Alert archive / Texas / Sabine County
Weather alerts in Sabine County, Texas, 2008
176 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Sabine County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 176
- Warnings
- 43
- Watches
- 27
- Advisories
- 55
- Busiest month
- March48 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 30, 200823 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 2 tornado warnings covering Sabine County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 8 minutes after it went out.
Sabine County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 2 | 50% | 8 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 25 | 11 | 56% | 6 | 67% | 26 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 8 | 5 | 38% | 4 | 100% | 47 min |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Shreveport, LA: tornado warnings | 77 | 28 | 64% | 61 | 66% | 15 min |
| NWS Shreveport, LA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 461 | 201 | 56% | 484 | 74% | 23 min |
| NWS Shreveport, LA: flash flood warnings | 64 | 42 | 34% | 114 | 89% | 69 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, 3:30 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 15 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:49 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 14 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:00 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 15 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:30 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 7 hr |
| Jan 29, 4:36 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 17 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:47 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:53 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 16 hr |
| Jan 31, 5:23 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:00 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 15 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 7, 11:10 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 7 hr |
| Feb 12, 7:50 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Feb 14, 4:10 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 14 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 27 min |
| Feb 16, 1:09 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Feb 16, 2:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Feb 16, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:17 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 12 hr |
| Feb 16, 7:18 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Feb 17, 1:00 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 20 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:51 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 24 min |
| Feb 21, 1:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 8:54 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:46 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 3 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:51 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 37 hr |
| Feb 25, 9:22 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Feb 28, 5:21 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 13 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:09 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 4 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:52 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 15 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:36 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 23 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:16 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:21 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Mar 3, 6:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 3, 10:18 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Mar 3, 10:36 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 7, 5:12 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 10 hr |
| Mar 11, 4:31 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 7:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 31 min |
| Mar 17, 3:51 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 62 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | 48 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:59 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 18, 12:39 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | SHV | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:36 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 16 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:07 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 21 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:52 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 29 hr |
| Mar 29, 11:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Mar 29, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 6:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Mar 30, 8:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 57 min |
| Mar 30, 9:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 54 min |
| Mar 30, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 11:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | 41 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 12:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 1:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 2:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | 43 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 3:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 8:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:12 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 15 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:05 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 115 min |
| Apr 3, 5:30 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 14 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | 16 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | 24 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:42 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 14 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:40 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 27 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:10 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | SHV | 17 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:03 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 16 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:09 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 49 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:55 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 37 hr |
| May 2, 4:49 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 8 hr |
| May 2, 7:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 2, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 45 min |
| May 2, 11:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| May 3, 2:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 6, 3:15 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 30 hr |
| May 7, 4:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 7, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 7, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 62 min |
| May 7, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 53 min |
| May 7, 10:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 7, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 61 min |
| May 7, 11:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 11, 1:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 14, 2:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 14, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | 31 hr |
| May 14, 7:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 14, 7:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 14, 10:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| May 15, 1:16 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 15, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 45 min |
| May 15, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 45 min |
| May 27, 12:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| May 27, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 27, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:47 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 22 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:21 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 36 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 59 min |
| Jul 26, 3:44 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 3 days |
| Jul 30, 3:23 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 14 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:29 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 3 days |
| Aug 3, 10:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 4:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Aug 3, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 9:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Aug 19, 3:44 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | 23 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 31 min |
| Aug 31, 4:02 PM CDT | Hurricane Local Statement | SHV | 51 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:02 PM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Watch | SHV | 12 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | 3 days |
| Aug 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 51 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | SHV | 43 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:31 AM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | SHV | 25 hr |
| Sep 11, 4:15 PM CDT | Inland Hurricane Watch | SHV | 25 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:04 AM CDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | SHV | 43 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | 42 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:33 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | SHV | 42 hr |
| Sep 12, 11:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Sep 12, 4:52 PM CDT | Inland Hurricane Warning | SHV | 19 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 14 hr |
| Sep 13, 12:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Sep 13, 7:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Sep 13, 9:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Sep 13, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Sep 13, 11:33 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 7 hr |
| Sep 14, 7:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | 4 hr |
| Oct 22, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 53 min |
| Oct 27, 5:00 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 11 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:30 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | SHV | 28 hr |
| Nov 11, 10:21 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Nov 12, 9:43 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 11 hr |
| Nov 14, 3:44 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 24 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:29 PM CST | Freeze Warning | SHV | 18 hr |
| Nov 20, 6:03 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 3 hr |
| Nov 28, 5:33 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Nov 30, 4:32 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 13 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:02 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 31 hr |
| Dec 3, 5:07 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Dec 8, 4:46 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 47 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:41 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Dec 9, 4:11 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 7:41 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Dec 9, 10:12 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Dec 10, 4:16 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SHV | 13 hr |
| Dec 10, 11:29 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:08 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 33 hr |
| Dec 13, 4:20 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 26 hr |
| Dec 17, 9:44 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 11 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:45 PM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | 26 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 | 25 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 12 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 47 |
| Special Weather Statement | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 8 |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 7 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 41 |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
| Tropical | |
| Inland Hurricane Warning | 1 |
| Inland Tropical Storm Warning | 2 |
| Inland Hurricane Watch | 1 |
| Inland Tropical Storm Watch | 1 |
| Hurricane Local Statement | 1 |
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.