Alert archive / Texas / Wichita County
Weather alerts in Wichita County, Texas, 2012
180 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Wichita County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 180
- Warnings
- 40
- Watches
- 33
- Advisories
- 28
- Busiest month
- May36 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 4, 20129 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 Wichita County in 2012 had a tornado report inside them.
Wichita County, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 22 | 13 | 41% | 16 | 81% | 26 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Norman, OK: tornado warnings | 54 | 22 | 59% | 43 | 84% | 18 min |
| NWS Norman, OK: severe thunderstorm warnings | 523 | 270 | 48% | 644 | 81% | 25 min |
| NWS Norman, OK: flash flood warnings | 9 | 5 | 44% | 7 | 100% | 61 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 10, 3:32 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 31 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:42 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:52 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 27 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:01 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 28 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:59 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Feb 3, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 14 min |
| Feb 12, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | 30 hr |
| Feb 13, 9:40 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Feb 14, 12:25 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | OUN | 9 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:20 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 8 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:47 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 20 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:46 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 13 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:46 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 28 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:22 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 16 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:39 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Feb 21, 1:43 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 5:45 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 10 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:15 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 13 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:50 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 15 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:50 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 16 hr |
| Feb 29, 4:14 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 23 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:09 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 15 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:50 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 28 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:58 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 21 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:07 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 12 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 9:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 6:24 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:33 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 75 min |
| Apr 2, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 2:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 3:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Apr 7, 2:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Apr 7, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 20 min |
| Apr 9, 2:36 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Apr 9, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 2:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 12:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 14, 1:48 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | 26 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 6:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Apr 19, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 3:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 3, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 62 min |
| May 3, 11:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 25 min |
| May 4, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 35 min |
| May 4, 5:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 34 min |
| May 4, 6:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 23 min |
| May 4, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 4, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 4, 5:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 4, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 64 min |
| May 4, 7:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| May 19, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 20, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 20, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 45 min |
| May 20, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 42 min |
| May 20, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 48 min |
| May 20, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 20, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 33 min |
| May 23, 4:06 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | 17 hr |
| May 28, 2:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 28, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 28, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 63 min |
| May 28, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 62 min |
| May 28, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 66 min |
| May 28, 6:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 28, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 41 min |
| May 29, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| May 29, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 54 min |
| May 29, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 60 min |
| May 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 57 min |
| May 30, 2:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 30, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 30, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 61 min |
| May 31, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 2:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 9:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 6, 1:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 10:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 13, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 1:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 3:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 2:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 11:25 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 3 days |
| Jul 9, 12:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 5:09 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 4 days |
| Jul 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:08 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 9 days |
| Jul 27, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 4:12 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 24 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:38 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 10 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 17 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:55 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 31 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:11 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 31 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 1:43 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 5 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Aug 14, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 8:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Aug 18, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 5:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Sep 5, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 4:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | 18 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 33 min |
| Sep 17, 5:17 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 5 hr |
| Sep 25, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 9:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Sep 26, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 40 min |
| Sep 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 27 min |
| Oct 7, 3:13 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | OUN | 18 hr |
| Oct 13, 12:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 13, 2:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Oct 13, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 39 min |
| Oct 13, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 62 min |
| Oct 13, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | 44 min |
| Oct 13, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | 30 min |
| Oct 25, 2:31 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | OUN | 23 hr |
| Oct 25, 2:31 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | OUN | 43 hr |
| Oct 26, 1:53 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | OUN | 24 hr |
| Oct 27, 2:22 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | OUN | 20 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:33 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 33 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:36 AM CST | Freeze Warning | OUN | 28 hr |
| Nov 20, 5:18 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 1:30 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 5 hr |
| Dec 14, 6:58 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 21 hr |
| Dec 14, 5:21 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Dec 15, 4:02 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 13 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:46 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 25 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:29 PM CST | High Wind Watch | OUN | 20 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:49 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 14 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:06 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 30 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:01 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | 30 hr |
| Dec 25, 9:31 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 11:02 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 25, 11:37 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | OUN | 6 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 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 | 22 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 17 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 47 |
| Special Weather Statement | 32 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 4 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 11 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 12 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 8 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 9 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 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.