Alert archive / Texas / Palo Pinto County
Weather alerts in Palo Pinto County, Texas, 2012
134 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Palo Pinto County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 134
- Warnings
- 23
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 27
- Busiest month
- April23 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 3, 201214 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Palo Pinto County, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 20 | 13 | 35% | 10 | 100% | 13 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: tornado warnings | 24 | 8 | 67% | 16 | 94% | 25 min |
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 318 | 159 | 50% | 392 | 81% | 28 min |
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: flash flood warnings | 26 | 12 | 54% | 30 | 100% | 68 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 11, 2:53 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 13 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:06 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 28 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | 14 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:32 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Feb 2, 9:30 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:59 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Feb 3, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Feb 3, 5:41 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:06 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FWD | 29 hr |
| Feb 13, 9:26 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 14 hr |
| Feb 20, 6:04 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 8 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:39 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 27 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:38 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:05 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 11:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | 8 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 54 min |
| Mar 19, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Mar 19, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 3:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Apr 2, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Apr 3, 1:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Apr 3, 8:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 3, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 9:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 9:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 10:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 11:47 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Apr 4, 1:21 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 8 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Apr 8, 11:17 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 12 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:50 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | 33 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 43 min |
| May 4, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 4, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 4, 5:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 4, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 34 min |
| May 4, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 66 min |
| May 4, 7:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| May 4, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 19 min |
| May 5, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 6, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 56 min |
| May 6, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 63 min |
| May 6, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 37 min |
| May 6, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 57 min |
| May 28, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 28, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 57 min |
| May 28, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 60 min |
| May 28, 9:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| May 29, 8:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 30, 2:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 30, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 30, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 52 min |
| May 30, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 22 min |
| May 30, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 1:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 3:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 11, 9:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 10:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 12, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 3:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 5:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 2:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 4:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 86 min |
| Jul 7, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 6:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 2:57 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 53 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:46 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 10 days |
| Aug 7, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 3:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 6:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 61 min |
| Aug 15, 3:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Aug 18, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 7:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Sep 7, 7:19 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | 4 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:30 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Oct 7, 3:12 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FWD | 18 hr |
| Oct 13, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 13, 6:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 22, 10:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Oct 22, 10:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 35 min |
| Oct 26, 3:10 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FWD | 30 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:58 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FWD | 18 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:58 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 15 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:33 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 14 hr |
| Dec 14, 8:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 64 min |
| Dec 18, 4:07 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | FWD | 24 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:51 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | FWD | 14 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:58 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 35 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:55 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FWD | 41 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:15 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 18 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 28 min |
| Dec 25, 4:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 37 min |
| Dec 25, 9:31 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 27, 9:04 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FWD | 15 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 | 20 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 12 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 43 |
| Special Weather Statement | 23 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 12 |
| 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.