Alert archive / South Dakota / McCook County
Weather alerts in McCook County, South Dakota, 2014
100 weather alerts in 2014, 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 100
- Warnings
- 25
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 46
- Busiest month
- June35 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 18, 201415 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 McCook County in 2014 had a tornado report inside them.
McCook County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 13 | 3 | 77% | 2 | 100% | 17 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Sioux Falls, SD: tornado warnings | 46 | 22 | 52% | 52 | 85% | 19 min |
| NWS Sioux Falls, SD: severe thunderstorm warnings | 216 | 124 | 43% | 250 | 85% | 17 min |
| NWS Sioux Falls, SD: flash flood warnings | 39 | 17 | 56% | 24 | 92% | 112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 8:23 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 16 hr |
| Jan 1, 3:09 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 21 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:57 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 12 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:04 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 18 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:38 PM CST | Wind Chill Watch | FSD | 12 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:34 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FSD | 72 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:02 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 19 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:54 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 15 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:53 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 37 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:16 PM CST | High Wind Watch | FSD | 24 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:50 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | 33 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:50 PM CST | High Wind Warning | FSD | 30 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:58 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 24 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:43 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 28 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:26 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 49 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:18 PM CST | High Wind Watch | FSD | 23 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:42 PM CST | High Wind Warning | FSD | 30 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:27 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 56 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:40 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 3 days |
| Feb 8, 2:38 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 21 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:39 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 18 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:16 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 33 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:53 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 30 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:53 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 17 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:50 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 29 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:07 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 32 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:54 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 3 days |
| Mar 17, 3:57 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 30 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:39 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 14 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:19 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | FSD | 48 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:52 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 39 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:54 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | 39 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 39 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:53 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 28 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:14 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:31 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 11 hr |
| May 7, 2:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 8, 3:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 13, 2:16 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FSD | 18 hr |
| May 14, 3:55 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FSD | 16 hr |
| May 15, 3:08 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | 17 hr |
| May 31, 1:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 1, 1:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | 19 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 16, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 12:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 16, 1:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 4:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | 48 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 8:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 17, 5:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 10:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 11:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 29 min |
| Jun 17, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 11:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 3:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 18, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 19, 3:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 21, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | 13 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 20, 3:41 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | 29 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:46 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 4 hr |
| Aug 20, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:13 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | 30 min |
| Sep 30, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Oct 2, 2:07 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | 29 hr |
| Oct 3, 3:57 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | 29 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:17 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FSD | 18 hr |
| Oct 23, 1:21 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 9 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:59 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 15 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:48 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 24 hr |
| Nov 10, 2:36 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 13 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:53 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 44 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:24 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 30 hr |
| Dec 14, 4:42 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 43 hr |
| Dec 15, 6:20 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | 10 hr |
| Dec 21, 9:06 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | 3 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:06 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | 30 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:09 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 33 hr |
| Dec 30, 1:54 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | 19 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 | 13 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 17 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Blizzard Watch | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 9 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 16 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 13 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
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.