Alert archive / Texas / Dallas County

Weather alerts in Dallas County, Texas, 2008

249 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Dallas County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
249
Warnings
59
Watches
41
Advisories
62
Busiest month
April47 alerts
Busiest day
March 18, 200811 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 2 tornado warnings covering Dallas County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.

Dallas County, 2008

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings20100%10%
Severe thunderstorm warnings161038%1587%20 min
Flash flood warnings10640%5100%64 min

Each office's whole area, 2008

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Fort Worth, TX: tornado warnings621281%1989%22 min
NWS Fort Worth, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings41117158%37876%24 min
NWS Fort Worth, TX: flash flood warnings933365%6389%69 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 1, 3:00 PM CSTFire Weather WatchFWD37 hr
Jan 6, 12:19 PM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD7 hr
Jan 10, 10:34 AM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD5 hr
Jan 19, 3:53 PM CSTFire Weather WatchFWD12 hr
Jan 20, 4:11 AM CSTRed Flag WarningFWD15 hr
Jan 21, 9:34 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryFWD11 hr
Jan 23, 2:56 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchFWD24 hr
Jan 24, 3:17 PM CSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryFWD21 hr
Jan 26, 7:46 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryFWD4 hr
Jan 27, 1:13 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryFWD10 hr
Jan 27, 6:00 PM CSTFire Weather WatchFWD22 hr
Jan 28, 3:44 AM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD14 hr
Jan 28, 3:40 PM CSTHigh Wind WatchFWD12 hr
Jan 28, 3:41 PM CSTRed Flag WarningFWD26 hr
Jan 29, 3:47 AM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD14 hr
Jan 29, 3:49 AM CSTFire Weather WatchFWD12 hr
Jan 29, 12:22 PM CSTHigh Wind WarningFWD6 hr
Jan 29, 3:21 PM CSTRed Flag WarningFWD27 hr
Jan 29, 9:43 PM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD20 hr
Jan 29, 9:54 PM CSTFire Weather WatchFWD17 hr
Jan 30, 2:59 PM CSTRed Flag WarningFWD28 hr
Jan 30, 8:18 PM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD23 hr
Feb 5, 2:00 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Feb 5, 2:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Feb 5, 5:03 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Feb 5, 1:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD35 min
Feb 5, 1:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD50 min
Feb 5, 1:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD47 min
Feb 5, 2:09 PM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD5 hr
Feb 5, 2:15 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Feb 5, 2:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD28 min
Feb 11, 5:55 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Feb 11, 7:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Feb 12, 1:17 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Feb 12, 2:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD38 min
Feb 14, 4:50 AM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD11 hr
Feb 16, 1:09 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Feb 16, 12:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Feb 16, 3:31 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Feb 24, 6:17 AM CSTFire Weather WatchFWD9 hr
Feb 24, 3:35 PM CSTRed Flag WarningFWD51 hr
Feb 25, 3:51 AM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD37 hr
Feb 26, 3:21 PM CSTFire Weather WatchFWD11 hr
Feb 27, 3:09 PM CSTRed Flag WarningFWD27 hr
Feb 28, 2:37 AM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD15 hr
Mar 2, 3:59 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchFWD27 hr
Mar 2, 3:59 AM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD38 hr
Mar 2, 5:26 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Mar 2, 6:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Mar 2, 7:52 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWD23 min
Mar 3, 1:36 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Mar 3, 1:57 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 3, 10:45 AM CSTSnow AdvisoryFWD17 hr
Mar 6, 3:43 AM CSTSnow AdvisoryFWD16 hr
Mar 6, 11:31 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningFWD8 hr
Mar 6, 1:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWD50 min
Mar 7, 3:16 AM CSTSnow AdvisoryFWD9 hr
Mar 10, 7:09 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWD14 hr
Mar 10, 11:24 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryFWD12 hr
Mar 12, 2:52 PM CDTFire Weather WatchFWD24 hr
Mar 13, 3:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Mar 16, 3:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchFWD64 hr
Mar 17, 10:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Mar 18, 11:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWD3 hr
Mar 18, 11:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD30 min
Mar 18, 12:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWD12 hr
Mar 18, 12:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD28 min
Mar 18, 1:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWD64 hr
Mar 18, 1:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Mar 18, 1:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWD16 hr
Mar 18, 2:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWD3 hr
Mar 18, 4:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWD3 hr
Mar 18, 5:32 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWD15 hr
Mar 18, 6:53 PM CDTWind AdvisoryFWD9 hr
Mar 25, 8:25 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWD11 hr
Mar 27, 1:27 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWD6 hr
Mar 31, 12:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Mar 31, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Mar 31, 3:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFWD51 min
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Apr 3, 10:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD64 min
Apr 3, 10:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Apr 3, 5:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Apr 4, 12:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Apr 4, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Apr 4, 2:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD26 min
Apr 4, 4:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Apr 8, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD29 min
Apr 8, 10:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Apr 8, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD54 min
Apr 8, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 9, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD47 min
Apr 9, 3:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Apr 9, 4:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchFWD28 hr
Apr 9, 4:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD23 min
Apr 9, 7:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWD12 hr
Apr 9, 12:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Apr 9, 3:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC27 min
Apr 9, 3:48 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr
Apr 9, 8:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Apr 9, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 10, 1:29 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWD18 hr
Apr 10, 2:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWD43 hr
Apr 10, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD64 min
Apr 10, 3:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Apr 10, 3:39 AM CDTTornado WarningFWD36 min
Apr 10, 5:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWD91 min
Apr 13, 2:23 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryFWD31 hr
Apr 16, 2:09 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWD17 hr
Apr 17, 2:21 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWD16 hr
Apr 17, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 17, 7:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Apr 17, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD25 min
Apr 17, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD60 min
Apr 17, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 17, 9:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWD116 min
Apr 17, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD56 min
Apr 18, 2:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWD18 hr
Apr 23, 11:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 23, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 23, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD67 min
Apr 23, 10:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Apr 24, 4:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWD13 hr
Apr 24, 10:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWD46 hr
Apr 25, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD31 min
Apr 25, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD38 min
Apr 30, 2:55 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWD35 hr
May 6, 7:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD25 min
May 6, 8:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD26 min
May 6, 8:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWD114 min
May 7, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 7, 3:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 10, 3:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
May 10, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 10, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD32 min
May 10, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD30 min
May 10, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD29 min
May 10, 7:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
May 13, 6:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
May 13, 9:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
May 13, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD30 min
May 13, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD34 min
May 13, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
May 13, 5:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
May 13, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 14, 2:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
May 14, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 14, 10:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
May 14, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD64 min
May 15, 12:37 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFWD7 hr
May 22, 10:39 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWD9 hr
May 27, 9:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
May 27, 1:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWD117 min
Jun 3, 2:22 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWD18 hr
Jun 4, 2:24 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWD48 hr
Jun 9, 1:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jun 9, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD31 min
Jun 9, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD34 min
Jun 10, 1:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD24 min
Jun 10, 7:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWD2 hr
Jun 17, 11:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD29 min
Jun 17, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD60 min
Jun 17, 11:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC33 min
Jun 19, 6:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 19, 6:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD32 min
Jun 19, 7:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD57 min
Jun 19, 7:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWD2 hr
Jun 19, 7:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD26 min
Jun 25, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD53 min
Jun 25, 9:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD26 min
Jun 28, 5:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jun 28, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 28, 8:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Jul 8, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD34 min
Jul 8, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD27 min
Jul 15, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD34 min
Jul 15, 6:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWD116 min
Jul 15, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWD23 min
Jul 16, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD23 min
Jul 16, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD23 min
Jul 26, 3:34 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryFWD51 hr
Jul 30, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD36 min
Jul 31, 2:37 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryFWD5 days
Aug 1, 3:20 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchFWD24 hr
Aug 2, 4:15 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningFWD63 hr
Aug 3, 9:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC65 min
Aug 11, 3:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 15, 2:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD56 min
Aug 15, 2:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD66 min
Aug 15, 3:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWD2 hr
Aug 15, 3:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD67 min
Aug 15, 4:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWD2 hr
Aug 18, 12:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWD3 hr
Aug 18, 3:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWD118 min
Aug 19, 2:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchFWD40 hr
Aug 20, 12:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWD118 min
Aug 20, 1:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWD3 hr
Aug 20, 5:10 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFWD4 hr
Aug 20, 5:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWD117 min
Aug 20, 7:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWD3 hr
Aug 20, 5:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWD85 min
Aug 20, 5:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWD2 hr
Aug 20, 6:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFWD118 min
Aug 29, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD31 min
Aug 29, 2:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFWD29 min
Sep 11, 3:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchFWD54 hr
Sep 11, 3:56 PM CDTInland Tropical Storm WatchFWD19 hr
Sep 12, 4:02 AM CDTInland Tropical Storm WarningFWD42 hr
Sep 13, 1:28 PM CDTWind AdvisoryFWD8 hr
Sep 13, 2:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFWD4 hr
Oct 6, 5:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Oct 7, 6:26 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFWD12 hr
Oct 24, 3:57 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryFWD11 hr
Nov 4, 3:49 PM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD26 hr
Nov 10, 6:37 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Nov 10, 8:08 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWD67 min
Nov 10, 8:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningFWD3 hr
Nov 10, 10:25 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWD11 hr
Nov 10, 10:33 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Nov 10, 11:59 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWD3 hr
Nov 11, 3:03 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningFWD3 hr
Nov 11, 3:56 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementFWD34 min
Nov 11, 9:29 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFWD25 hr
Nov 14, 2:45 PM CSTRed Flag WarningFWD27 hr
Nov 28, 11:28 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryFWD10 hr
Nov 29, 2:49 AM CSTFire Weather WatchFWD19 hr
Nov 29, 9:26 PM CSTRed Flag WarningFWD21 hr
Nov 30, 12:26 AM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD18 hr
Dec 1, 2:41 PM CSTRed Flag WarningFWD27 hr
Dec 3, 9:48 AM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD8 hr
Dec 7, 9:24 PM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD21 hr
Dec 8, 7:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Dec 8, 9:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Dec 9, 2:17 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Dec 9, 2:30 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC30 min
Dec 9, 3:37 AM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD20 hr
Dec 12, 9:20 PM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD23 hr
Dec 14, 5:43 AM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD10 hr
Dec 15, 11:32 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryFWD27 hr
Dec 16, 3:34 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryFWD20 hr
Dec 16, 3:34 PM CSTFreezing Fog AdvisoryFWD12 hr
Dec 17, 3:31 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryFWD20 hr
Dec 22, 3:29 PM CSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryFWD12 hr
Dec 26, 10:16 AM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD7 hr
Dec 27, 3:32 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Dec 27, 3:59 AM CSTRed Flag WarningFWD14 hr
Dec 27, 4:18 AM CSTWind AdvisoryFWD14 hr
Dec 27, 7:41 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Dec 27, 10:00 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr

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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.

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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.