Alert archive / Oklahoma / Pottawatomie County
Weather alerts in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, 2018
197 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Pottawatomie County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 197
- Warnings
- 64
- Watches
- 27
- Advisories
- 46
- Busiest month
- June53 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 3, 201815 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 4 tornado warnings covering Pottawatomie County in 2018 had a tornado report inside them.
Pottawatomie County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 38 | 13 | 66% | 4 | 75% | 24 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 2 | 33% | 1 | 100% | 55 min |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Norman, OK: tornado warnings | 32 | 9 | 72% | 17 | 65% | 12 min |
| NWS Norman, OK: severe thunderstorm warnings | 615 | 205 | 67% | 527 | 82% | 24 min |
| NWS Norman, OK: flash flood warnings | 87 | 39 | 55% | 102 | 85% | 96 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 10, 3:22 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 27 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:50 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | OUN | 32 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:25 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 49 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:22 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 38 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:21 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 17 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:44 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | 26 hr |
| Feb 14, 6:30 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 4 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:58 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | 60 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:25 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | 48 hr |
| Feb 23, 4:12 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 10 hr |
| Feb 23, 9:12 PM CST | River Flood Warning | OUN | 11 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:17 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Feb 24, 8:38 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 67 min |
| Feb 24, 11:57 AM CST | River Flood Warning | OUN | 10 hr |
| Feb 26, 5:04 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 5 hr |
| Feb 27, 8:41 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:24 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:24 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 28 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:26 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 12 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:26 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 40 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:45 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 27 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:35 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 11 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:58 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 28 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:30 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OUN | 38 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 1, 8:14 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | OUN | 14 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:21 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | OUN | 13 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:21 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | 28 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:07 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | OUN | 30 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:08 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | OUN | 42 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:28 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | 9 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:56 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | OUN | 12 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:02 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 47 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 43 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 56 min |
| Apr 13, 3:19 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | OUN | 30 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:55 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | OUN | 18 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:10 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | OUN | 30 hr |
| May 2, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 2, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 58 min |
| May 2, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 48 min |
| May 2, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 63 min |
| May 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | 15 min |
| May 2, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | 16 min |
| May 2, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 32 min |
| May 3, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 47 min |
| May 3, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 26 min |
| May 3, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 28 min |
| May 3, 3:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| May 3, 4:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 3, 6:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | 14 hr |
| May 3, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 27 min |
| May 3, 8:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 28 min |
| May 3, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 40 min |
| May 11, 3:20 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | 16 hr |
| May 15, 11:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 20, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 49 min |
| May 20, 1:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 25, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 23 min |
| May 29, 9:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 29, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 29, 10:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 31, 3:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 36 min |
| May 31, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 24 min |
| May 31, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 43 min |
| May 31, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 53 min |
| May 31, 4:34 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 29 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 9:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 11:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 11:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 12:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | 116 min |
| Jun 7, 12:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | 119 min |
| Jun 7, 1:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 22, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 11:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 46 min |
| Jun 23, 1:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 2:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 23, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 1:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 24, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 22 min |
| Jun 24, 4:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 5:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 24 min |
| Jun 24, 5:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 79 min |
| Jun 24, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 12:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 24, 1:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 3:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 25, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 2:05 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 31 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:08 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 30 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:53 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 28 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:17 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 26 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 30, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 6:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 1, 2:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:46 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 17 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 28 min |
| Jul 16, 3:39 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 15 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 28 min |
| Jul 17, 3:46 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 15 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:01 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 15 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:59 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 52 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:38 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | OUN | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:38 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 45 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:45 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | OUN | 17 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:40 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 52 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 11:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 2:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 30, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 62 min |
| Jul 30, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 4:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 18 min |
| Aug 7, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 20 min |
| Aug 7, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 2:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 2:15 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OUN | 9 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 8, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 5:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 4:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Aug 16, 11:06 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OUN | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 6:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 11:02 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OUN | 12 hr |
| Sep 6, 11:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:23 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OUN | 58 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:48 PM CDT | Flood Watch | OUN | 72 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 9, 7:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 60 min |
| Oct 9, 8:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | 44 min |
| Oct 9, 8:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Oct 9, 8:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | 48 min |
| Oct 9, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 46 min |
| Oct 12, 3:13 PM CDT | Flood Watch | OUN | 25 hr |
| Oct 19, 10:33 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 9 hr |
| Nov 3, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 37 min |
| Nov 7, 3:43 PM CST | Freeze Watch | OUN | 36 hr |
| Nov 8, 4:36 PM CST | Freeze Warning | OUN | 41 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:22 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | 33 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:59 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 27 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Nov 30, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Nov 30, 6:35 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Nov 30, 7:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 8:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 32 min |
| Dec 5, 3:36 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OUN | 56 hr |
| Dec 7, 12:01 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | 30 hr |
| Dec 12, 2:52 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 43 hr |
| Dec 19, 8:05 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:53 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 7 hr |
| Dec 26, 7:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 26, 7:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 50 min |
| Dec 26, 8:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 50 min |
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 | 38 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 30 |
| Special Weather Statement | 30 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flood Watch | 7 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 12 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 6 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 2 |
| Heat Advisory | 12 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 7 |
| Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 5 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
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.