Alert archive / Wisconsin / Buffalo County
Weather alerts in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, 2009
73 weather alerts in 2009, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Buffalo County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 73
- Warnings
- 18
- Watches
- 13
- Advisories
- 21
- Busiest month
- August16 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 8, 20098 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Buffalo County, 2009
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 5 | 3 | 40% | 3 | 100% | 19 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 2 | 33% | 1 | 100% | 253 min |
Each office's whole area, 2009
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS La Crosse, WI: tornado warnings | 24 | 7 | 71% | 14 | 71% | 18 min |
| NWS La Crosse, WI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 78 | 50 | 36% | 151 | 85% | 25 min |
| NWS La Crosse, WI: flash flood warnings | 15 | 10 | 33% | 22 | 77% | 131 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 3, 3:48 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 24 hr |
| Jan 3, 6:16 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:37 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 23 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 32 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:41 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 32 hr |
| Jan 14, 4:17 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | ARX | 56 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:41 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 32 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:20 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 19 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:13 PM CST | River Flood Statement | ARX | 17 hr |
| Feb 13, 6:06 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ARX | 38 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:21 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 36 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | 32 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:07 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 21 hr |
| Feb 26, 11:47 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:18 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 7 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:39 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 24 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:11 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | 7 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:08 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | 30 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:15 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 44 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:53 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 29 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ARX | 9 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 9:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | 24 hr |
| May 13, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 40 min |
| May 16, 4:04 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | 27 hr |
| May 19, 3:38 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | 27 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 18, 8:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 18, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:09 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | ARX | 27 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 24, 9:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Aug 2, 11:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 2, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 12:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | 23 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 9:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Aug 8, 3:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Aug 9, 11:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | 24 hr |
| Aug 13, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | 55 min |
| Aug 13, 10:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Sep 26, 3:26 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | 52 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:02 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | 28 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:59 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ARX | 29 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:37 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 6 hr |
| Nov 20, 9:48 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | 12 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:11 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 25 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:50 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | 48 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | 22 hr |
| Dec 8, 6:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:34 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ARX | 19 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 33 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:34 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | 36 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | 48 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:57 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | 27 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 | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 20 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| River Flood Statement | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
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.