Alert archive / Texas / Swisher County
Weather alerts in Swisher County, Texas, 2015
172 weather alerts in 2015, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Swisher County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 172
- Warnings
- 36
- Watches
- 34
- Advisories
- 30
- Busiest month
- May49 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20159 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 2 tornado warnings covering Swisher County in 2015 had a tornado report inside them.
Swisher County, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 24 | 10 | 58% | 14 | 79% | 30 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Lubbock, TX: tornado warnings | 7 | 2 | 71% | 9 | 33% | 10 min |
| NWS Lubbock, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 243 | 86 | 65% | 199 | 71% | 18 min |
| NWS Lubbock, TX: flash flood warnings | 9 | 1 | 89% | 4 | 75% | 41 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 1, 3:26 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LUB | 9 hr |
| Jan 2, 12:18 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LUB | 33 hr |
| Jan 17, 11:25 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | 4 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:36 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LUB | 14 hr |
| Jan 20, 5:24 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LUB | 33 hr |
| Jan 21, 6:01 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LUB | 31 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:20 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LUB | 46 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:33 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LUB | 18 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:16 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LUB | 21 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:55 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LUB | 9 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:09 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LUB | 33 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:52 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | 10 hr |
| Apr 1, 5:57 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | 15 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:30 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | 21 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:47 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | 16 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:51 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | 39 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:43 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | 14 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 15, 3:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Apr 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 10:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 5:26 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LUB | 4 hr |
| Apr 20, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 2:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 6:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 6:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | 14 hr |
| May 4, 5:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LUB | 29 hr |
| May 5, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 7, 9:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 17 min |
| May 7, 10:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 7, 10:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | 3 hr |
| May 7, 11:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | 3 hr |
| May 7, 11:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LUB | 3 hr |
| May 8, 8:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| May 8, 9:31 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 8, 10:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | 3 hr |
| May 8, 10:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 46 min |
| May 8, 11:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | 3 hr |
| May 9, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 9, 5:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 14, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 15, 3:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 15, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 16, 1:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 16, 4:13 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | 17 hr |
| May 16, 11:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 16, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 22 min |
| May 16, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 30 min |
| May 16, 12:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 16, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 20 min |
| May 19, 5:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 19, 8:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 32 min |
| May 19, 10:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | 2 hr |
| May 19, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 22, 3:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LUB | 29 hr |
| May 22, 10:35 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LUB | 7 hr |
| May 23, 12:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 23, 5:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| May 23, 12:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 23, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 23, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 24, 3:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 27, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | 18 min |
| May 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 27, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | 23 min |
| May 29, 4:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LUB | 23 hr |
| May 29, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 29, 7:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 29, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 44 min |
| May 29, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 47 min |
| May 29, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 37 min |
| May 29, 10:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 5:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 12, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 8:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 13, 7:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 13, 5:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 13, 7:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 8:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 9:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | 117 min |
| Jun 14, 3:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 14, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 14, 9:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 14, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 7:11 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LUB | 112 min |
| Jun 18, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 26, 5:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 29, 2:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 1:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LUB | 17 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LUB | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 8, 9:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 8, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 11:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 3:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 9:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jul 9, 11:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jul 17, 4:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 20, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 50 min |
| Jul 20, 9:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | 108 min |
| Jul 20, 11:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | 87 min |
| Jul 30, 5:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | 117 min |
| Aug 18, 3:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 53 min |
| Aug 19, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 3:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 6:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | 20 min |
| Oct 20, 3:52 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LUB | 47 hr |
| Oct 20, 4:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | 116 min |
| Oct 22, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LUB | 3 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:36 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | 23 hr |
| Nov 16, 12:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Nov 16, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 25 min |
| Nov 16, 5:56 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Nov 16, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 15 min |
| Nov 16, 8:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | 23 min |
| Nov 16, 8:07 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Nov 16, 8:17 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 17, 4:15 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | 14 hr |
| Nov 20, 5:54 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | 26 hr |
| Nov 25, 10:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LUB | 32 hr |
| Nov 26, 5:47 AM CST | Ice Storm Warning | LUB | 54 hr |
| Nov 29, 7:10 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LUB | 14 hr |
| Dec 12, 5:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:06 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | LUB | 24 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:06 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LUB | 24 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:53 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | LUB | 62 hr |
| Dec 26, 11:21 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 27, 11:24 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:41 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 29, 5:05 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LUB | 4 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 | 24 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 12 |
| Tornado Watch | 9 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 56 |
| Special Weather Statement | 16 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 13 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Blizzard Watch | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 4 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
| 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.