Alert archive / South Dakota / McCook County
Weather alerts in McCook County, South Dakota, 2012
100 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
McCook County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 100
- Warnings
- 30
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 36
- Busiest month
- May34 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 6, 201211 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
McCook County, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 23 | 19 | 17% | 15 | 93% | 23 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Sioux Falls, SD: tornado warnings | 21 | 7 | 67% | 15 | 73% | 12 min |
| NWS Sioux Falls, SD: severe thunderstorm warnings | 230 | 174 | 24% | 342 | 92% | 19 min |
| NWS Sioux Falls, SD: flash flood warnings | 16 | 7 | 56% | 11 | 91% | 103 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, 2:38 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 27 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 27 hr |
| Jan 25, 8:27 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:19 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:43 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 29 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:02 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | 29 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 7 hr |
| Feb 25, 8:49 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 21 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | 23 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:25 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 57 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:30 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 28 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:41 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 5 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:50 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 27 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:28 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 9 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:28 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 40 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:22 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:22 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 42 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 16 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:05 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | FSD | 14 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:38 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | 29 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:41 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | 37 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 28 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 15, 12:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 5:10 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | FSD | 11 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:33 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FSD | 16 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:41 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 11 hr |
| May 1, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 1, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 1, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 27 min |
| May 1, 6:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| May 1, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 46 min |
| May 4, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 33 min |
| May 4, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| May 4, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 18 min |
| May 5, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 5, 9:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 37 min |
| May 5, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 25 min |
| May 5, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 35 min |
| May 5, 9:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| May 5, 9:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 37 min |
| May 5, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 34 min |
| May 5, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | 13 hr |
| May 5, 6:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 5, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 5, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 25 min |
| May 5, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 46 min |
| May 5, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 49 min |
| May 5, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 48 min |
| May 5, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 48 min |
| May 5, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 37 min |
| May 5, 11:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| May 5, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 45 min |
| May 6, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 38 min |
| May 6, 1:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | 33 hr |
| May 6, 8:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | 4 days |
| May 10, 9:33 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 6 hr |
| May 21, 2:51 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 29 hr |
| May 23, 2:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| May 26, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 46 min |
| May 27, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 19, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 23, 1:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 29, 7:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 1, 3:24 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 5 days |
| Jul 6, 6:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 3:42 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 3 days |
| Jul 17, 3:31 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 28 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:54 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 6 days |
| Jul 21, 10:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 10:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 107 min |
| Aug 1, 3:52 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 15 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Aug 3, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 2:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Aug 26, 2:25 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 9 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Sep 3, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Sep 4, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 41 min |
| Sep 4, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 33 min |
| Sep 4, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 38 min |
| Sep 17, 3:09 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FSD | 17 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:41 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | FSD | 11 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:09 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | 29 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:32 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 26 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 61 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:46 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 61 hr |
| Nov 21, 4:11 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 50 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:18 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | 30 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 30 hr |
| Dec 18, 5:11 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 7 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:05 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 33 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:31 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 36 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 | 22 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 20 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 15 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
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.