Alert archive / Wyoming / Big Horn County
Weather alerts in Big Horn County, Wyoming, 2017
108 weather alerts in 2017, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Big Horn County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 108
- Warnings
- 30
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 27
- Busiest month
- June37 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 12, 20177 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
2 of 2 tornado warnings covering Big Horn County in 2017 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 2 minutes after it went out.
Big Horn County, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 2 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 2 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 8 | 2 | 75% | 3 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Riverton, WY: tornado warnings | 9 | 3 | 67% | 7 | 57% | 20 min |
| NWS Riverton, WY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 50 | 7 | 86% | 30 | 27% | 18 min |
| NWS Riverton, WY: flash flood warnings | 4 | 1 | 75% | 2 | 50% | 66 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, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:04 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 22 hr |
| Jan 5, 1:18 PM MST | Wind Chill Warning | RIW | 21 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:46 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 4 days |
| Jan 9, 1:34 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 21 hr |
| Jan 10, 10:35 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 35 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:16 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 3 days |
| Feb 11, 4:35 AM MST | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 3 days |
| Feb 14, 1:18 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 48 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:01 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | 72 hr |
| Feb 19, 12:19 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 8:11 AM MST | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 48 hr |
| Feb 20, 8:21 AM MST | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 48 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:34 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 68 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:41 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | 48 hr |
| Mar 22, 12:45 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 45 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:00 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 28 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:10 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 36 hr |
| Mar 30, 12:38 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 33 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:13 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 18 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:48 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 58 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:10 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 23 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:34 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 8 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:07 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 52 hr |
| Apr 23, 10:01 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 43 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:25 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 3 days |
| Apr 26, 2:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 2:57 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 11 hr |
| May 6, 2:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 23 min |
| May 7, 5:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 7, 5:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 62 min |
| May 7, 6:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 44 min |
| May 16, 12:56 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 23 hr |
| May 16, 9:13 AM MDT | Flood Watch | RIW | 54 hr |
| May 17, 12:23 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 54 hr |
| May 25, 8:34 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 28 hr |
| Jun 2, 7:51 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 24 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:36 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 24 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:32 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 6 days |
| Jun 5, 9:15 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | 6 days |
| Jun 5, 1:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 1:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 3:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 7:41 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 4 days |
| Jun 12, 2:17 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 12, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 3:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 5:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 5:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | RIW | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 6:00 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 12, 6:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | 19 min |
| Jun 12, 6:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | RIW | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 7:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | 19 min |
| Jun 12, 8:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 8:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 10:21 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 48 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 1:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 1:21 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 27, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 12:39 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 22 min |
| Jun 28, 2:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 2:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 23 min |
| Jun 28, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 67 min |
| Jun 28, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 5:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 5:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 8:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 3:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 4:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 4:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 7:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 36 min |
| Jul 16, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 5:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 2:18 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 3:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 34 min |
| Sep 1, 2:29 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BYZ | 24 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:50 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 54 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:21 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 24 hr |
| Sep 13, 7:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 36 min |
| Sep 14, 3:35 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 43 hr |
| Sep 15, 10:34 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | RIW | 16 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:33 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | RIW | 18 hr |
| Sep 23, 2:17 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 34 hr |
| Oct 3, 1:15 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | RIW | 20 hr |
| Oct 25, 9:39 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | RIW | 3 hr |
| Oct 25, 12:38 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | RIW | 23 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:27 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 25 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:00 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 46 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:45 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 34 hr |
| Nov 5, 12:48 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 28 hr |
| Nov 5, 8:44 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | RIW | 11 hr |
| Dec 2, 1:39 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 45 hr |
| Dec 15, 12:55 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 37 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:32 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 51 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:17 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 48 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:35 PM MST | Wind Advisory | RIW | 16 min |
| Dec 30, 12:55 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | RIW | 19 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 | 8 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 6 |
| Special Weather Statement | 34 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 10 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 5 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 6 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 20 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.