Alert archive / Arkansas / Benton County

Weather alerts in Benton County, Arkansas, 2013

152 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Benton County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 152
Warnings: 38
Watches: 30
Advisories: 41
Busiest month: May35 alerts
Busiest day: August 8, 201310 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 7 tornado warnings covering Benton County in 2013 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 17 minutes after it went out.

Benton County, 2013

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	7	2	71%	2	50%	17 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	6	5	17%	10	60%	22 min
Flash flood warnings	7	5	29%	12	100%	187 min

Each office's whole area, 2013

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Tulsa, OK: tornado warnings	64	23	64%	36	86%	14 min
NWS Tulsa, OK: severe thunderstorm warnings	266	146	45%	323	75%	28 min
NWS Tulsa, OK: flash flood warnings	42	16	62%	55	80%	159 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
Dec 31, 9:57 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	5 hr
Jan 12, 3:50 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	30 hr
Jan 29, 7:26 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr
Jan 29, 11:05 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Jan 29, 1:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Jan 29, 3:31 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Feb 12, 5:32 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	22 hr
Feb 18, 9:55 AM CST	Wind Advisory	TSA	8 hr
Feb 18, 12:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	58 min
Feb 19, 4:27 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	TSA	24 hr
Feb 19, 3:06 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	44 hr
Feb 20, 4:41 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	TSA	31 hr
Feb 21, 2:32 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Feb 21, 9:27 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Feb 21, 11:24 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	5 hr
Feb 25, 4:04 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	25 hr
Feb 26, 4:53 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	8 hr
Mar 21, 4:39 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	26 hr
Mar 23, 3:18 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	22 hr
Mar 24, 5:16 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	TSA	17 hr
Mar 25, 12:47 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	TSA	21 hr
Mar 26, 3:15 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	TSA	19 hr
Mar 30, 5:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Mar 30, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Mar 30, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	56 min
Apr 9, 9:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Apr 10, 4:01 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	TSA	18 hr
Apr 11, 3:39 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	TSA	28 hr
Apr 15, 2:50 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Apr 15, 3:41 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 15, 7:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	41 min
Apr 15, 8:59 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
Apr 17, 10:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 18, 2:01 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Apr 18, 2:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	56 min
Apr 18, 2:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	51 min
Apr 18, 3:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	4 hr
Apr 18, 7:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	12 hr
Apr 18, 7:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	10 hr
Apr 19, 3:07 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	TSA	17 hr
Apr 24, 10:40 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	TSA	22 hr
May 1, 4:05 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	TSA	38 hr
May 2, 3:51 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	TSA	36 hr
May 2, 3:58 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	17 hr
May 3, 11:30 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	20 hr
May 9, 5:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	29 min
May 9, 5:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	39 min
May 9, 7:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	117 min
May 9, 8:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	116 min
May 9, 8:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	4 hr
May 10, 12:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	4 hr
May 10, 4:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	8 hr
May 10, 12:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	12 hr
May 11, 6:41 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	2 hr
May 17, 5:22 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	5 hr
May 19, 10:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 20, 12:26 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 20, 12:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	30 hr
May 20, 1:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
May 20, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	64 min
May 20, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	39 min
May 20, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	60 min
May 20, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	41 min
May 20, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	50 min
May 20, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 29, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 30, 10:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	50 hr
May 30, 11:44 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
May 30, 1:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 30, 2:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
May 30, 5:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 30, 8:09 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
May 30, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 30, 9:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	53 min
May 30, 10:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	41 min
May 30, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	64 min
May 31, 11:23 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 1, 12:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	48 min
Jun 1, 1:51 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jun 5, 7:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	47 min
Jun 5, 8:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	45 min
Jun 15, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	34 min
Jun 17, 5:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	56 min
Jun 26, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	35 min
Jul 9, 3:32 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	TSA	4 days
Jul 16, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	34 min
Jul 20, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	35 min
Jul 22, 5:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	2 hr
Jul 22, 7:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	2 hr
Jul 22, 9:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	33 min
Jul 22, 10:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	24 min
Jul 22, 10:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	45 min
Jul 22, 12:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jul 22, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 23, 12:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jul 23, 2:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 23, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 23, 7:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Jul 23, 9:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	59 min
Jul 23, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	36 min
Jul 24, 3:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	52 hr
Jul 31, 3:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	3 hr
Aug 2, 3:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	22 hr
Aug 2, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Aug 3, 4:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Aug 3, 5:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	36 min
Aug 3, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	25 min
Aug 3, 7:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	2 hr
Aug 3, 8:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	4 hr
Aug 3, 3:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	41 hr
Aug 5, 5:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Aug 8, 12:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	65 min
Aug 8, 2:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	6 hr
Aug 8, 3:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	2 hr
Aug 8, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr
Aug 8, 4:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	4 hr
Aug 8, 4:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	50 hr
Aug 8, 6:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	114 min
Aug 8, 7:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	38 hr
Aug 8, 5:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Aug 8, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 8, 7:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Aug 11, 3:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	51 hr
Sep 30, 4:11 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	7 hr
Oct 17, 9:06 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	90 min
Oct 18, 3:26 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	TSA	19 hr
Oct 22, 3:40 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	5 hr
Oct 23, 11:42 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	TSA	25 hr
Oct 24, 3:38 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	TSA	28 hr
Oct 28, 4:12 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	6 hr
Nov 2, 3:45 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	TSA	17 hr
Nov 5, 4:04 PM CST	Freeze Watch	TSA	19 hr
Nov 6, 11:27 AM CST	Freeze Warning	TSA	20 hr
Nov 11, 3:15 AM CST	Freeze Warning	TSA	30 hr
Nov 11, 3:15 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	TSA	55 hr
Nov 22, 1:06 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	18 hr
Nov 24, 3:16 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	33 hr
Dec 1, 9:02 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	14 hr
Dec 2, 7:33 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	15 hr
Dec 3, 5:11 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	TSA	24 hr
Dec 4, 12:48 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	TSA	9 hr
Dec 4, 5:40 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	TSA	57 hr
Dec 5, 7:07 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Dec 5, 6:25 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 hr
Dec 11, 7:00 AM CST	Freezing Fog Advisory	TSA	5 hr
Dec 13, 6:11 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	TSA	6 hr
Dec 19, 3:47 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	62 hr
Dec 20, 9:44 AM CST	Ice Storm Warning	TSA	35 hr
Dec 20, 3:41 PM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	TSA	89 min
Dec 20, 8:18 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Dec 23, 2:16 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	TSA	4 hr
Dec 26, 1:37 AM CST	Freezing Fog Advisory	TSA	8 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	6
Tornado Warning	7
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	7
Tornado Watch	9
Mesoscale Discussion	29
Special Weather Statement	14
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	5
Flash Flood Warning	7
Flash Flood Watch	8
Areal Flood Advisory	9
Winter
Ice Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	2
Freezing Rain Advisory	2
Winter Weather Advisory	13
Heat
Heat Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	9
Hard Freeze Warning	1
Freeze Watch	4
Frost Advisory	3
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	10
Freezing Fog Advisory	2

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2012 2014

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.