Alert archive / Texas / Van Zandt County

Weather alerts in Van Zandt County, Texas, 2008

207 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Van Zandt County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 207
Warnings: 31
Watches: 41
Advisories: 51
Busiest month: April39 alerts
Busiest day: March 18, 20089 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 Van Zandt County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 0 minutes after it went out.

Van Zandt County, 2008

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	2	1	50%	1	100%	0 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	16	3	81%	3	100%	34 min
Flash flood warnings	5	1	80%	0

Each office's whole area, 2008

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Fort Worth, TX: tornado warnings	62	12	81%	19	89%	22 min
NWS Fort Worth, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings	411	171	58%	378	76%	24 min
NWS Fort Worth, TX: flash flood warnings	93	33	65%	63	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, 12:19 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	7 hr
Jan 10, 10:34 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	5 hr
Jan 19, 3:53 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	FWD	12 hr
Jan 21, 9:34 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FWD	11 hr
Jan 24, 3:17 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	FWD	21 hr
Jan 26, 7:46 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FWD	4 hr
Jan 27, 1:13 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FWD	10 hr
Jan 27, 6:00 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	FWD	22 hr
Jan 28, 3:40 PM CST	High Wind Watch	FWD	12 hr
Jan 28, 3:41 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	FWD	26 hr
Jan 29, 3:47 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	14 hr
Jan 29, 3:49 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	FWD	12 hr
Jan 29, 12:22 PM CST	High Wind Warning	FWD	6 hr
Jan 29, 3:21 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	FWD	27 hr
Jan 30, 8:18 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	23 hr
Jan 30, 11:47 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Feb 5, 2:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Feb 5, 11:16 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Feb 5, 11:56 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Feb 5, 2:09 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	5 hr
Feb 5, 2:15 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Feb 5, 3:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	39 min
Feb 5, 4:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	33 min
Feb 12, 1:17 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Feb 14, 4:50 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	11 hr
Feb 16, 1:09 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Feb 16, 1:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	36 min
Feb 16, 2:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	31 min
Feb 16, 2:26 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Feb 16, 3:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	47 min
Feb 16, 4:22 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	23 min
Feb 24, 3:35 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	FWD	51 hr
Feb 25, 3:51 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	37 hr
Feb 25, 4:39 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Feb 26, 3:21 PM CST	Fire Weather Watch	FWD	11 hr
Feb 28, 2:37 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	15 hr
Mar 2, 3:59 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	FWD	27 hr
Mar 2, 3:59 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	38 hr
Mar 2, 6:05 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 3, 1:36 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	54 min
Mar 3, 1:57 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 3, 6:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	29 min
Mar 3, 6:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	46 min
Mar 3, 10:45 AM CST	Snow Advisory	FWD	17 hr
Mar 6, 3:43 AM CST	Snow Advisory	FWD	16 hr
Mar 7, 3:16 AM CST	Snow Advisory	FWD	9 hr
Mar 10, 11:24 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FWD	12 hr
Mar 13, 3:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Mar 13, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 13, 10:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	27 min
Mar 13, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	36 min
Mar 16, 3:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FWD	64 hr
Mar 17, 5:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	30 min
Mar 17, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Mar 18, 7:22 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Mar 18, 9:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 18, 10:16 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr
Mar 18, 12:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 18, 1:51 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Mar 18, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	28 min
Mar 18, 3:54 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 18, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr
Mar 18, 6:53 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	9 hr
Mar 25, 8:25 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	11 hr
Mar 27, 1:27 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	6 hr
Mar 29, 8:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Mar 30, 12:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	24 min
Mar 30, 4:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	53 min
Mar 30, 5:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	31 min
Mar 30, 6:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	29 min
Mar 31, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Apr 3, 5:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Apr 4, 12:48 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Apr 4, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Apr 4, 3:34 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Apr 4, 3:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	35 min
Apr 4, 4:14 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Apr 8, 2:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Apr 8, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Apr 8, 8:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Apr 8, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	29 min
Apr 8, 10:36 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Apr 8, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	22 min
Apr 8, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Apr 9, 3:29 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
Apr 9, 3:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	27 min
Apr 9, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr
Apr 9, 8:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Apr 10, 1:29 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	18 hr
Apr 10, 3:30 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Apr 10, 3:54 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 10, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	63 min
Apr 10, 5:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Apr 13, 2:23 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	FWD	31 hr
Apr 16, 2:09 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	17 hr
Apr 17, 2:21 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	16 hr
Apr 17, 8:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	32 min
Apr 17, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 17, 11:55 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Apr 18, 12:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	37 min
Apr 22, 3:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 23, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 23, 10:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Apr 25, 2:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Apr 25, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 25, 5:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Apr 25, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	34 min
Apr 27, 1:46 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	29 min
Apr 30, 2:55 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	35 hr
May 2, 2:42 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
May 2, 7:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	31 min
May 2, 8:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	53 min
May 2, 8:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	52 min
May 2, 8:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	30 min
May 2, 8:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FWD	48 min
May 7, 3:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 7, 3:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 7, 6:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
May 10, 4:16 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 10, 7:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
May 13, 9:37 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	53 min
May 13, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	29 min
May 13, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 14, 2:28 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
May 14, 8:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	2 hr
May 14, 9:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	31 min
May 14, 9:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	116 min
May 14, 11:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
May 15, 12:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	23 min
May 27, 9:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
May 27, 11:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	34 min
Jun 4, 2:24 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FWD	48 hr
Jun 9, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 9, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	30 min
Jun 9, 5:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 9, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	27 min
Jun 10, 4:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	3 hr
Jun 10, 4:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	25 min
Jun 10, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	33 min
Jun 10, 5:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	2 hr
Jun 10, 5:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	2 hr
Jun 10, 6:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	117 min
Jun 10, 7:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	2 hr
Jun 17, 11:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	33 min
Jun 17, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 17, 12:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	69 min
Jun 19, 6:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 25, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	34 min
Jun 28, 5:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Jun 28, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 28, 8:57 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	63 min
Jun 29, 12:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	2 hr
Jun 29, 2:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FWD	3 hr
Jun 29, 8:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	3 hr
Jul 13, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	34 min
Jul 26, 3:34 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	FWD	51 hr
Jul 31, 2:37 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	FWD	5 days
Aug 1, 3:20 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	FWD	24 hr
Aug 2, 4:15 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	FWD	63 hr
Aug 3, 5:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	63 min
Aug 3, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr
Aug 3, 9:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Aug 11, 3:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 15, 3:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	67 min
Aug 15, 4:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FWD	44 min
Aug 19, 2:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FWD	40 hr
Aug 19, 5:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	2 hr
Aug 20, 6:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	118 min
Sep 1, 3:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FWD	23 hr
Sep 11, 3:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FWD	54 hr
Sep 11, 3:56 PM CDT	Inland Tropical Storm Watch	FWD	19 hr
Sep 12, 4:02 AM CDT	Inland Tropical Storm Warning	FWD	42 hr
Sep 13, 1:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	4 hr
Sep 13, 2:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FWD	4 hr
Oct 6, 5:49 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Oct 7, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FWD	35 min
Oct 24, 3:57 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	FWD	11 hr
Oct 27, 3:06 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	FWD	29 hr
Nov 27, 7:44 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FWD	2 hr
Nov 28, 2:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	37 min
Nov 28, 11:28 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FWD	10 hr
Nov 30, 12:26 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	18 hr
Dec 1, 2:41 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	FWD	27 hr
Dec 3, 9:48 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	8 hr
Dec 8, 9:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Dec 8, 11:14 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Dec 8, 11:31 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Dec 9, 2:17 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	58 min
Dec 9, 3:37 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	20 hr
Dec 9, 3:41 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Dec 9, 4:04 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	26 min
Dec 9, 4:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	34 min
Dec 12, 9:20 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	23 hr
Dec 14, 5:43 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	10 hr
Dec 15, 11:32 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FWD	27 hr
Dec 15, 11:32 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	FWD	4 hr
Dec 16, 3:34 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FWD	20 hr
Dec 17, 3:31 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FWD	20 hr
Dec 22, 3:29 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	FWD	12 hr
Dec 26, 10:16 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FWD	7 hr
Dec 27, 3:32 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Dec 27, 7:41 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Dec 27, 10:00 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Dec 27, 10:12 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	33 min
Dec 27, 10:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	FWD	29 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	16
Tornado Warning	2
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	14
Tornado Watch	15
Mesoscale Discussion	58
Special Weather Statement	26
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	5
Flash Flood Watch	5
Areal Flood Advisory	9
Winter
Freezing Rain Advisory	3
Snow Advisory	3
Winter Weather Advisory	1
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	1
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	2
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Frost Advisory	2
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	23
Fire
Red Flag Warning	4
Fire Weather Watch	4
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	8
Tropical
Inland Tropical Storm Warning	1
Inland Tropical Storm Watch	1

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2007 2009

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.