Alert archive / Texas / Polk County
Weather alerts in Polk County, Texas, 2010
80 weather alerts in 2010, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Polk County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 80
- Warnings
- 25
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 14
- Busiest month
- June11 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 17, 20106 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Polk County, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 2 | 78% | 0 | ||
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: tornado warnings | 22 | 1 | 95% | 5 | 20% | 7 min |
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 88 | 19 | 78% | 41 | 59% | 21 min |
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: flash flood warnings | 25 | 6 | 76% | 14 | 93% | 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 3:03 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | 18 hr |
| Jan 5, 11:58 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | HGX | 24 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:30 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | 4 days |
| Jan 6, 6:04 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 42 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:44 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | 17 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:22 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jan 30, 9:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 14 hr |
| Feb 4, 7:11 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 16 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:50 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | 16 days |
| Feb 8, 5:29 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 61 min |
| Feb 8, 8:15 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 41 days |
| Feb 11, 10:02 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | HGX | 23 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:00 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 5 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:29 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | HGX | 36 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | HGX | 11 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | HGX | 34 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | HGX | 37 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:06 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 20 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 38 hr |
| Mar 24, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:30 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 14 hr |
| Apr 7, 5:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Apr 7, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 58 min |
| Apr 23, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 7, 8:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 14, 6:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 17, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 17, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 37 min |
| May 17, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 39 min |
| May 17, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 44 min |
| May 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 17, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 64 min |
| May 17, 7:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| May 20, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jun 6, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 4:57 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HGX | 34 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 8:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 9, 2:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 9, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 9:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | 49 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 114 min |
| Jul 7, 4:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | 42 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 55 min |
| Jul 24, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 3:54 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 8 days |
| Aug 10, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 2:59 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 10 days |
| Aug 18, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 57 min |
| Aug 23, 1:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Aug 23, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 53 min |
| Aug 23, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 12:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 10:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 62 min |
| Oct 11, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 41 min |
| Oct 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 20 min |
| Oct 11, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 23 min |
| Oct 24, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Oct 27, 6:51 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | 6 hr |
| Oct 27, 1:07 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 30 hr |
| Nov 1, 6:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Nov 1, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Nov 1, 10:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Nov 2, 2:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 3, 4:03 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | 14 hr |
| Nov 4, 5:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 13 hr |
| Nov 5, 9:01 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | HGX | 12 hr |
| Nov 23, 12:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:58 PM CST | Freeze Warning | HGX | 16 hr |
| Dec 11, 5:52 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | 9 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:05 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 28 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:36 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | 17 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:36 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | 16 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 | 9 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 17 |
| Special Weather Statement | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| River Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Hard Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
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.