Feb 27, 11:28 AM CSTSnow Squall WarningLBF62 min
Feb 27, 11:53 AM CSTSnow Squall WarningLBF52 min
Feb 27, 12:15 PM CSTSnow Squall WarningLBF45 min
Feb 27, 12:34 PM CSTSnow Squall WarningLBF41 min
Feb 27, 1:29 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Feb 27, 1:53 PM CSTSnow Squall WarningLBF27 min
Mar 1, 2:11 AM CSTRed Flag WarningLBF16 hr
Mar 2, 2:06 AM CSTRed Flag WarningLBF17 hr
Mar 2, 7:26 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF3 hr
Mar 2, 7:22 PM CSTFire Weather WatchLBF7 hr
Mar 3, 2:02 AM CSTRed Flag WarningLBF16 hr
Mar 6, 2:17 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF58 hr
Mar 7, 2:30 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningLBF27 hr
Mar 22, 1:45 PM CDTWinter Storm WatchLBF37 hr
Mar 24, 2:42 AM CDTBlizzard WarningLBF52 hr
Mar 24, 10:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Mar 25, 2:51 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF22 hr
Apr 5, 2:38 AM CDTHigh Wind WatchLBF12 hr
Apr 5, 3:05 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningLBF52 hr
Apr 6, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 6, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF48 min
Apr 6, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF44 min
Apr 6, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF21 min
Apr 6, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF48 min
Apr 10, 2:51 AM CDTFire Weather WatchLBF11 hr
Apr 10, 2:20 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF30 hr
Apr 14, 2:13 AM CDTFire Weather WatchLBF13 hr
Apr 14, 3:26 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF32 hr
Apr 15, 3:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Apr 15, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 16, 2:35 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningLBF17 hr
May 3, 3:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
May 3, 5:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
May 3, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF42 min
May 3, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 3, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF43 min
May 3, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF45 min
May 3, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF41 min
May 3, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF39 min
May 3, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF23 min
May 6, 11:34 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 6, 12:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF51 min
May 14, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF42 min
May 14, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF44 min
May 19, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 20, 10:10 AM CDTFlood WatchLBF20 hr
May 20, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 20, 10:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF37 min
May 20, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF44 min
May 20, 11:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF5 hr
May 20, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF33 min
May 20, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF47 min
May 21, 12:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF35 min
May 21, 1:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF3 hr
May 21, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF55 min
May 23, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 23, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLBF48 min
May 23, 7:25 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBF50 min
May 23, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF48 min
May 23, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF41 min
May 23, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLBF23 min
May 23, 8:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 23, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF44 min
May 23, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLBF26 min
May 23, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLBF38 min
May 23, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF65 min
May 23, 9:19 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBF41 min
May 25, 4:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 25, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 25, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF47 min
May 26, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF22 min
May 26, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF34 min
May 30, 2:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
May 31, 9:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF3 hr
Jun 1, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jun 1, 6:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 1, 6:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF38 min
Jun 1, 7:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF44 min
Jun 1, 7:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF19 min
Jun 1, 8:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF32 min
Jun 1, 2:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 1, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 1, 4:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Jun 2, 2:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC39 min
Jun 2, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 2, 5:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 2, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF51 min
Jun 2, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF41 min
Jun 2, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLBF33 min
Jun 2, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLBF35 min
Jun 2, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF47 min
Jun 2, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLBF41 min
Jun 2, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLBF28 min
Jun 2, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF50 min
Jun 7, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 10, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF34 min
Jun 11, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF49 min
Jun 14, 6:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Jun 14, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 14, 8:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF45 min
Jun 14, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF39 min
Jun 14, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF44 min
Jun 17, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF45 min
Jun 17, 2:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF47 min
Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jun 21, 2:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jun 21, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 21, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF35 min
Jun 21, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF56 min
Jun 21, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF45 min
Jun 21, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF42 min
Jun 22, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF41 min
Jun 23, 3:00 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLBF41 hr
Jun 25, 9:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jun 25, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF42 min
Jun 25, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF34 min
Jun 27, 3:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jun 27, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 27, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF28 min
Jun 27, 8:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jun 28, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF42 min
Jun 29, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF51 min
Jul 1, 3:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 1, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 1, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF42 min
Jul 3, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 3, 4:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jul 3, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF46 min
Jul 3, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF50 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF46 min
Jul 3, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF39 min
Jul 3, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF48 min
Jul 3, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF41 min
Jul 3, 6:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF3 hr
Jul 3, 7:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF3 hr
Jul 3, 8:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLBF5 hr
Jul 6, 10:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF38 min
Jul 6, 10:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF47 min
Jul 6, 11:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF51 min
Jul 6, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF45 min
Jul 6, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr
Jul 6, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF40 min
Jul 6, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF46 min
Jul 6, 3:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 11, 2:40 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchLBF12 hr
Jul 11, 2:42 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLBF4 days
Jul 12, 4:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF41 min
Jul 16, 2:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 16, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jul 16, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLBF56 min
Jul 16, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF62 min
Jul 19, 12:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF48 min
Jul 19, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jul 20, 4:47 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF4 hr
Jul 25, 1:56 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF32 hr
Jul 27, 11:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF21 min
Jul 27, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF61 min
Jul 28, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF41 min
Jul 28, 2:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Jul 28, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF36 min
Jul 29, 2:42 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLBF29 hr
Jul 31, 7:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF34 min
Jul 31, 7:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF47 min
Aug 2, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF49 min
Aug 2, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF45 min
Aug 7, 1:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 7, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Aug 7, 6:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 7, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF40 min
Aug 7, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF47 min
Aug 7, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF52 min
Aug 7, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF31 min
Aug 7, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF48 min
Aug 11, 5:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Aug 11, 7:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Aug 13, 5:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Aug 13, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 13, 8:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Aug 13, 10:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 13, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF41 min
Aug 13, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF39 min
Aug 13, 11:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF36 min
Aug 13, 11:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLBF3 hr
Aug 18, 4:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF52 min
Aug 22, 12:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF46 min
Aug 26, 5:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Aug 29, 7:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF39 min
Sep 10, 2:16 PM CDTFire Weather WatchLBF12 hr
Sep 11, 2:24 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF43 hr
Sep 14, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBF35 min
Sep 15, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF52 min
Sep 15, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF38 min
Sep 17, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Sep 17, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF39 min
Sep 28, 2:43 AM CDTFire Weather WatchLBF24 hr
Sep 28, 2:43 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF66 hr
Sep 29, 2:30 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF42 hr
Oct 1, 2:35 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF40 hr
Oct 3, 1:15 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryLBF19 hr
Oct 3, 1:51 PM CDTFire Weather WatchLBF24 hr
Oct 4, 2:02 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF42 hr
Oct 11, 2:17 AM CDTFire Weather WatchLBF11 hr
Oct 11, 1:36 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF30 hr
Oct 12, 2:40 PM CDTFreeze WatchLBF23 hr
Oct 13, 1:53 PM CDTFreeze WarningLBF19 hr
Oct 15, 2:07 AM CDTFire Weather WatchLBF12 hr
Oct 15, 2:33 PM CDTFire Weather WatchLBF24 hr
Oct 15, 2:33 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF52 hr
Oct 21, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLBF31 min
Oct 28, 2:35 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLBF29 hr
Nov 11, 1:58 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF19 hr
Nov 20, 2:45 AM CSTRed Flag WarningLBF15 hr
Dec 24, 1:25 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF23 hr
Dec 25, 1:46 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF22 hr
Dec 25, 1:48 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBF19 hr
Dec 26, 1:22 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLBF20 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.