Alert archive / Wyoming / Lincoln County
Weather alerts in Lincoln County, Wyoming, 2017
107 weather alerts in 2017, 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 107
- Warnings
- 29
- Watches
- 27
- Advisories
- 38
- Busiest month
- February20 alerts
- Busiest day
- February 8, 20174 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Lincoln County, 2017
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 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 3, 4:42 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 8 hr |
| Jan 3, 12:49 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 40 hr |
| Jan 3, 12:49 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 40 hr |
| Jan 5, 1:18 PM MST | Wind Chill Warning | RIW | 21 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:41 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 27 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:46 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 4 days |
| Jan 20, 9:21 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 40 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:24 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 52 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:24 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 59 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:08 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 13 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:16 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 3 days |
| Jan 30, 3:16 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 3 days |
| Feb 1, 1:33 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 13 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:33 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 32 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:57 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 10 hr |
| Feb 3, 11:41 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 38 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:07 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 12 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:08 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 51 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:08 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 58 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:27 PM MST | High Wind Watch | RIW | 27 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:02 PM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | 14 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:08 AM MST | Flood Watch | RIW | 40 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:15 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 13 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:23 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 47 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:23 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 47 hr |
| Feb 9, 11:48 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 11 hr |
| Feb 9, 6:19 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | 12 hr |
| Feb 10, 6:05 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | 9 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:55 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 24 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:29 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 13 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:15 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 44 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:07 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:44 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 38 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:23 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 4 days |
| Mar 7, 1:12 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 25 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:01 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 47 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:44 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | 48 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:26 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | RIW | 170 days |
| Mar 17, 9:01 AM MDT | Flood Watch | RIW | 6 days |
| Mar 20, 12:05 PM MDT | River Flood Watch | PIH | 7 days |
| Mar 22, 3:54 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PIH | 13 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:30 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 8:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 36 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:03 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 24 hr |
| Mar 25, 8:52 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:27 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 24 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:48 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 40 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:48 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 58 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 |
| May 8, 6:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 29 min |
| May 9, 8:46 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | 9 days |
| May 16, 10:05 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 56 hr |
| May 24, 8:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 52 min |
| May 24, 9:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 31 min |
| May 25, 8:34 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 28 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:32 AM MDT | Flood Watch | RIW | 9 days |
| Jun 5, 12:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 12 days |
| Jun 6, 3:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 2:06 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | RIW | 19 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:26 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 27 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RIW | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 6:21 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 5 days |
| Jun 24, 5:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | RIW | 4 days |
| Jun 27, 1:21 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 28, 12:39 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 90 min |
| Jul 4, 4:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 6:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 9:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RIW | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 2:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 27 min |
| Sep 2, 8:20 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | RIW | 25 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:21 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 24 hr |
| Sep 14, 3:35 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | 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 18, 2:12 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 31 hr |
| Sep 20, 12:52 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 20 hr |
| Sep 20, 12:52 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 20 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:12 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 43 hr |
| Oct 21, 2:01 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 26 hr |
| Nov 1, 3:45 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 34 hr |
| Nov 2, 4:10 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 9 hr |
| Nov 2, 1:24 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 65 hr |
| Nov 3, 3:17 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 11 hr |
| Nov 3, 7:20 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 35 hr |
| Nov 5, 12:48 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 28 hr |
| Nov 14, 12:59 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 24 hr |
| Nov 15, 1:13 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 24 hr |
| Nov 15, 1:13 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 52 hr |
| Nov 15, 1:13 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 52 hr |
| Dec 1, 12:22 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 33 hr |
| Dec 2, 1:39 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 39 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 19, 8:10 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 40 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:32 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 49 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:32 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 51 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:47 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 10 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:26 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 46 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:26 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 46 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:01 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | 11 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:17 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | RIW | 48 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:17 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | 48 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 | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 10 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 5 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| River Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 6 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 17 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 20 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 32 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
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.