Alert archive / Texas / Newton County

Weather alerts in Newton County, Texas, 2023

225 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Newton County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
225
Warnings
87
Watches
28
Advisories
62
Busiest month
August45 alerts
Busiest day
November 20, 202311 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 Newton County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them.

Newton County, 2023

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings3233%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings27967%250%3 min
Flash flood warnings4250%0

Each office's whole area, 2023

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Lake Charles, LA: tornado warnings40880%3171%11 min
NWS Lake Charles, LA: severe thunderstorm warnings2417668%17171%22 min
NWS Lake Charles, LA: flash flood warnings401368%2665%66 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 1, 1:26 PM CSTFlood WatchLCH47 hr
Jan 1, 2:52 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH18 hr
Jan 2, 6:54 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLCH14 hr
Jan 2, 5:01 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCH29 min
Jan 7, 9:44 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jan 7, 11:44 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCH46 min
Jan 8, 4:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCH3 hr
Jan 10, 3:19 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH18 hr
Jan 12, 8:52 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLCH9 hr
Jan 16, 2:45 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH21 hr
Jan 17, 2:50 PM CSTWind AdvisoryLCH33 hr
Jan 18, 9:02 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Jan 18, 3:31 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jan 23, 2:44 PM CSTWind AdvisoryLCH39 hr
Jan 24, 10:18 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCH48 days
Jan 24, 10:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jan 24, 2:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCH34 min
Jan 24, 2:58 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCH32 min
Jan 24, 3:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH46 min
Jan 24, 4:12 PM CSTTornado WarningLCH33 min
Jan 24, 4:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCH3 hr
Jan 24, 4:24 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLCH3 hr
Jan 24, 4:24 PM CSTTornado WarningLCH36 min
Jan 24, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH67 min
Jan 29, 2:43 AM CSTFlood WatchLCH21 hr
Jan 30, 7:32 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH14 hr
Feb 8, 3:53 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLCH15 hr
Feb 8, 12:01 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Feb 8, 2:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH39 min
Feb 13, 2:31 PM CSTWind AdvisoryLCH26 hr
Feb 21, 3:45 PM CSTWind AdvisoryLCH29 hr
Feb 24, 3:54 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH18 hr
Mar 2, 3:18 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLCH33 hr
Mar 2, 9:17 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Mar 6, 3:00 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH32 min
Mar 6, 3:32 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH5 hr
Mar 16, 2:41 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLCH33 hr
Mar 16, 10:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Mar 17, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH34 min
Mar 17, 1:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Mar 18, 10:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCH15 days
Mar 19, 3:08 AM CDTFreeze WarningLCH30 hr
Mar 26, 10:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 26, 12:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 26, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Mar 26, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH31 min
Mar 26, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH24 min
Mar 26, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLCH31 min
Mar 26, 3:02 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH17 hr
Mar 31, 7:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 31, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 2, 12:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Apr 2, 5:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 4, 3:40 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Apr 5, 1:20 PM CDTFlood WatchLCH63 hr
Apr 5, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH29 min
Apr 5, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH23 min
Apr 7, 6:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCH12 days
Apr 15, 2:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Apr 15, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Apr 15, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLCH37 min
Apr 15, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH33 min
Apr 15, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLCH54 min
Apr 15, 7:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
Apr 15, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH30 min
Apr 15, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH28 min
Apr 15, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH33 min
Apr 15, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH36 min
Apr 15, 9:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Apr 20, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Apr 20, 10:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Apr 20, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH48 min
Apr 26, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 26, 10:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 26, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 27, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH26 min
Apr 27, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH27 min
Apr 27, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLCH29 min
Apr 27, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH32 min
May 1, 9:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCH21 days
May 8, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLCH33 min
May 9, 2:49 AM CDTFlood WatchLCH61 hr
May 9, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
May 9, 7:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCH3 hr
May 12, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchLCH44 hr
May 14, 6:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCH21 days
Jun 3, 1:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 3, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH61 min
Jun 3, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH36 min
Jun 4, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH25 min
Jun 5, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH33 min
Jun 8, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH38 min
Jun 10, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH20 min
Jun 10, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH28 min
Jun 10, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH26 min
Jun 10, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 14, 2:23 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH30 hr
Jun 15, 2:39 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchLCH13 hr
Jun 16, 4:01 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH15 hr
Jun 16, 4:01 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH39 hr
Jun 16, 5:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC2 hr
Jun 17, 4:03 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH39 hr
Jun 18, 3:52 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH39 hr
Jun 19, 2:42 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH28 hr
Jun 20, 2:50 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jun 22, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH33 min
Jun 23, 2:36 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jun 23, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH41 min
Jun 24, 2:17 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchLCH12 hr
Jun 24, 2:15 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH29 hr
Jun 25, 2:43 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jun 26, 3:40 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchLCH12 hr
Jun 26, 3:37 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH27 hr
Jun 27, 2:36 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jun 28, 3:52 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH27 hr
Jun 29, 3:09 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH40 hr
Jun 29, 3:09 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH40 hr
Jun 30, 3:14 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH40 hr
Jul 9, 3:19 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jul 10, 3:52 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH27 hr
Jul 11, 3:40 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH27 hr
Jul 12, 2:50 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jul 13, 3:05 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH16 hr
Jul 13, 2:20 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH29 hr
Jul 14, 1:35 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH30 hr
Jul 15, 2:41 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jul 16, 3:27 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jul 17, 3:14 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jul 18, 2:26 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH17 hr
Jul 18, 3:26 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jul 19, 2:37 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jul 20, 2:47 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jul 21, 3:24 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jul 22, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 22, 4:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Jul 22, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH66 min
Jul 29, 3:04 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Jul 30, 1:41 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH29 hr
Jul 31, 3:35 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH15 hr
Jul 31, 3:35 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH11 hr
Jul 31, 2:27 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchLCH13 hr
Jul 31, 2:27 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH29 hr
Aug 1, 3:35 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH39 hr
Aug 2, 2:44 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH40 hr
Aug 2, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH42 min
Aug 3, 2:14 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH29 hr
Aug 4, 3:15 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH28 hr
Aug 5, 3:00 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH28 hr
Aug 6, 3:00 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH28 hr
Aug 7, 3:36 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH27 hr
Aug 8, 2:27 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH29 hr
Aug 9, 2:47 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH28 hr
Aug 10, 2:12 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH29 hr
Aug 11, 2:52 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH28 hr
Aug 12, 3:04 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchLCH12 hr
Aug 12, 2:48 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH29 hr
Aug 13, 2:42 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchLCH12 hr
Aug 13, 2:50 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH29 hr
Aug 14, 2:08 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH30 hr
Aug 14, 2:08 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH30 hr
Aug 16, 2:13 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH29 hr
Aug 17, 2:59 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH40 hr
Aug 18, 3:02 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchLCH11 hr
Aug 18, 3:02 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH16 hr
Aug 18, 2:14 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH30 hr
Aug 19, 3:54 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH40 hr
Aug 20, 4:01 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH39 hr
Aug 20, 4:01 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH39 hr
Aug 20, 6:29 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLCH52 hr
Aug 21, 2:12 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH30 hr
Aug 22, 2:33 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH29 hr
Aug 22, 2:52 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLCH29 hr
Aug 23, 11:20 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH33 hr
Aug 23, 11:26 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLCH33 hr
Aug 24, 3:30 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLCH29 hr
Aug 24, 3:58 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH28 hr
Aug 24, 3:58 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Aug 25, 3:29 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH41 hr
Aug 25, 3:29 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH41 hr
Aug 25, 3:20 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLCH29 hr
Aug 26, 3:23 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLCH29 hr
Aug 26, 3:25 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLCH29 hr
Aug 27, 3:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 27, 3:51 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH27 hr
Aug 29, 3:00 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLCH29 hr
Aug 30, 2:55 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLCH29 hr
Aug 31, 2:49 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLCH29 hr
Sep 5, 3:15 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Sep 6, 3:07 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH28 hr
Sep 7, 2:55 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLCH25 hr
Sep 8, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH57 min
Sep 8, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH64 min
Sep 8, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH39 min
Sep 9, 12:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH60 min
Sep 17, 2:32 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLCH17 hr
Sep 25, 1:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCH54 min
Sep 28, 11:20 AM CDTFire Weather WatchLCH24 hr
Sep 28, 11:20 AM CDTFire Weather WatchLCH52 hr
Sep 29, 11:26 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLCH33 hr
Sep 30, 3:19 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLCH29 hr
Sep 30, 3:19 PM CDTRed Flag WarningLCH53 hr
Oct 20, 3:23 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH6 hr
Oct 21, 2:51 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH19 hr
Oct 31, 2:10 PM CDTFreeze WatchLCH12 hr
Nov 1, 2:38 AM CDTFreeze WarningLCH29 hr
Nov 4, 2:45 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH18 hr
Nov 5, 2:52 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH18 hr
Nov 20, 11:56 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Nov 20, 12:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH29 min
Nov 20, 12:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Nov 20, 1:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCH43 min
Nov 20, 1:44 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCH31 min
Nov 20, 2:10 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCH50 min
Nov 20, 2:35 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Nov 20, 2:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCH48 min
Nov 20, 3:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH31 min
Nov 20, 3:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLCH57 min
Nov 20, 5:45 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCH30 min
Nov 29, 9:09 PM CSTWind AdvisoryLCH30 hr
Dec 3, 2:04 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH7 hr
Dec 9, 4:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Dec 9, 6:28 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCH47 min
Dec 9, 6:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCH44 min
Dec 24, 1:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLCH45 min
Dec 25, 12:14 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLCH4 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.