Alert archive / Texas / Jim Wells County
Weather alerts in Jim Wells County, Texas, 2013
74 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Jim Wells County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 74
- Warnings
- 26
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 32
- Busiest month
- March13 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 1, 20136 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Jim Wells County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 10 | 4 | 60% | 7 | 100% | 26 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Corpus Christi, TX: tornado warnings | 20 | 1 | 95% | 9 | 22% | 32 min |
| NWS Corpus Christi, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 64 | 21 | 67% | 47 | 81% | 23 min |
| NWS Corpus Christi, TX: flash flood warnings | 26 | 11 | 58% | 27 | 52% | 72 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 16, 3:27 PM CST | Freeze Warning | CRP | 15 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:42 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 4 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:47 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | 24 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:14 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | CRP | 52 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:52 AM CST | Wind Advisory | CRP | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:07 AM CST | Wind Advisory | CRP | 12 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:34 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:48 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Feb 7, 11:15 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 31 min |
| Feb 23, 4:04 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | 13 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:51 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:51 AM CST | Wind Advisory | CRP | 40 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:41 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | CRP | 40 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:08 PM CST | High Wind Warning | CRP | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:08 PM CST | Wind Advisory | CRP | 5 hr |
| Feb 27, 5:46 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | CRP | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:56 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | CRP | 20 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:31 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | 22 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:58 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | CRP | 16 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:58 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | CRP | 40 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:38 AM CST | Wind Advisory | CRP | 10 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CRP | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:27 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CRP | 13 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | CRP | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:44 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | 24 hr |
| Mar 23, 6:02 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CRP | 37 hr |
| Mar 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | CRP | 20 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:02 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 7:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Mar 31, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 17 min |
| Apr 2, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:26 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | 13 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:09 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CRP | 14 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 53 min |
| May 10, 6:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 10, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 10, 9:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:20 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | CRP | 63 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | CRP | 37 hr |
| Sep 20, 6:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | 116 min |
| Sep 20, 7:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | 2 hr |
| Sep 20, 10:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | 83 min |
| Sep 26, 5:18 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 4 hr |
| Oct 1, 8:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | 52 min |
| Oct 27, 4:32 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 4 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:53 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 5 hr |
| Nov 6, 3:41 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | 64 min |
| Nov 6, 4:26 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | 49 min |
| Nov 6, 5:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | 2 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:37 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 5 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:39 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 11 hr |
| Nov 26, 1:22 PM CST | Wind Advisory | CRP | 5 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:18 PM CST | Freeze Warning | CRP | 14 hr |
| Dec 2, 5:01 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 5 hr |
| Dec 3, 5:47 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 4 hr |
| Dec 5, 12:58 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 11 hr |
| Dec 6, 4:01 AM CST | Freeze Warning | CRP | 29 hr |
| Dec 6, 4:07 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | CRP | 31 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:05 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | CRP | 20 hr |
| Dec 15, 8:06 PM CST | Freeze Warning | CRP | 11 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:12 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 8 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 | 10 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 7 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 8 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 10 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 14 |
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.