Alert archive / Missouri / Benton County
Weather alerts in Benton County, Missouri, 2025
130 weather alerts in 2025, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Benton County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 130
- Warnings
- 43
- Watches
- 20
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest month
- March27 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 14, 20257 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 2025 had a tornado report inside them; 3 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 10 minutes after it went out.
Benton County, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 3 | 100% | 10 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 24 | 10 | 58% | 8 | 75% | 39 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Springfield, MO: tornado warnings | 69 | 20 | 71% | 48 | 77% | 13 min |
| NWS Springfield, MO: severe thunderstorm warnings | 347 | 168 | 52% | 632 | 89% | 26 min |
| NWS Springfield, MO: flash flood warnings | 67 | 36 | 46% | 243 | 77% | 200 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 2, 2:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | SGF | 23 hr |
| Jan 3, 1:55 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | SGF | 61 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:40 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 5, 7:56 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:13 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 47 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:36 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | SGF | 33 hr |
| Jan 30, 8:22 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 4 hr |
| Feb 1, 5:15 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 9:25 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 19 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:54 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 39 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:29 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | SGF | 24 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:09 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | SGF | 60 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:46 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | SGF | 3 days |
| Feb 28, 1:49 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 18 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:13 PM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | 53 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:36 PM CST | High Wind Warning | SGF | 21 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:47 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 19 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:52 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 29 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:34 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | SGF | 25 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:41 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | 11 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:28 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 42 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:39 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | SGF | 22 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 62 min |
| Mar 14, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 57 min |
| Mar 15, 1:43 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SGF | 24 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:41 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 30 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:10 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 30 hr |
| Mar 18, 10:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | SGF | 35 hr |
| Mar 18, 9:08 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 18 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:17 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | 29 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 46 min |
| Mar 23, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 33 min |
| Mar 29, 11:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Mar 30, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 3:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Apr 1, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 1:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:11 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | SGF | 9 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 7:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Apr 2, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 2:04 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | SGF | 11 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:10 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | SGF | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:10 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | SGF | 32 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:19 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | SGF | 32 hr |
| Apr 17, 6:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 17, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 1:31 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SGF | 3 days |
| Apr 18, 2:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 10:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 8 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Apr 20, 2:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Apr 20, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 65 min |
| Apr 20, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 62 min |
| Apr 20, 6:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 30 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:37 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SGF | 57 hr |
| May 19, 2:24 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SGF | 27 hr |
| May 19, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 19, 5:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 19, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 65 min |
| May 19, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | 26 min |
| May 19, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | 32 min |
| May 22, 1:00 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SGF | 4 days |
| Jun 2, 12:58 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SGF | 55 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 8:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 14, 2:11 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 20, 1:45 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | 56 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 10:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:54 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 7 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:57 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | SGF | 4 days |
| Jul 21, 8:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:20 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | 9 days |
| Aug 7, 1:54 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | 54 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 7:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:03 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | 5 days |
| Aug 28, 9:22 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 13 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Sep 17, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 30 min |
| Sep 17, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 26 min |
| Sep 18, 2:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Sep 18, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 34 min |
| Sep 18, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 29 min |
| Sep 18, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 25 min |
| Sep 18, 6:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 25, 3:06 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 7 hr |
| Oct 11, 12:27 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 10 hr |
| Oct 18, 8:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | 39 min |
| Oct 18, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 40 min |
| Oct 18, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 43 min |
| Oct 30, 12:32 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | SGF | 20 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:54 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | SGF | 24 hr |
| Nov 1, 1:50 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | SGF | 31 hr |
| Nov 17, 12:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 48 min |
| Nov 17, 1:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | 43 min |
| Nov 17, 11:55 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Nov 19, 8:22 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 4 hr |
| Nov 20, 11:17 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 4 hr |
| Nov 20, 7:29 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 8 hr |
| Nov 22, 7:20 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 16 hr |
| Dec 1, 9:45 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | SGF | 14 hr |
| Dec 6, 12:08 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 11 hr |
| Dec 18, 12:19 AM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | 20 hr |
| Dec 23, 5:31 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:56 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | SGF | 9 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:24 PM CST | Wind Advisory | SGF | 40 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.