Alert archive / Texas / Rains County
Weather alerts in Rains County, Texas, 2010
82 weather alerts in 2010, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Rains County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 82
- Warnings
- 13
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 26
- Busiest month
- October12 alerts
- Busiest day
- October 24, 20107 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 3 tornado warnings covering Rains County in 2010 had a tornado report inside them.
Rains County, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 4 | 20% | 3 | 100% | 14 min |
| 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 Fort Worth, TX: tornado warnings | 53 | 9 | 83% | 18 | 72% | 14 min |
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 252 | 114 | 55% | 290 | 78% | 26 min |
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: flash flood warnings | 85 | 42 | 51% | 94 | 93% | 93 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 6, 3:42 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 26 hr |
| Jan 6, 9:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FWD | 11 hr |
| Jan 7, 4:14 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FWD | 30 hr |
| Jan 16, 11:30 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 11 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 20, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 63 min |
| Jan 28, 2:36 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jan 28, 10:35 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:36 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:43 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Jan 31, 10:05 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | FWD | 11 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:45 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FWD | 38 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:00 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FWD | 27 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:51 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:21 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:56 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:58 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | FWD | 19 hr |
| Feb 13, 9:37 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 2 hr |
| Feb 13, 9:40 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:01 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Mar 10, 8:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:01 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Mar 10, 2:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Mar 10, 2:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 1:12 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:18 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FWD | 49 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:09 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | 15 hr |
| Mar 21, 5:51 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FWD | 10 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:32 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | 14 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Apr 23, 8:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 5:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 3:54 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | 20 hr |
| May 1, 5:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 14, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 33 min |
| May 14, 4:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| May 20, 11:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| May 20, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 26, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 22 min |
| Jun 8, 3:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | 52 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | 3 days |
| Jul 14, 3:40 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 5 days |
| Aug 2, 11:03 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 15 days |
| Aug 5, 7:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:44 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 5 days |
| Aug 19, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 37 min |
| Sep 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | 60 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Sep 8, 4:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Sep 8, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Sep 18, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 35 min |
| Oct 11, 2:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Oct 23, 11:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Oct 23, 12:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 23, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | 43 min |
| Oct 24, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Oct 24, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 30 min |
| Oct 24, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 53 min |
| Oct 24, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 24, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | 37 min |
| Oct 24, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | 35 min |
| Oct 24, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 19 min |
| Oct 25, 3:51 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | 15 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:17 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FWD | 18 hr |
| Nov 12, 10:59 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Nov 12, 2:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 24 min |
| Nov 24, 11:18 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 7 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:00 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 14 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:44 PM CST | Freeze Warning | FWD | 16 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:44 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | FWD | 14 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:54 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 12 hr |
| Dec 12, 8:37 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | FWD | 8 hr |
| Dec 15, 12:06 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:52 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
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 | 5 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 24 |
| Special Weather Statement | 7 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 10 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 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.