Alert archive / Arkansas / Howard County
Weather alerts in Howard County, Arkansas, 2024
149 weather alerts in 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Howard County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 149
- Warnings
- 25
- Watches
- 26
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest month
- May30 alerts
- Busiest day
- January 12, 20247 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Howard County, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 6 | 45% | 4 | 100% | 14 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Shreveport, LA: tornado warnings | 109 | 45 | 59% | 84 | 74% | 15 min |
| NWS Shreveport, LA: severe thunderstorm warnings | 331 | 185 | 44% | 406 | 85% | 25 min |
| NWS Shreveport, LA: flash flood warnings | 84 | 44 | 48% | 128 | 88% | 93 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 7, 2:50 PM CST | Wind Advisory | SHV | 51 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:18 AM CST | Wind Advisory | SHV | 39 hr |
| Jan 11, 8:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 9:56 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 11:44 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 54 min |
| Jan 12, 2:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 60 min |
| Jan 12, 2:41 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jan 12, 2:45 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | SHV | 23 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:04 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | SHV | 33 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:07 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | SHV | 52 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:57 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | SHV | 19 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:34 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | SHV | 19 hr |
| Jan 15, 1:39 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | SHV | 34 hr |
| Jan 15, 1:42 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | SHV | 57 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:40 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | SHV | 28 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:40 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | SHV | 52 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:08 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SHV | 31 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:41 PM CST | Flood Watch | SHV | 66 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:59 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 11 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:06 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 11 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:13 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 6 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:24 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 21 min |
| Feb 9, 11:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 32 min |
| Feb 16, 12:26 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:47 AM CST | Wind Advisory | SHV | 33 hr |
| Mar 5, 12:19 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 41 min |
| Mar 5, 1:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 32 min |
| Mar 5, 4:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Mar 14, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Mar 14, 7:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 9:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 11:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 3:13 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | SHV | 24 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:28 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | SHV | 30 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:06 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | SHV | 29 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Apr 3, 3:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | SHV | 16 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:23 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | 43 hr |
| Apr 8, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 9:20 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | 52 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:49 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | SHV | 28 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Apr 18, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Apr 26, 5:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Apr 27, 1:59 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | 40 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:30 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 7 hr |
| May 3, 4:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 35 min |
| May 3, 4:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 18 min |
| May 4, 10:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 4, 7:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| May 5, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 6, 2:15 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 7 hr |
| May 6, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 7, 11:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 8, 12:56 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 8, 2:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 8, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 8, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 51 min |
| May 9, 3:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 9, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 22, 9:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 22, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 22, 2:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 22, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 28 min |
| May 23, 2:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 23, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 47 min |
| May 23, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 58 min |
| May 23, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 24, 2:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 24, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 24, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 40 min |
| May 24, 9:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 24, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 30 min |
| May 24, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 43 min |
| May 30, 2:06 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | 23 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 3:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 56 min |
| Jun 4, 3:36 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | 39 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 3:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | 28 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 9:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 23, 12:22 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 67 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:00 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 18 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 11:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 29 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:07 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | SHV | 25 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:19 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 30 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 23 min |
| Jul 1, 3:20 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 29 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:27 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | SHV | 48 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:51 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | 32 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:21 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | SHV | 18 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:15 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 31 hr |
| Jul 15, 2:13 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 53 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 2:20 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 54 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:54 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 30 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:16 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 31 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:52 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 30 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:54 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 55 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:23 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 31 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:35 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 54 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:49 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | SHV | 45 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 10:54 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | 9 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:09 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | SHV | 30 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 9:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Aug 19, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 60 min |
| Nov 3, 8:00 AM CST | Flood Watch | SHV | 46 hr |
| Nov 3, 9:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 28 min |
| Nov 3, 2:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 25 min |
| Nov 3, 2:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 30 min |
| Nov 3, 3:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 26 min |
| Nov 4, 1:26 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 4, 5:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Nov 4, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 5, 1:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 35 min |
| Nov 19, 4:48 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 4 hr |
| Nov 20, 9:09 PM CST | Freeze Warning | SHV | 11 hr |
| Dec 8, 10:37 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 9 hr |
| Dec 14, 7:04 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SHV | 16 hr |
| Dec 16, 7:55 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | 3 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Dec 28, 5:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 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 | 11 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 8 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 33 |
| Special Weather Statement | 30 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 8 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 4 |
| Heat Advisory | 15 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 8 |
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.