Alert archive / Wisconsin / Lincoln County
Weather alerts in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, 2012
97 weather alerts in 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Lincoln County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 97
- Warnings
- 23
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 27
- Busiest month
- May22 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 24, 20127 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 Lincoln County in 2012 had a tornado report inside them.
Lincoln County, 2012
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 13 | 11 | 15% | 8 | 88% | 28 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 Green Bay, WI: tornado warnings | 6 | 1 | 83% | 1 | 100% | 4 min |
| NWS Green Bay, WI: severe thunderstorm warnings | 109 | 57 | 48% | 133 | 83% | 18 min |
| NWS Green Bay, WI: flash flood warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
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 11, 3:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GRB | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:01 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRB | 42 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:55 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | GRB | 21 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:49 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | GRB | 13 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:37 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRB | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:43 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | GRB | 13 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:16 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GRB | 25 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:00 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | GRB | 37 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:41 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:11 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GRB | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:06 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | GRB | 28 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:12 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | GRB | 14 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:40 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | GRB | 25 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:40 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | GRB | 27 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:17 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | GRB | 28 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:40 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | GRB | 13 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:42 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | GRB | 15 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:37 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | GRB | 29 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 12, 2:03 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GRB | 17 hr |
| May 15, 1:52 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GRB | 17 hr |
| May 20, 10:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 20, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 20, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | 50 min |
| May 20, 2:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 21, 2:53 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GRB | 16 hr |
| May 24, 4:06 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GRB | 19 hr |
| May 24, 6:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| May 24, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 24, 2:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 24, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | 24 min |
| May 24, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | 35 min |
| May 24, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | 25 min |
| May 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 27, 1:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRB | 4 hr |
| May 28, 12:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 28, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 28, 3:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 30, 4:09 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | GRB | 27 hr |
| May 31, 2:02 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GRB | 17 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:20 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | GRB | 27 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 2:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 5:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 6:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 20, 2:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 20, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 11:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 2, 9:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 2, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 4, 2:48 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | GRB | 31 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 17, 12:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 30, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Sep 3, 12:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 4, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Sep 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Sep 14, 2:35 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GRB | 16 hr |
| Sep 18, 8:42 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GRB | 9 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:17 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | GRB | 11 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:49 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | GRB | 17 hr |
| Sep 23, 2:22 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GRB | 17 hr |
| Oct 3, 5:34 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GRB | 3 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:26 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GRB | 22 hr |
| Oct 24, 6:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 25, 7:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | 39 min |
| Oct 25, 8:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | 30 min |
| Oct 25, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | 21 min |
| Nov 20, 6:05 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GRB | 16 hr |
| Dec 1, 7:04 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GRB | 9 hr |
| Dec 2, 8:37 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GRB | 15 hr |
| Dec 6, 2:15 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRB | 7 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:08 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GRB | 24 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRB | 33 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:22 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | GRB | 13 hr |
| Dec 15, 8:41 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | GRB | 14 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:37 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GRB | 52 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 | 13 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 11 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 29 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 5 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 6 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 9 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
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.