Alert archive / Texas / Brewster County
Weather alerts in Brewster County, Texas, 2015
123 weather alerts in 2015, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Brewster County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 123
- Warnings
- 35
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 17
- Busiest month
- May42 alerts
- Busiest day
- October 8, 201511 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 reports fell inside a warning.
Brewster County, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 1 | 0% | |||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 28 | 3 | 89% | 7 | 43% | 16 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 48 min |
Each office's whole area, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Midland/Odessa, TX: tornado warnings | 32 | 5 | 84% | 19 | 37% | 15 min |
| NWS Midland/Odessa, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 272 | 95 | 65% | 210 | 68% | 23 min |
| NWS Midland/Odessa, TX: flash flood warnings | 72 | 34 | 53% | 68 | 90% | 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 11:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 10, 7:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 48 min |
| May 3, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 43 min |
| May 4, 1:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 4, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 4, 3:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 4, 5:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 4, 7:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| May 4, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 4, 7:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 11, 1:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 54 min |
| May 11, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 62 min |
| May 11, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 50 min |
| May 11, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 37 min |
| May 11, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 24 min |
| May 18, 2:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 18, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 20, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 41 min |
| May 20, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 38 min |
| May 20, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 45 min |
| May 20, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 42 min |
| May 20, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 42 min |
| May 20, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 61 min |
| May 20, 5:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| May 20, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 20, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 24 min |
| May 20, 7:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| May 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 22, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 65 min |
| May 22, 4:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| May 22, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 33 min |
| May 22, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 62 min |
| May 22, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 47 min |
| May 22, 5:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| May 22, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 37 min |
| May 22, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 62 min |
| May 23, 2:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 23, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 27, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 56 min |
| May 28, 12:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 28, 3:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 28, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 62 min |
| May 29, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 4:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 5:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 53 min |
| Jun 13, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 6:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 24 min |
| Jun 14, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 6:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | 17 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 68 min |
| Jul 8, 6:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 2:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 3:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 43 min |
| Aug 19, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 63 min |
| Aug 22, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 6:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 38 min |
| Sep 10, 2:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | 47 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 5:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Oct 7, 8:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 38 min |
| Oct 7, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 44 min |
| Oct 8, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 41 min |
| Oct 8, 8:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 39 min |
| Oct 8, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | 43 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | 19 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | 54 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Oct 21, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 50 min |
| Oct 21, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 63 min |
| Oct 22, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 22, 1:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 23, 8:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 41 min |
| Oct 23, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 40 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 | 28 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 6 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 20 |
| Special Weather Statement | 41 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 17 |
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.