Alert archive / Oklahoma / Kiowa County

Weather alerts in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, 2013

226 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Kiowa County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
226
Warnings
73
Watches
30
Advisories
31
Busiest month
May64 alerts
Busiest day
April 17, 201313 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 Kiowa County in 2013 had a tornado report inside them.

Kiowa County, 2013

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings10100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings562752%2090%25 min
Flash flood warnings5260%0

Each office's whole area, 2013

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Norman, OK: tornado warnings671775%2677%17 min
NWS Norman, OK: severe thunderstorm warnings68933751%84179%24 min
NWS Norman, OK: flash flood warnings321553%3990%95 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 11, 4:37 AM CSTWind AdvisoryOUN13 hr
Jan 27, 4:01 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryOUN6 hr
Jan 28, 10:33 AM CSTFire Weather WatchOUN17 hr
Jan 29, 3:08 AM CSTWind AdvisoryOUN15 hr
Jan 29, 3:14 AM CSTRed Flag WarningOUN11 hr
Jan 29, 3:28 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Jan 29, 4:57 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Feb 5, 8:45 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryOUN15 hr
Feb 10, 2:57 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchOUN38 hr
Feb 11, 9:42 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningOUN20 hr
Feb 11, 9:42 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOUN26 hr
Feb 18, 4:22 AM CSTWind AdvisoryOUN12 hr
Feb 23, 1:49 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchOUN24 hr
Feb 24, 1:36 AM CSTBlizzard WarningOUN51 hr
Feb 24, 7:52 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Feb 24, 8:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUN23 min
Feb 24, 8:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN42 min
Feb 24, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN49 min
Feb 24, 9:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUN30 min
Feb 24, 10:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUN41 min
Feb 24, 10:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUN42 min
Feb 25, 12:15 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUN30 min
Feb 25, 10:54 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Mar 4, 8:18 PM CSTWind AdvisoryOUN7 hr
Mar 9, 4:16 AM CSTWind AdvisoryOUN34 hr
Mar 21, 5:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Mar 23, 8:51 AM CDTWind AdvisoryOUN20 hr
Mar 29, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Mar 29, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN48 min
Mar 29, 7:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Mar 30, 4:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Mar 31, 1:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Mar 31, 8:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN28 min
Apr 7, 6:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Apr 9, 11:08 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryOUN28 hr
Apr 9, 2:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 9, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 9, 8:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Apr 9, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN36 min
Apr 9, 11:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Apr 10, 12:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN45 min
Apr 10, 5:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Apr 17, 1:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Apr 17, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr
Apr 17, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN50 min
Apr 17, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN49 min
Apr 17, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN46 min
Apr 17, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN38 min
Apr 17, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN51 min
Apr 17, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN43 min
Apr 17, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN53 min
Apr 17, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOUN38 min
Apr 17, 5:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Apr 17, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN53 min
Apr 17, 6:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUN4 hr
Apr 17, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN44 min
Apr 17, 8:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUN3 hr
Apr 18, 3:26 AM CDTFreeze WatchOUN12 hr
Apr 18, 3:26 AM CDTFreeze WarningOUN30 hr
Apr 18, 3:26 AM CDTWind AdvisoryOUN7 hr
Apr 22, 8:30 PM CDTWind AdvisoryOUN15 hr
Apr 23, 1:40 PM CDTFreeze WarningOUN19 hr
Apr 24, 3:48 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryOUN16 hr
Apr 26, 2:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Apr 26, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN63 min
May 1, 4:08 AM CDTFreeze WatchOUN36 hr
May 1, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN26 min
May 1, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN32 min
May 1, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN51 min
May 1, 3:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 1, 3:49 PM CDTWind AdvisoryOUN27 hr
May 1, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN31 min
May 1, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN47 min
May 1, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 2, 3:58 PM CDTFreeze WarningOUN17 hr
May 8, 2:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
May 8, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 8, 5:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
May 8, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN43 min
May 9, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN23 min
May 9, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN30 min
May 9, 5:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
May 9, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN34 min
May 9, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN25 min
May 9, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN44 min
May 9, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN47 min
May 10, 2:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN45 min
May 18, 6:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN30 min
May 18, 7:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN32 min
May 18, 2:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
May 18, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
May 18, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN39 min
May 18, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN41 min
May 18, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN46 min
May 18, 5:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
May 18, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN46 min
May 18, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN47 min
May 18, 7:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN3 hr
May 18, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN46 min
May 18, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN48 min
May 18, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN29 min
May 18, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN34 min
May 18, 9:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUN3 hr
May 18, 9:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
May 18, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN44 min
May 21, 3:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN32 min
May 21, 9:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 21, 9:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN51 min
May 21, 10:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN43 min
May 21, 10:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN42 min
May 21, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 21, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN47 min
May 27, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 27, 5:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
May 27, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN51 min
May 27, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN24 min
May 27, 7:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 29, 11:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 29, 12:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC11 hr
May 29, 3:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
May 29, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN33 min
May 29, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN50 min
May 29, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN37 min
May 29, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN45 min
May 29, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN38 min
May 29, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN49 min
May 29, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN63 min
May 29, 7:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
May 31, 2:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jun 3, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 3, 6:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 3, 10:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Jun 3, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 4, 3:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Jun 4, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 4, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN49 min
Jun 4, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN46 min
Jun 4, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN48 min
Jun 4, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN47 min
Jun 4, 5:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Jun 4, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 4, 7:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 8, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN55 min
Jun 8, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN53 min
Jun 8, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN64 min
Jun 16, 2:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jun 16, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 16, 6:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jun 17, 12:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jun 17, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 17, 1:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN22 min
Jun 17, 2:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN28 min
Jun 17, 4:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN41 min
Jun 27, 3:20 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUN17 hr
Jun 27, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN23 min
Jul 11, 3:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN58 min
Jul 11, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN31 min
Jul 25, 11:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jul 26, 12:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN37 min
Jul 26, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN49 min
Jul 26, 3:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN3 hr
Jul 26, 5:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUN115 min
Jul 26, 6:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN2 hr
Jul 26, 6:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUN3 hr
Jul 29, 10:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jul 29, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jul 30, 2:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jul 30, 4:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN3 hr
Aug 5, 3:37 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUN66 hr
Aug 7, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 7, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN37 min
Aug 8, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN35 min
Aug 8, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Aug 8, 5:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Aug 8, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN23 min
Aug 8, 6:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Aug 8, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN52 min
Aug 8, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN46 min
Aug 8, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN39 min
Aug 8, 8:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Aug 8, 10:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Aug 9, 1:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN29 min
Aug 11, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN27 min
Aug 11, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN45 min
Aug 11, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN32 min
Aug 15, 2:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Aug 15, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 15, 10:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Aug 16, 1:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Sep 13, 3:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN3 hr
Sep 13, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN27 min
Sep 16, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN34 min
Sep 16, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN31 min
Sep 28, 4:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN24 min
Oct 4, 2:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC65 min
Oct 4, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Oct 4, 9:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Oct 4, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN37 min
Oct 4, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN44 min
Oct 4, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN45 min
Oct 14, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN50 min
Oct 18, 11:47 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryOUN21 hr
Oct 27, 9:11 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryOUN15 hr
Oct 30, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Oct 30, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN33 min
Oct 30, 11:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 30, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN49 min
Nov 5, 2:00 PM CSTFreeze WatchOUN21 hr
Nov 6, 11:18 AM CSTFreeze WarningOUN21 hr
Nov 8, 3:47 AM CSTWind AdvisoryOUN14 hr
Nov 10, 5:49 PM CSTHard Freeze WarningOUN64 hr
Nov 16, 12:29 PM CSTWind AdvisoryOUN5 hr
Nov 21, 3:57 AM CSTWind AdvisoryOUN26 hr
Nov 21, 4:14 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOUN50 hr
Nov 22, 10:00 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Nov 23, 4:45 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOUN54 hr
Nov 24, 6:54 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningOUN6 hr
Dec 2, 2:36 AM CSTFire Weather WatchOUN26 hr
Dec 3, 4:25 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchOUN29 hr
Dec 4, 9:42 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningOUN50 hr
Dec 4, 9:42 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOUN50 hr
Dec 20, 11:18 AM CSTIce Storm WarningOUN28 hr
Dec 20, 3:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Dec 20, 8:18 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Dec 23, 9:45 PM CSTFreezing Fog AdvisoryOUN14 hr
Dec 24, 8:55 PM CSTFreezing Fog AdvisoryOUN13 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.

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.