Alert archive / Texas / Hopkins County
Weather alerts in Hopkins County, Texas, 2017
104 weather alerts in 2017, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Hopkins County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 104
- Warnings
- 23
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 21
- Busiest month
- April34 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 10, 20177 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 Hopkins County in 2017 had a tornado report inside them.
Hopkins County, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 14 | 5 | 64% | 4 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 5 | 80% | 151 min |
Each office's whole area, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: tornado warnings | 39 | 6 | 85% | 9 | 56% | 13 min |
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 320 | 170 | 47% | 605 | 85% | 27 min |
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: flash flood warnings | 44 | 17 | 61% | 60 | 83% | 82 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, 10:05 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 12 hr |
| Jan 2, 1:04 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jan 2, 1:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 59 days |
| Jan 2, 5:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jan 2, 6:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 56 min |
| Jan 6, 9:22 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | FWD | 11 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:46 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 7 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:47 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 15 hr |
| Jan 14, 8:49 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 23 hr |
| Jan 15, 11:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 59 min |
| Jan 21, 3:44 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 38 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:30 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | FWD | 37 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:15 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 13 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:36 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 9 hr |
| Feb 27, 12:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 59 min |
| Feb 27, 10:03 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Feb 27, 1:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 2:45 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FWD | 19 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Mar 29, 3:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 70 min |
| Apr 4, 6:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Apr 10, 12:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 70 min |
| Apr 10, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 5:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 6:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 10, 7:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 11, 11:59 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 7 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 21, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 21, 7:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 21, 9:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Apr 21, 11:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 22, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 3:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | 17 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:53 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | 16 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Apr 26, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 7:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 9:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 25 min |
| Apr 29, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 7:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 44 min |
| May 3, 3:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | 17 hr |
| May 3, 7:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 3, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 3, 1:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 11, 1:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 11, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 11, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 36 min |
| May 11, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 62 min |
| May 11, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 59 min |
| May 28, 2:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 28, 4:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 28, 6:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 58 min |
| May 28, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 3:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 5:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 35 min |
| Jun 23, 3:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 23, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 11:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 3, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 7:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 2:49 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 4 days |
| Jul 23, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 64 min |
| Jul 24, 3:14 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 4 days |
| Aug 6, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | 19 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | 21 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 5:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 54 min |
| Aug 13, 2:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | 30 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | 15 days |
| Oct 21, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:30 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FWD | 30 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:17 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 26 hr |
| Dec 17, 9:46 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 15 hr |
| Dec 18, 5:58 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 15 hr |
| Dec 20, 12:28 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 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 | 14 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 25 |
| Special Weather Statement | 21 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fire | |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
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.