Alert archive / Arkansas / Franklin County
Weather alerts in Franklin County, Arkansas, 2020
131 weather alerts in 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Franklin County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 131
- Warnings
- 45
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 20
- Busiest month
- May29 alerts
- Busiest day
- January 11, 20209 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 3 tornado warnings covering Franklin County in 2020 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 1 minutes after it went out.
Franklin County, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 2 | 50% | 1 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 28 | 10 | 64% | 8 | 75% | 33 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 5 | 2 | 60% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2020
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Tulsa, OK: tornado warnings | 51 | 8 | 84% | 18 | 61% | 22 min |
| NWS Tulsa, OK: severe thunderstorm warnings | 391 | 154 | 61% | 385 | 84% | 24 min |
| NWS Tulsa, OK: flash flood warnings | 44 | 18 | 59% | 54 | 57% | 121 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 9:08 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | TSA | 59 hr |
| Jan 10, 10:42 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 51 min |
| Jan 10, 4:55 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 10, 6:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 7:30 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 24 min |
| Jan 10, 7:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 36 min |
| Jan 10, 7:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | 13 min |
| Jan 11, 12:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:16 AM CST | River Flood Advisory | TSA | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:28 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | 33 hr |
| Jan 12, 7:33 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | TSA | 18 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 3:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | 19 days |
| Mar 19, 11:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Mar 19, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 6:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Mar 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 22 min |
| Mar 24, 2:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 21 min |
| Apr 6, 1:54 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | 30 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 42 min |
| Apr 12, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 46 min |
| Apr 12, 6:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Apr 19, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 18 min |
| Apr 19, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 19 min |
| Apr 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | 20 min |
| May 4, 9:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 4, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 4, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 4, 9:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 4, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 31 min |
| May 4, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 33 min |
| May 4, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 17 min |
| May 4, 11:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 37 min |
| May 4, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 29 min |
| May 15, 7:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | 61 hr |
| May 19, 7:47 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | 7 hr |
| May 22, 9:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 22, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 30 min |
| May 22, 10:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 37 min |
| May 22, 7:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 22, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 22, 9:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 22, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 60 min |
| May 22, 11:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 45 min |
| May 24, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 45 min |
| May 24, 2:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 25, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 25, 5:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 25, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 26, 9:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | 4 days |
| May 26, 11:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 3 hr |
| May 27, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 29 min |
| May 30, 1:58 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | 67 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 66 min |
| Jun 21, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 10:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 9, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 61 min |
| Jul 11, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 9:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 52 min |
| Jul 29, 10:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 9:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 12:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 2:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Aug 29, 5:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 37 min |
| Aug 29, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 41 min |
| Aug 31, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 36 min |
| Aug 31, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 61 min |
| Aug 31, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Aug 31, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 44 min |
| Aug 31, 9:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 8:47 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 1:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 4 hr |
| Oct 28, 9:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 3 hr |
| Oct 28, 12:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 3 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:21 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | 35 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:21 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | 24 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 4 hr |
| Nov 14, 5:14 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Nov 14, 9:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 33 min |
| Nov 14, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 25 min |
| Nov 14, 10:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 49 min |
| Nov 14, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 33 min |
| Nov 24, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 9:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 42 min |
| Nov 24, 10:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 52 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
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.