Alert archive / Wisconsin / Adams County
Weather alerts in Adams County, Wisconsin, 2011
109 weather alerts in 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Adams County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 109
- Warnings
- 19
- Watches
- 20
- Advisories
- 36
- Busiest month
- July25 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 10, 20117 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 3 tornado warnings covering Adams County in 2011 had a tornado report inside them; 2 of 4 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 14 minutes after it went out.
Adams County, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 4 | 50% | 14 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 10 | 9% | 14 | 79% | 34 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS La Crosse, WI: tornado warnings | 25 | 10 | 60% | 26 | 62% | 18 min |
| NWS La Crosse, WI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 107 | 83 | 22% | 276 | 76% | 24 min |
| NWS La Crosse, WI: flash flood warnings | 21 | 11 | 48% | 27 | 78% | 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 6:11 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ARX | 6 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:26 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 27 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:29 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 31 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:27 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 24 hr |
| Jan 29, 7:42 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 8 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:19 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 47 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:37 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 29 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:35 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 18 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:35 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 21 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:17 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 20 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:40 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:24 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 30 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:14 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ARX | 11 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:58 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 13 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | 56 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:07 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 37 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:53 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 32 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:40 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 25 hr |
| Mar 20, 7:14 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 8 hr |
| Mar 21, 10:51 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | 41 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:46 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 39 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 1:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 66 min |
| Apr 10, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 64 min |
| Apr 10, 6:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Apr 10, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 3:05 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | 31 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:52 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 18 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:49 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | 24 hr |
| May 11, 12:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 11, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 11, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 40 min |
| May 11, 3:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 12, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 12, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 15, 3:05 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | 16 hr |
| May 16, 3:19 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | 16 hr |
| May 22, 4:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 22, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 22, 1:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | 27 min |
| May 22, 2:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 22, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 26, 3:15 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | 12 hr |
| May 26, 3:13 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ARX | 16 hr |
| May 31, 12:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 6, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 3:35 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ARX | 28 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 8, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 30, 3:52 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ARX | 41 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:37 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | ARX | 12 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 11:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 5, 12:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 10, 6:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jul 11, 2:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 11, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 3:57 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | ARX | 36 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:27 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | ARX | 4 days |
| Jul 18, 6:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 18, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jul 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jul 19, 10:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 19, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 9:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jul 23, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 3:19 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Aug 2, 12:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Aug 19, 1:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Aug 23, 4:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Aug 23, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 23, 8:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 7:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Sep 2, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 45 min |
| Sep 14, 3:34 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | 28 hr |
| Sep 15, 11:27 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | 21 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:54 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 9 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:04 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | 32 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:27 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | 30 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:00 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | 18 hr |
| Oct 12, 4:34 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 4 hr |
| Oct 23, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 28 min |
| Nov 8, 2:48 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 24 hr |
| Nov 9, 4:41 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 3, 1:38 AM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ARX | 5 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:11 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | ARX | 18 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:03 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 8 hr |
| Dec 29, 9:25 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 15 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 | 11 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 34 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 2 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 7 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 5 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 6 |
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.