Alert archive / Texas / Gonzales County
Weather alerts in Gonzales County, Texas, 2015
179 weather alerts in 2015, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Gonzales County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 179
- Warnings
- 45
- Watches
- 30
- Advisories
- 49
- Busiest month
- May59 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 25, 201510 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
2 of 3 tornado warnings covering Gonzales County in 2015 had a tornado report inside them.
Gonzales County, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 2 | 33% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 12 | 4 | 67% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 8 | 6 | 25% | 4 | 50% | 128 min |
Each office's whole area, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX: tornado warnings | 53 | 9 | 83% | 27 | 41% | 12 min |
| NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 241 | 69 | 71% | 160 | 73% | 24 min |
| NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX: flash flood warnings | 179 | 107 | 40% | 267 | 87% | 105 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, 3:51 PM CST | Freeze Warning | EWX | 17 hr |
| Jan 7, 4:04 AM CST | Wind Advisory | EWX | 14 hr |
| Jan 20, 5:20 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 5 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:28 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 7 hr |
| Jan 29, 6:30 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Feb 1, 6:21 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 1:20 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 5:09 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 5 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:43 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 17 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:01 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:00 PM CST | Wind Advisory | EWX | 18 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 38 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:15 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 53 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Mar 21, 5:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 4 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:06 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | EWX | 12 hr |
| Apr 12, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 65 min |
| Apr 12, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 49 min |
| Apr 12, 11:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Apr 16, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 25 min |
| Apr 16, 6:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 118 min |
| Apr 16, 6:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Apr 17, 4:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 20 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | 55 min |
| Apr 17, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | 61 min |
| Apr 19, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 4:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Apr 24, 10:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 23 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 12 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Apr 25, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Apr 25, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 5:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 12:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Apr 27, 1:27 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | 60 min |
| May 5, 10:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 7 hr |
| May 11, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 11, 7:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 11, 10:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 56 hr |
| May 11, 2:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 13, 9:52 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 13, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 42 min |
| May 13, 4:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 2 hr |
| May 14, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 26 hr |
| May 15, 12:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | 3 hr |
| May 16, 2:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 24 hr |
| May 17, 8:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | 3 hr |
| May 17, 9:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| May 17, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 60 min |
| May 17, 11:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| May 17, 11:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 39 hr |
| May 17, 3:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 24 hr |
| May 17, 3:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 56 hr |
| May 18, 4:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | 5 hr |
| May 18, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 33 min |
| May 18, 9:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 109 min |
| May 22, 1:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 41 hr |
| May 23, 1:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 119 min |
| May 23, 6:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 23, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 23, 8:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 4 days |
| May 23, 8:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 23, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | 42 min |
| May 23, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 40 min |
| May 23, 11:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 24, 3:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 22 hr |
| May 24, 9:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 5 days |
| May 24, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 34 hr |
| May 25, 9:02 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 25, 11:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 25, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 25, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 25, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | 45 min |
| May 25, 6:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | 6 hr |
| May 25, 6:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 44 hr |
| May 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | 42 min |
| May 25, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | 42 min |
| May 25, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | 37 min |
| May 25, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | 24 min |
| May 25, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | 60 min |
| May 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | 55 min |
| May 25, 11:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 27, 11:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| May 28, 2:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 28, 9:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 28, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 29, 1:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 4 hr |
| May 29, 3:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 3 days |
| May 29, 3:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 34 hr |
| May 30, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | 49 min |
| May 30, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | 4 hr |
| May 30, 8:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 67 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 5:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 15 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 23 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 54 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 64 hr |
| Jun 15, 10:16 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | EWX | 27 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 16, 6:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 16, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 10:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 17, 6:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 12 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 18 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 21 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 43 min |
| Jul 31, 2:40 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 11:48 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | EWX | 32 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:30 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | EWX | 17 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:30 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | EWX | 17 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:25 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | EWX | 11 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 8:05 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 115 min |
| Sep 25, 3:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 22, 12:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 52 hr |
| Oct 23, 12:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 8:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 19 hr |
| Oct 24, 11:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 8 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Oct 30, 4:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | 29 hr |
| Oct 30, 6:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Oct 30, 7:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Oct 30, 8:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 20 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 4 days |
| Oct 30, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 50 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | 4 days |
| Oct 30, 10:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Oct 30, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Oct 31, 4:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 63 min |
| Oct 31, 5:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 113 min |
| Nov 2, 3:11 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 6 hr |
| Nov 3, 6:58 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Nov 17, 12:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 54 min |
| Nov 17, 1:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 40 min |
| Nov 17, 2:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 43 min |
| Nov 17, 4:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 40 min |
| Nov 17, 8:52 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | 3 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:18 PM CST | Wind Advisory | EWX | 26 hr |
| Nov 22, 3:04 PM CST | Freeze Warning | EWX | 18 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:43 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 5:21 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 4 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:50 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 8 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:16 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 8 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | 59 min |
| Dec 21, 11:45 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 11 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:27 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | 7 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:58 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 5:44 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 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 | 12 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 33 |
| Special Weather Statement | 22 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 8 |
| River Flood Warning | 19 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 17 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 22 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 18 |
| Tropical | |
| Tropical Storm Warning | 1 |
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.