Alert archive / Texas / Gaines County
Weather alerts in Gaines County, Texas, 2010
132 weather alerts in 2010, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Gaines County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 132
- Warnings
- 42
- Watches
- 30
- Advisories
- 43
- Busiest month
- May20 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 14, 20107 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Gaines County, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 15 | 7 | 53% | 4 | 50% | 2 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Midland/Odessa, TX: tornado warnings | 37 | 1 | 97% | 1 | 100% | 17 min |
| NWS Midland/Odessa, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 275 | 86 | 69% | 168 | 79% | 24 min |
| NWS Midland/Odessa, TX: flash flood warnings | 64 | 16 | 75% | 36 | 86% | 67 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 4, 3:07 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | MAF | 10 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MAF | 10 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:37 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | MAF | 4 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:25 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | MAF | 8 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 4 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:46 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 13 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:12 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 40 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:51 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 13 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:23 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:46 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 8 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MAF | 27 hr |
| Jan 28, 5:05 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 28, 10:00 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 4 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:55 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | 5 hr |
| Feb 2, 9:23 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:44 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 4 hr |
| Feb 4, 10:55 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | 10 hr |
| Feb 7, 9:16 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 8:20 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | 10 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:42 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MAF | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MAF | 14 hr |
| Feb 22, 5:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MAF | 33 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:45 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 29 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:57 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 26 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:34 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 29 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:33 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 13 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:56 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:42 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 33 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:40 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 47 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:06 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 34 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:01 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 17 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:57 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 13 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:57 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 62 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:57 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 31 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:54 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 14 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:09 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 32 hr |
| Apr 1, 5:10 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 38 hr |
| Apr 1, 5:38 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 16 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:45 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 47 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:49 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 28 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:09 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 17 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 11:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | 15 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 7 hr |
| Apr 21, 10:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Apr 22, 3:07 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 29 hr |
| Apr 22, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 22, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 2:44 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 63 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 31 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:23 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 15 hr |
| May 1, 3:13 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 30 hr |
| May 3, 2:45 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 48 hr |
| May 5, 2:52 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 30 hr |
| May 7, 2:43 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 48 hr |
| May 9, 3:04 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 31 hr |
| May 10, 5:26 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 13 hr |
| May 14, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 14, 7:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 14, 12:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| May 14, 12:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 14, 7:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| May 15, 12:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 15, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 53 min |
| May 16, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 66 min |
| May 16, 8:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| May 16, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 39 min |
| May 17, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 17, 5:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 18, 5:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 24, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 14 min |
| Jun 10, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 5:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 11:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | 19 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 1:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 3:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 4:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 3:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 26, 8:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | 4 days |
| Jul 2, 6:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 8:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | 48 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 3:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | 63 hr |
| Oct 21, 12:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 61 min |
| Oct 21, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 62 min |
| Oct 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | 41 min |
| Oct 25, 4:28 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 15 hr |
| Nov 12, 2:18 PM CST | Freeze Warning | MAF | 18 hr |
| Nov 20, 2:57 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 14 hr |
| Nov 21, 5:11 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 13 hr |
| Nov 22, 1:31 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 4 hr |
| Nov 22, 2:31 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 23 hr |
| Nov 23, 1:20 PM CST | Freeze Watch | MAF | 26 hr |
| Nov 23, 1:58 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 28 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:34 PM CST | Freeze Warning | MAF | 42 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:38 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 30 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:43 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 47 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:41 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 52 hr |
| Dec 29, 6:01 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 12 hr |
| Dec 29, 2:42 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 14 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:24 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 31 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:06 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 13 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:59 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 14 hr |
| Dec 31, 4:33 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 10 hr |
| Dec 31, 4:45 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 10 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 | 15 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 17 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 16 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 15 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 21 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 14 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 3 |
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.