Alert archive / Wyoming / Sheridan County
Weather alerts in Sheridan County, Wyoming, 2018
105 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Sheridan County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 105
- Warnings
- 20
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 2
- Busiest month
- July30 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 29, 20188 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Sheridan County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 17 | 5 | 71% | 12 | 67% | 18 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Billings, MT: tornado warnings | 2 | 2 | 0% | 5 | 60% | 23 min |
| NWS Billings, MT: severe thunderstorm warnings | 176 | 84 | 52% | 213 | 73% | 23 min |
| NWS Billings, MT: flash flood warnings | 8 | 6 | 25% | 7 | 86% | 44 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 14, 6:57 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 18 min |
| Jan 14, 7:19 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 6:20 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 85 min |
| Jan 30, 8:02 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 118 min |
| Jan 31, 3:49 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 116 min |
| Feb 6, 9:03 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 57 min |
| Feb 8, 1:26 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 109 min |
| Mar 9, 11:00 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 60 min |
| Mar 17, 6:45 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 117 min |
| Apr 12, 4:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 12:40 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 11 min |
| Apr 29, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 29 min |
| May 7, 2:49 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 22, 12:40 PM MDT | Flood Watch | BYZ | 35 hr |
| May 22, 4:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 23, 2:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 26, 11:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 38 min |
| May 27, 12:04 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 26 min |
| May 27, 12:31 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 29 min |
| May 27, 12:37 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 23 min |
| May 27, 4:25 AM MDT | Flood Watch | BYZ | 40 hr |
| May 27, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 43 min |
| May 27, 7:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 38 min |
| May 27, 11:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 78 min |
| May 28, 9:19 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BYZ | 11 hr |
| May 28, 5:30 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | BYZ | 22 hr |
| May 29, 3:02 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | BYZ | 12 hr |
| May 31, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 29 min |
| May 31, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 10:51 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 11:03 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 1, 11:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 1:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 6, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 6:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 63 min |
| Jun 6, 8:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 1:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 7, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 6:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 4:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 22 min |
| Jun 8, 5:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 54 min |
| Jun 15, 5:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 6:43 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BYZ | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 8:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 9:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 9:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 11:23 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 29, 12:30 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 1:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 2:29 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 2, 5:58 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:25 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 9:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 8:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 8:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 6:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 7:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 2:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 2:04 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jul 17, 1:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 2:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 2:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 51 min |
| Jul 17, 2:47 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 24, 5:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 6:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 5:36 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 4:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 5:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 5:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 5:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 4:55 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 7:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 19 min |
| Jul 28, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 6:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 7:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 8:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 1:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:40 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | RIW | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 5:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 6:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 2:28 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 72 min |
| Aug 14, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BYZ | 24 min |
| Aug 22, 8:11 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 2 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:11 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BYZ | 18 hr |
| Nov 25, 4:48 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | BYZ | 5 hr |
| Dec 30, 8:48 PM MST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 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 | 17 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 20 |
| Special Weather Statement | 58 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 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.