Alert archive / Nebraska / Merrick County
Weather alerts in Merrick County, Nebraska, 2010
176 weather alerts in 2010, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Merrick County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 176
- Warnings
- 26
- Watches
- 31
- Advisories
- 49
- Busiest month
- June72 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 1, 20109 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 Merrick County in 2010 had a tornado report inside them.
Merrick County, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 19 | 14 | 26% | 2 | 100% | 12 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Hastings, NE: tornado warnings | 26 | 5 | 81% | 6 | 100% | 12 min |
| NWS Hastings, NE: severe thunderstorm warnings | 308 | 157 | 49% | 328 | 86% | 20 min |
| NWS Hastings, NE: flash flood warnings | 20 | 8 | 60% | 11 | 73% | 78 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, 9:27 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | GID | 13 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 62 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:45 AM CST | Wind Chill Watch | GID | 12 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:24 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | GID | 45 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:05 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | GID | 32 hr |
| Jan 11, 7:57 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | GID | 14 hr |
| Jan 16, 7:12 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 15 hr |
| Jan 17, 5:16 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 30 hr |
| Jan 18, 11:25 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | GID | 13 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:23 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 28 hr |
| Jan 19, 7:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:25 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 7:24 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | GID | 3 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:53 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | GID | 19 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:41 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 12 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:48 PM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 20 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:50 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 44 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:07 AM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 14 hr |
| Feb 14, 9:06 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:02 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 38 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:29 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | GID | 9 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:30 PM CST | Flood Watch | GID | 61 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:58 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:01 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 14 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:50 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 33 hr |
| Apr 23, 11:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 23, 7:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Apr 24, 1:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Apr 28, 10:30 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 9 hr |
| May 7, 4:13 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 15 hr |
| May 7, 3:16 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | GID | 17 hr |
| May 12, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 40 min |
| May 12, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 23 min |
| May 12, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 46 min |
| May 18, 5:14 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 4 hr |
| May 22, 3:57 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 17 hr |
| May 23, 3:36 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 29 hr |
| May 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 24, 9:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 24, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 5:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 1, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 12:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | 18 min |
| Jun 1, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 5:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 3, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 25 min |
| Jun 3, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 11:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 12:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 1:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 9:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 7, 9:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 8, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 2:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 89 min |
| Jun 10, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 10, 9:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 10, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GID | 13 hr |
| Jun 10, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 4:10 AM CDT | Flood Watch | GID | 26 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 10:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 12, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 3:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 4:48 AM CDT | Flood Watch | GID | 47 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | 12 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 4:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 20, 4:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 20, 10:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GID | 21 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 3:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | 49 hr |
| Jun 21, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GID | 12 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 23 min |
| Jun 22, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 26, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 10, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 9:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 7:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 14, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:49 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 27 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 17, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jul 19, 10:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 47 min |
| Jul 20, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 22, 10:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jul 23, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 3:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 9:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 4:14 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 64 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 3:54 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 16 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 12, 2:21 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 28 min |
| Aug 23, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Sep 6, 4:04 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 14 hr |
| Sep 13, 1:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Sep 13, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 13, 6:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Sep 13, 7:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Sep 13, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | 21 min |
| Sep 15, 2:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 38 min |
| Sep 17, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Sep 17, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 18, 1:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Sep 18, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | 24 min |
| Sep 20, 1:30 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 7 hr |
| Sep 20, 2:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 17 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:50 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | GID | 29 hr |
| Oct 25, 11:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 10 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:00 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 28 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:38 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | 39 hr |
| Oct 27, 11:03 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | GID | 22 hr |
| Nov 20, 8:45 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 14 hr |
| Nov 22, 1:21 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GID | 8 hr |
| Nov 23, 3:31 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | GID | 12 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:46 AM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 26 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:39 PM CST | Wind Advisory | GID | 32 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:18 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | GID | 19 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:23 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 8 hr |
| Dec 19, 9:06 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | 9 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:10 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 13 hr |
| Dec 29, 1:12 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | 47 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 | 19 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 19 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 55 |
| Special Weather Statement | 15 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 9 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 15 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 8 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 5 |
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.