Alert archive / Arkansas / Madison County
Weather alerts in Madison County, Arkansas, 2013
172 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Madison County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 172
- Warnings
- 51
- Watches
- 28
- Advisories
- 38
- Busiest month
- May38 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 22, 201311 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 4 tornado warnings covering Madison County in 2013 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Madison County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 4 | 1 | 75% | 1 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 25 | 14 | 44% | 13 | 92% | 26 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 7 | 2 | 71% | 0 |
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, 3:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 46 min |
| Jan 29, 3:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jan 29, 4:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 39 min |
| Jan 29, 5:59 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 2 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:23 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TSA | 10 hr |
| 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, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 51 min |
| Feb 18, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 28 min |
| Feb 18, 2:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 26 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, 11:24 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | 5 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:04 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | 25 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 39 min |
| 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 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, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 56 min |
| Mar 30, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 10:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Mar 31, 6:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 60 min |
| Apr 8, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 5:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 34 min |
| Apr 9, 9:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Apr 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | 18 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 36 min |
| 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 17, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Apr 18, 4:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| 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, 6:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 62 min |
| May 9, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 42 min |
| May 9, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 30 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, 2:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 65 min |
| May 10, 4:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | 8 hr |
| May 17, 5:22 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TSA | 5 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, 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 20, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 64 min |
| May 20, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 63 min |
| May 20, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 48 min |
| May 20, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 66 min |
| May 20, 10:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 2 hr |
| May 30, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 28 min |
| May 30, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 29 min |
| 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, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 47 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, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | 41 min |
| May 30, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 64 min |
| May 30, 11:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 30, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 65 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, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 1:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jun 1, 2:19 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 28, 1:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 3:32 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TSA | 4 days |
| Jul 10, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 37 min |
| Jul 10, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 23 min |
| Jul 19, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 57 min |
| Jul 22, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 2:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 5:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 7:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jul 22, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 12:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 23, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 7:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 23, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 40 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 |
| Aug 2, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | 22 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Aug 3, 7:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | 41 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, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | 6 hr |
| 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 9, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 4:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 113 min |
| Aug 10, 3:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | 5 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | 8 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | 51 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 34 min |
| Aug 12, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 35 min |
| Aug 30, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 38 min |
| Sep 30, 4:11 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TSA | 7 hr |
| Oct 5, 11:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 2 hr |
| Oct 17, 9:06 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TSA | 90 min |
| 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 |
| Oct 31, 12:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| 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, 12:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 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 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 | 25 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 8 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 29 |
| Special Weather Statement | 26 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 7 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 8 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 10 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 11 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 1 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 9 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| 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
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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.