Alert archive / Texas / Matagorda County
Weather alerts in Matagorda County, Texas, 2013
92 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Matagorda County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 92
- Warnings
- 23
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 38
- Busiest month
- April16 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 3, 20135 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Matagorda County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 13 | 5 | 62% | 2 | 50% | 28 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: tornado warnings | 11 | 1 | 91% | 2 | 50% | 17 min |
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 135 | 52 | 61% | 110 | 79% | 20 min |
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: flash flood warnings | 22 | 5 | 77% | 27 | 26% | 81 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 7, 3:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | 54 hr |
| Jan 9, 8:48 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:16 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:17 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:12 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:17 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 12 hr |
| Jan 19, 11:12 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 10 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:51 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 10 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:56 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 11 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:27 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 6 hr |
| Jan 26, 9:38 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 5 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:23 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 12 hr |
| Jan 30, 7:33 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 10 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:54 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 8 hr |
| Feb 18, 5:29 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 11 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:16 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | 9 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:13 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 30 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:14 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 42 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:23 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 15 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:57 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 12 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:49 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 9 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:58 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:31 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 14 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:08 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 27 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:39 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 13 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:07 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | 14 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 13 hr |
| Mar 20, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 5:28 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | 9 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:49 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 25 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:57 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 28 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:25 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 8:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Apr 2, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 1:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Apr 3, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 55 min |
| Apr 9, 10:45 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 8 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:05 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | HGX | 14 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:56 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 18 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 23 min |
| May 1, 9:56 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 45 hr |
| May 3, 2:14 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 5 hr |
| May 10, 8:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 32 min |
| May 10, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 10, 11:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| May 10, 11:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 12:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 6, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:00 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 5 days |
| Aug 16, 12:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 6:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 115 min |
| Aug 16, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 18 min |
| Aug 26, 6:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 112 min |
| Sep 16, 12:57 PM CDT | Rip Current Statement | HGX | 7 hr |
| Oct 4, 6:07 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | HGX | 31 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | 9 hr |
| Oct 13, 1:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 2 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | 25 hr |
| Oct 31, 10:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Oct 31, 11:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Oct 31, 10:32 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 10 hr |
| Nov 12, 5:08 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 22 hr |
| Nov 17, 5:54 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 18 hr |
| Nov 23, 1:31 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 19 hr |
| Nov 26, 4:25 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 8 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:50 PM CST | Freeze Warning | HGX | 16 hr |
| Dec 4, 7:57 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 2 hr |
| Dec 5, 9:31 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 6 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:41 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 17 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:42 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 7 hr |
| Dec 14, 2:26 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 10 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:55 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 7 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Dec 21, 9:46 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 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 | 13 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 10 |
| Special Weather Statement | 7 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 9 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 15 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 9 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 13 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 1 |
| Rip Current Statement | 2 |
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.