Alert archive / Texas / Leon County
Weather alerts in Leon County, Texas, 2016
88 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Leon County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 88
- Warnings
- 21
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 26
- Busiest month
- April23 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 29, 20168 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Leon County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 2 | 100% | 59 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: tornado warnings | 37 | 3 | 92% | 6 | 50% | 4 min |
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 313 | 133 | 58% | 381 | 90% | 28 min |
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: flash flood warnings | 101 | 47 | 53% | 101 | 91% | 111 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 8, 3:21 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 7 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:06 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 6:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Feb 7, 4:29 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | FWD | 24 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:21 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 27 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:28 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | FWD | 14 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:59 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 37 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | 51 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:06 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:24 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Mar 8, 9:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | 7 days |
| Mar 8, 2:00 PM CST | River Flood Warning | FWD | 15 days |
| Mar 8, 11:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 47 min |
| Mar 9, 3:59 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 47 min |
| Mar 10, 3:18 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 6 hr |
| Mar 21, 8:24 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | 47 hr |
| Mar 29, 10:18 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | 63 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | 8 days |
| Apr 17, 12:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | 22 days |
| Apr 17, 10:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 5:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 7:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 9:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Apr 26, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 1:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 29, 9:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | 5 days |
| Apr 29, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 26 min |
| Apr 29, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 2:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 29, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 3:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | 65 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | 49 hr |
| May 1, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 66 min |
| May 2, 1:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 2, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 31 min |
| May 2, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 46 min |
| May 2, 2:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 9, 5:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 26, 11:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 35 min |
| May 26, 11:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | 28 hr |
| May 26, 11:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 2 hr |
| May 26, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 26, 2:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | 6 days |
| May 26, 5:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | 5 hr |
| May 26, 9:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | 6 hr |
| May 27, 3:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | 3 hr |
| May 27, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | 7 days |
| May 31, 10:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | 3 days |
| May 31, 10:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 113 min |
| Jun 1, 9:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | 24 days |
| Jun 2, 4:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | 7 days |
| Jun 13, 8:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | 5 days |
| Jun 14, 3:43 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 4 days |
| Jun 28, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 36 min |
| Jun 28, 2:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 3:47 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 5 days |
| Aug 3, 3:07 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 10 days |
| Aug 17, 2:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | 43 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 57 min |
| Sep 25, 2:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 2 hr |
| Sep 25, 4:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 2 hr |
| Oct 30, 6:41 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:56 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 4 hr |
| Nov 4, 8:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 4 hr |
| Nov 5, 11:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 116 min |
| Nov 19, 3:37 AM CST | Freeze Warning | FWD | 29 hr |
| Nov 22, 9:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 23, 1:41 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 4 hr |
| Nov 28, 11:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 28 min |
| Dec 5, 10:08 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 11 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:24 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 8 hr |
| Dec 17, 4:06 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 20 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 | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 14 |
| Special Weather Statement | 15 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 12 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 13 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
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.