Alert archive / Arkansas / Madison County
Weather alerts in Madison County, Arkansas, 2018
128 weather alerts in 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 128
- Warnings
- 35
- Watches
- 22
- Advisories
- 28
- Busiest month
- July20 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 21, 20189 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 2018 had a tornado report inside them.
Madison County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 4 | 1 | 75% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 17 | 5 | 71% | 4 | 100% | 22 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 Tulsa, OK: tornado warnings | 34 | 7 | 79% | 15 | 47% | 7 min |
| NWS Tulsa, OK: severe thunderstorm warnings | 305 | 133 | 56% | 304 | 81% | 23 min |
| NWS Tulsa, OK: flash flood warnings | 11 | 6 | 45% | 40 | 60% | 95 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 8, 3:25 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TSA | 21 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:33 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | 5 hr |
| Jan 14, 5:52 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | 7 hr |
| Jan 14, 8:13 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | 19 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:43 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TSA | 36 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 8:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 9:35 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jan 21, 9:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 9:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 11:25 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 3:59 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | 23 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:08 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:40 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | 41 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:43 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TSA | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:59 PM CST | Flood Watch | TSA | 39 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:04 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | 12 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:37 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 3 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:06 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | 35 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:35 PM CST | Flood Watch | TSA | 48 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:05 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:09 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | 12 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:22 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 9:01 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:19 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TSA | 25 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:53 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TSA | 26 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:06 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TSA | 26 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Flood Watch | TSA | 57 hr |
| Mar 27, 8:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 8 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:55 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | TSA | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:07 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | 30 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 3:19 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | 46 hr |
| Apr 6, 8:36 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | 16 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:46 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | 29 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:23 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | TSA | 11 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:46 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | 18 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:03 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | 39 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 3:10 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | TSA | 17 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:19 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | 19 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:31 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | 29 hr |
| May 2, 10:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 2, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 3, 1:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 53 min |
| May 3, 6:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 65 min |
| May 3, 10:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 3 hr |
| May 3, 12:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 6, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 16, 11:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 16, 4:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 2 hr |
| May 25, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 42 min |
| May 25, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 16 min |
| May 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 32 min |
| May 31, 2:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 7:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 12:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 3:23 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TSA | 30 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 3:03 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TSA | 30 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:03 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | TSA | 54 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 12:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 1:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 3:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | 52 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 7:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 9:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 9:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Aug 19, 3:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Aug 19, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 19 min |
| Aug 29, 2:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 20, 1:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | 49 hr |
| Oct 9, 11:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Oct 9, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 32 min |
| Oct 9, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | 20 min |
| Oct 9, 5:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | 3 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:15 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | TSA | 29 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:57 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | 16 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:14 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TSA | 12 hr |
| Nov 7, 3:14 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TSA | 36 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:32 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TSA | 29 hr |
| Nov 9, 3:37 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TSA | 30 hr |
| Nov 11, 1:59 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | 28 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:18 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TSA | 27 hr |
| Nov 30, 6:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Nov 30, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 30, 9:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Nov 30, 11:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 56 min |
| Nov 30, 11:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Nov 30, 11:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | 41 min |
| Dec 6, 4:29 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TSA | 23 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:28 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | 43 hr |
| Dec 8, 5:06 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:51 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TSA | 7 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 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 23 |
| Special Weather Statement | 20 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 7 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 9 |
| Freeze Watch | 5 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 1 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
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.