Alert archive / Texas / Wichita County
Weather alerts in Wichita County, Texas, 2017
201 weather alerts in 2017, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Wichita County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 201
- Warnings
- 62
- Watches
- 22
- Advisories
- 44
- Busiest month
- May35 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 19, 201712 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 1 tornado warnings covering Wichita County in 2017 had a tornado report inside them.
Wichita County, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 40 | 19 | 53% | 24 | 79% | 32 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 3 | 25% | 1 | 0% |
Each office's whole area, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Norman, OK: tornado warnings | 97 | 25 | 74% | 39 | 82% | 16 min |
| NWS Norman, OK: severe thunderstorm warnings | 923 | 313 | 66% | 720 | 81% | 24 min |
| NWS Norman, OK: flash flood warnings | 111 | 48 | 57% | 100 | 88% | 76 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 5, 3:51 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | 35 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:56 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | OUN | 3 days |
| Jan 13, 10:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 14, 12:20 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | OUN | 15 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:58 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 5 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:23 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 322 days |
| Jan 24, 3:13 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 16 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:24 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 15 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:04 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 7 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:14 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 24 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:53 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 38 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:52 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 14 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:16 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 28 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:41 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 24 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 32 min |
| Feb 19, 4:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 19 min |
| Feb 19, 6:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 19, 7:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 37 min |
| Feb 19, 7:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 26 min |
| Feb 22, 2:49 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 13 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:49 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 30 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:43 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 41 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:35 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 29 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:15 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 17 hr |
| Mar 22, 8:40 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | 31 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:18 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | 24 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:28 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | 22 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 15 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | OUN | 16 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Mar 28, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 10:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 113 min |
| Mar 28, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 11:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 30 min |
| Mar 29, 2:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | 6 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | 21 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | 21 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 26 min |
| Apr 9, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 12, 7:53 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 3:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 17, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 25 min |
| Apr 17, 3:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 3:43 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 5:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 20, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 53 min |
| Apr 21, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 53 min |
| Apr 21, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 10:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Apr 28, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:32 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | 16 hr |
| May 10, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 10, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 10, 5:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 16, 9:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 37 min |
| May 16, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 17, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 27 min |
| May 18, 11:06 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OUN | 40 hr |
| May 18, 12:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 18, 12:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 18, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 18, 3:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 18, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 47 min |
| May 18, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | 37 min |
| May 18, 5:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | 3 hr |
| May 18, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 50 min |
| May 18, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 48 min |
| May 18, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 50 min |
| May 18, 7:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| May 18, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 41 min |
| May 18, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 18, 8:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | 3 hr |
| May 19, 7:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 32 min |
| May 19, 1:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| May 19, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 67 min |
| May 19, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 42 min |
| May 19, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| May 19, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 54 min |
| May 19, 4:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 4 hr |
| May 19, 6:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 19, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 31 min |
| May 19, 9:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | 53 hr |
| May 22, 8:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 22, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 39 min |
| May 22, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 27 min |
| May 27, 11:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 6:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | 42 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 4:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 25 min |
| Jun 9, 4:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 2:51 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | OUN | 29 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 30, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 30, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 10:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 10:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 43 min |
| Jul 5, 1:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 3:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 12:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 7:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jul 23, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 3:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 4:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 6:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 6:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 26 min |
| Aug 12, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 11:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Aug 14, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 24 min |
| Aug 17, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 2:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 1:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 4:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 2:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Sep 17, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 50 min |
| Sep 19, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 34 min |
| Sep 19, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 43 min |
| Sep 19, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 29 min |
| Sep 19, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 29 min |
| Sep 19, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 29 min |
| Sep 19, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 50 min |
| Sep 19, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 47 min |
| Sep 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 30 min |
| Sep 20, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 39 min |
| Sep 20, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 25 min |
| Sep 25, 3:34 PM CDT | Flood Watch | OUN | 49 hr |
| Sep 26, 6:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | 4 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | 44 min |
| Sep 26, 2:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 60 min |
| Sep 27, 12:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 3:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | 68 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | 8 hr |
| Oct 6, 9:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | 3 days |
| Oct 14, 2:35 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | 16 hr |
| Oct 15, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 43 min |
| Oct 21, 2:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Oct 21, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Oct 21, 6:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Oct 21, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 50 min |
| Oct 21, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 46 min |
| Oct 21, 8:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Oct 21, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | 48 min |
| Oct 21, 9:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | 118 min |
| Oct 25, 3:10 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | OUN | 36 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:24 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | 28 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:29 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | OUN | 31 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | 4 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:38 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OUN | 35 hr |
| Dec 17, 8:43 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 14 hr |
| Dec 19, 10:14 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | OUN | 13 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | 17 hr |
| Dec 28, 5:52 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:13 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OUN | 16 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 | 40 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 35 |
| Special Weather Statement | 38 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| River Flood Warning | 6 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 21 |
| Winter | |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 4 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 11 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 7 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 6 |
| 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.