Alert archive / Oklahoma / Pottawatomie County

Weather alerts in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, 2017

222 weather alerts in 2017, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Pottawatomie County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
222
Warnings
83
Watches
30
Advisories
37
Busiest month
May49 alerts
Busiest day
May 28, 201713 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 2 tornado warnings covering Pottawatomie County in 2017 had a tornado report inside them.

Pottawatomie County, 2017

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings2150%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings612854%1369%23 min
Flash flood warnings4250%367%62 min

Each office's whole area, 2017

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Norman, OK: tornado warnings972574%3982%16 min
NWS Norman, OK: severe thunderstorm warnings92331366%72081%24 min
NWS Norman, OK: flash flood warnings1114857%10088%76 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 5, 3:51 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOUN35 hr
Jan 11, 10:03 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchOUN29 hr
Jan 12, 2:56 PM CSTIce Storm WarningOUN4 days
Jan 12, 2:56 PM CSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryOUN3 days
Jan 13, 10:05 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Jan 15, 8:35 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryOUN3 hr
Jan 20, 3:51 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryOUN6 hr
Jan 22, 11:58 AM CSTWind AdvisoryOUN5 hr
Jan 23, 1:23 PM CSTFire Weather WatchOUN322 days
Jan 24, 3:13 AM CSTRed Flag WarningOUN16 hr
Jan 24, 3:24 AM CSTWind AdvisoryOUN15 hr
Feb 5, 10:16 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryOUN12 hr
Feb 9, 4:00 PM CSTFire Weather WatchOUN12 hr
Feb 10, 3:53 AM CSTFire Weather WatchOUN11 hr
Feb 10, 3:53 AM CSTRed Flag WarningOUN15 hr
Feb 10, 3:16 PM CSTRed Flag WarningOUN28 hr
Feb 19, 8:33 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Feb 19, 9:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN48 min
Feb 19, 10:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN53 min
Feb 19, 10:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUN48 min
Feb 19, 11:36 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUN24 min
Feb 20, 10:32 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryOUN10 hr
Feb 22, 2:49 PM CSTFire Weather WatchOUN13 hr
Feb 22, 2:49 PM CSTRed Flag WarningOUN30 hr
Mar 6, 2:15 AM CSTWind AdvisoryOUN17 hr
Mar 6, 6:51 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Mar 6, 9:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN51 min
Mar 6, 10:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUN36 min
Mar 6, 10:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN40 min
Mar 7, 8:30 PM CSTRed Flag WarningOUN23 hr
Mar 23, 4:18 AM CDTFire Weather WatchOUN24 hr
Mar 24, 3:51 AM CDTRed Flag WarningOUN15 hr
Mar 26, 1:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Mar 26, 2:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN24 min
Mar 26, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN31 min
Mar 26, 2:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Mar 26, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Mar 26, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN29 min
Mar 26, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN46 min
Mar 26, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN40 min
Mar 26, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN39 min
Mar 26, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN39 min
Mar 26, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN45 min
Mar 26, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN34 min
Mar 28, 7:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Mar 28, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Mar 28, 10:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC65 min
Apr 4, 1:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 4, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 4, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN35 min
Apr 4, 3:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Apr 9, 3:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 18, 3:43 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryOUN6 hr
Apr 19, 3:45 PM CDTFlood WatchOUN51 hr
Apr 20, 5:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Apr 21, 2:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUN24 hr
Apr 21, 3:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN30 min
Apr 21, 3:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 21, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 21, 7:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 21, 8:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN25 min
Apr 21, 9:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN26 min
Apr 21, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN63 min
Apr 21, 9:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 21, 10:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN118 min
Apr 21, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN48 min
Apr 21, 3:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Apr 25, 4:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 25, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 25, 7:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Apr 25, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN45 min
Apr 25, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN27 min
Apr 25, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN48 min
Apr 25, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN46 min
Apr 25, 10:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Apr 25, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN32 min
Apr 25, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN43 min
Apr 27, 3:24 AM CDTFlood WatchOUN68 hr
Apr 28, 10:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Apr 28, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 29, 2:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 29, 8:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUN17 hr
Apr 30, 3:32 AM CDTWind AdvisoryOUN16 hr
May 3, 1:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 10, 10:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN40 min
May 10, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN31 min
May 10, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN48 min
May 11, 11:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
May 16, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 17, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN46 min
May 17, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN47 min
May 17, 1:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
May 18, 11:06 AM CDTFlood WatchOUN40 hr
May 18, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN45 min
May 18, 5:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC28 min
May 18, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN48 min
May 18, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 18, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN43 min
May 18, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN47 min
May 18, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 18, 8:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN3 hr
May 18, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN51 min
May 18, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN30 min
May 18, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN47 min
May 19, 2:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUN23 hr
May 19, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN23 min
May 19, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN53 min
May 19, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN63 min
May 19, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUN6 hr
May 19, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN64 min
May 19, 7:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUN22 hr
May 19, 8:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUN3 hr
May 19, 11:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUN3 hr
May 20, 1:42 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUN4 hr
May 20, 5:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUN9 hr
May 27, 3:24 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUN16 hr
May 27, 2:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
May 27, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr
May 27, 4:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC24 min
May 27, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN40 min
May 27, 8:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
May 27, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN51 min
May 27, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN48 min
May 27, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN24 min
May 27, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN40 min
May 27, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN51 min
May 27, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN47 min
May 27, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN56 min
May 27, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN47 min
May 27, 10:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUN4 hr
May 28, 1:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN33 min
May 28, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN32 min
Jun 16, 2:51 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUN29 hr
Jun 18, 3:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 18, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 30, 3:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Jun 30, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 30, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN38 min
Jun 30, 6:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jun 30, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN30 min
Jun 30, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN27 min
Jun 30, 7:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN3 hr
Jun 30, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN43 min
Jun 30, 10:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Jul 2, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN30 min
Jul 2, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN46 min
Jul 2, 4:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN3 hr
Jul 2, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN63 min
Jul 3, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jul 3, 7:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jul 3, 8:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Jul 3, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN62 min
Jul 3, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN34 min
Jul 3, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN46 min
Jul 3, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN60 min
Jul 3, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUN13 min
Jul 8, 5:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN3 hr
Jul 8, 6:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN34 min
Jul 8, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN30 min
Jul 20, 3:12 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUN65 hr
Jul 22, 2:59 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUN41 hr
Jul 22, 2:43 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningOUN29 hr
Jul 23, 3:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Jul 23, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN43 min
Jul 23, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN38 min
Jul 23, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN49 min
Jul 23, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN19 min
Jul 24, 3:31 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUN28 hr
Jul 25, 2:42 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUN65 hr
Jul 28, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN33 min
Jul 28, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN36 min
Aug 6, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN60 min
Aug 6, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN46 min
Aug 10, 1:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 10, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 10, 4:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Aug 10, 6:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Aug 11, 1:22 AM CDTFlood WatchOUN54 hr
Aug 15, 3:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 16, 2:12 PM CDTFlood WatchOUN14 hr
Aug 16, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Aug 16, 7:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Aug 16, 9:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Aug 16, 10:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN28 min
Aug 16, 11:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN61 min
Aug 19, 3:43 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUN15 hr
Aug 20, 2:40 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUN16 hr
Aug 22, 2:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 22, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN36 min
Aug 22, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN28 min
Aug 22, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN31 min
Aug 22, 7:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN117 min
Sep 17, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN52 min
Sep 17, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN49 min
Sep 17, 2:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Sep 17, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN41 min
Oct 4, 1:45 AM CDTFlood WatchOUN17 hr
Oct 4, 1:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN3 hr
Oct 4, 2:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN4 hr
Oct 4, 7:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN3 hr
Oct 4, 9:58 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUN9 hr
Oct 7, 2:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUN23 min
Oct 14, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN46 min
Oct 15, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN44 min
Oct 21, 5:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Oct 21, 6:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Oct 21, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Oct 21, 8:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Oct 21, 9:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUN118 min
Oct 21, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN41 min
Oct 21, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningOUN37 min
Oct 21, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUN38 min
Oct 25, 3:10 PM CDTFreeze WatchOUN36 hr
Oct 26, 3:24 AM CDTWind AdvisoryOUN28 hr
Oct 27, 3:29 AM CDTFreeze WarningOUN31 hr
Nov 3, 9:48 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryOUN13 hr
Nov 14, 7:25 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryOUN4 hr
Nov 17, 3:38 AM CSTWind AdvisoryOUN35 hr
Dec 17, 8:43 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryOUN14 hr
Dec 22, 3:25 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOUN23 hr
Dec 24, 2:56 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOUN4 hr
Dec 30, 8:03 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOUN4 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.