Alert archive / Virginia / Wise County
Weather alerts in Wise County, Virginia, 2011
175 weather alerts in 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Wise County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 175
- Warnings
- 53
- Watches
- 30
- Advisories
- 47
- Busiest month
- May45 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 24, 201115 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 4 tornado warnings covering Wise County in 2011 had a tornado report inside them.
Wise County, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 4 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 36 | 26 | 28% | 14 | 100% | 25 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 2 | 100% | 114 min |
Each office's whole area, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Morristown, TN: tornado warnings | 100 | 27 | 73% | 46 | 93% | 26 min |
| NWS Morristown, TN: severe thunderstorm warnings | 400 | 287 | 28% | 533 | 78% | 23 min |
| NWS Morristown, TN: flash flood warnings | 23 | 12 | 48% | 20 | 95% | 84 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, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | 49 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:20 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | 4 days |
| Jan 20, 11:23 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | 16 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:51 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | 12 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:14 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | 28 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:09 PM EST | High Wind Watch | MRX | 13 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:59 AM EST | High Wind Warning | MRX | 31 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:10 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | 24 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:16 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | 25 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:48 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 27 min |
| Feb 25, 2:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 50 min |
| Feb 27, 4:20 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | 36 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:09 PM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | 26 hr |
| Feb 27, 8:21 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MRX | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:59 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 47 min |
| Feb 28, 1:02 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | MRX | 12 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:03 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | 35 hr |
| Mar 6, 8:35 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | 7 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:16 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | 42 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:24 AM EST | Flood Watch | MRX | 36 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:11 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | 17 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:44 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:19 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | 30 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:19 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | 25 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:42 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 4 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:14 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | 5 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Mar 23, 8:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:45 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | MRX | 9 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:17 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | 18 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:24 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:03 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | 18 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:59 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | 31 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:13 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | 43 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 6:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Apr 4, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 6:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:04 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | MRX | 28 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Apr 8, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 9, 12:42 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Apr 9, 12:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 59 min |
| Apr 9, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 4:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 11, 3:47 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | 16 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 36 min |
| Apr 11, 12:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Apr 13, 3:20 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MRX | 18 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:43 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | 27 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:46 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | 10 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:20 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 26, 3:30 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MRX | 35 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 27, 5:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 9:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 12:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 1:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| May 4, 10:14 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | MRX | 23 hr |
| May 10, 11:21 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 10, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 10, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 32 min |
| May 10, 6:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 10, 9:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 10, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 43 min |
| May 10, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 52 min |
| May 10, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 42 min |
| May 10, 11:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| May 10, 11:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 11, 2:37 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 23 min |
| May 11, 3:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 41 min |
| May 11, 4:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| May 13, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 13, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 66 min |
| May 13, 3:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 22, 1:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 22, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 22, 4:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 22, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 57 min |
| May 22, 7:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 24, 7:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 24, 8:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 24, 10:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 45 min |
| May 24, 12:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 24, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 24, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 24, 3:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 19 min |
| May 24, 4:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 24, 4:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 6 hr |
| May 24, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 48 min |
| May 24, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | 34 min |
| May 24, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 31 min |
| May 24, 7:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| May 26, 10:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 26, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 43 min |
| May 26, 1:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 26, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 43 min |
| May 26, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 26 min |
| May 26, 4:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 26, 4:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| May 26, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 7, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 6:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 7, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 1:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 7:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 118 min |
| Jun 10, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 18, 11:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | 19 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 9:53 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 20, 12:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 92 min |
| Jun 20, 12:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 10:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 4:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 27, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 48 min |
| Jun 28, 4:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 24 min |
| Jul 3, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 12:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jul 4, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 5:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 11:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MRX | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 10:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Aug 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 1:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Aug 18, 3:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | 34 min |
| Aug 18, 6:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MRX | 112 min |
| Sep 4, 3:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MRX | 60 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:55 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MRX | 5 hr |
| Sep 22, 5:43 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MRX | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Oct 2, 3:04 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MRX | 19 hr |
| Oct 20, 9:05 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MRX | 7 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:56 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | 29 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:52 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MRX | 18 hr |
| Oct 29, 4:23 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MRX | 30 hr |
| Nov 5, 3:07 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MRX | 8 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:43 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | 28 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:23 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | 15 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:35 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | 30 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 | 36 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 14 |
| Tornado Watch | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 45 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 18 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 9 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 6 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 10 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.