Alert archive / Arkansas / Newton County
Weather alerts in Newton County, Arkansas, 2018
100 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Newton County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 100
- Warnings
- 38
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 1
- Busiest month
- June24 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 2, 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 2 tornado warnings covering Newton County in 2018 had a tornado report inside them.
Newton County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 31 | 15 | 52% | 3 | 33% | 31 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Little Rock, AR: tornado warnings | 45 | 6 | 87% | 13 | 77% | 9 min |
| NWS Little Rock, AR: severe thunderstorm warnings | 406 | 187 | 54% | 377 | 84% | 21 min |
| NWS Little Rock, AR: flash flood warnings | 139 | 53 | 62% | 109 | 94% | 89 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 21, 3:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 8:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 9:35 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jan 21, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 9:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 41 min |
| Feb 6, 6:08 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 4 hr |
| Mar 4, 10:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 25 min |
| 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 27, 10:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 38 min |
| Apr 13, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 13, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 49 min |
| 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, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 45 min |
| May 3, 2:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 3, 9:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 37 min |
| May 3, 12:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 3, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 3, 3:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LZK | 3 hr |
| May 6, 3:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 16, 11:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 16, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 27 min |
| May 24, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 41 min |
| May 25, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 26 min |
| May 31, 2:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 31, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 31, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 49 min |
| May 31, 11:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 1, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 12:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 1:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 2, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 6:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 24, 6:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 8:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 44 min |
| Jun 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 26, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 3:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 118 min |
| Jul 16, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 8:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 19, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 47 min |
| Jul 20, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 48 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, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Aug 29, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 1:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 9, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | 16 min |
| Oct 9, 6:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Oct 9, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 47 min |
| Nov 30, 3:34 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Nov 30, 6:17 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Nov 30, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 30, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 51 min |
| Nov 30, 9:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Nov 30, 11:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 66 min |
| Nov 30, 11:20 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Dec 1, 12:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 52 min |
| Dec 1, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 40 min |
| Dec 1, 12:58 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 8, 5:06 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 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 | 31 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Tornado Watch | 7 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 30 |
| Special Weather Statement | 15 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
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.