Alert archive / Indiana / Benton County
Weather alerts in Benton County, Indiana, 2013
114 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Benton County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 114
- Warnings
- 22
- Watches
- 21
- Advisories
- 24
- Busiest month
- June29 alerts
- Busiest day
- November 17, 20138 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 Benton County in 2013 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Benton County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 2 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 10 | 8 | 20% | 8 | 75% | 31 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Chicago, IL: tornado warnings | 17 | 6 | 65% | 25 | 56% | 13 min |
| NWS Chicago, IL: severe thunderstorm warnings | 135 | 86 | 36% | 425 | 79% | 29 min |
| NWS Chicago, IL: flash flood warnings | 32 | 12 | 63% | 37 | 86% | 123 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, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 5:31 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | 11 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:57 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LOT | 30 hr |
| Jan 26, 5:21 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | 24 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:14 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | LOT | 30 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:28 PM EST | Flood Watch | LOT | 37 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:54 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 11 hr |
| Jan 29, 7:33 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | 113 days |
| Jan 29, 11:33 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | 10 hr |
| Feb 10, 8:30 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LOT | 23 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:00 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | 46 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:46 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 26, 8:03 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:06 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LOT | 47 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:36 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:48 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | 35 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:46 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | LOT | 28 hr |
| Apr 8, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 10:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 1:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 10, 7:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 10, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 5:31 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LOT | 59 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Apr 17, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Apr 17, 9:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Apr 18, 5:01 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LOT | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:25 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Apr 18, 9:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 96 min |
| Apr 18, 9:31 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 12, 5:07 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | LOT | 27 hr |
| May 20, 4:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 20, 11:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| May 21, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 27, 12:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | 10 hr |
| May 27, 2:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOT | 40 hr |
| May 27, 6:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 28, 9:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 28, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 28, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 67 min |
| May 30, 5:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOT | 66 hr |
| May 30, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 30, 11:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 30, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 82 min |
| May 31, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 69 min |
| May 31, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 34 min |
| May 31, 10:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 31, 11:11 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 31, 11:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 79 min |
| Jun 1, 5:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LOT | 29 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 11:26 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 4:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 12, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 12, 9:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 12, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 10:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 21, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 11:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOT | 60 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 87 min |
| Jun 24, 9:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 1:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Jun 25, 10:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 25, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 8:57 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:29 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LOT | 52 hr |
| Jul 21, 6:41 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 2:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 23, 2:19 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Aug 30, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 5:27 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 67 min |
| Sep 19, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | 35 min |
| Sep 19, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 57 min |
| Oct 2, 5:45 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 5 hr |
| Oct 3, 6:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Oct 3, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 43 min |
| Oct 5, 1:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | 49 min |
| Oct 21, 4:47 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LOT | 12 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:21 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LOT | 17 hr |
| Oct 30, 6:45 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 5 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:59 PM EST | Wind Advisory | LOT | 29 hr |
| Nov 17, 4:09 AM EST | High Wind Warning | LOT | 17 hr |
| Nov 17, 9:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Nov 17, 12:57 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Nov 17, 2:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LOT | 37 min |
| Nov 17, 2:13 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 77 min |
| Nov 17, 2:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 60 min |
| Nov 17, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | 35 min |
| Dec 8, 6:51 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | LOT | 6 hr |
| Dec 11, 4:46 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | LOT | 25 hr |
| Dec 12, 8:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LOT | 46 hr |
| Dec 13, 11:33 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | LOT | 28 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:38 PM EST | Flood Watch | LOT | 45 hr |
| Dec 20, 12:39 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 19 hr |
| Dec 20, 8:06 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | LOT | 114 min |
| Dec 21, 1:36 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | 12 hr |
| Dec 29, 10:38 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | LOT | 8 hr |
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.