Alert archive / Missouri / Benton County

Weather alerts in Benton County, Missouri, 2026

155 weather alerts in 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 155
Warnings: 49
Watches: 32
Advisories: 24
Busiest month: April52 alerts
Busiest day: April 27, 202615 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

4 of 6 tornado warnings covering Benton County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them; 3 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 43 minutes after it went out.

Benton County, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	6	4	33%	3	100%	43 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	30	10	67%	32	81%	27 min
Flash flood warnings	3	3	0%	3	33%	35 min

Each office's whole area, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Springfield, MO: tornado warnings	77	20	74%	38	71%	15 min
NWS Springfield, MO: severe thunderstorm warnings	408	170	58%	621	80%	25 min
NWS Springfield, MO: flash flood warnings	91	37	59%	131	63%	106 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.

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, 12:45 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	SGF	8 hr
Jan 21, 2:39 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	SGF	32 hr
Jan 22, 2:25 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	SGF	71 hr
Jan 22, 10:47 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	SGF	3 days
Jan 25, 1:17 AM CST	Extreme Cold Warning	SGF	35 hr
Feb 18, 1:05 PM CST	Red Flag Warning	SGF	31 hr
Mar 6, 3:47 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 6, 5:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Mar 6, 7:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Mar 6, 9:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	51 min
Mar 10, 5:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 10, 10:18 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 11, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	37 min
Mar 14, 10:34 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	SGF	44 hr
Mar 26, 7:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 27, 11:39 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	SGF	21 hr
Mar 31, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	34 min
Apr 1, 10:59 AM CDT	Flood Watch	SGF	23 hr
Apr 1, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 1, 7:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 1, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	29 min
Apr 3, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 3, 10:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	42 min
Apr 3, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	32 min
Apr 3, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	28 min
Apr 4, 1:51 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	SGF	19 hr
Apr 13, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	24 min
Apr 13, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	30 min
Apr 13, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	42 min
Apr 13, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	48 min
Apr 15, 2:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 15, 2:31 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 15, 5:56 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Apr 15, 6:15 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 15, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	12 min
Apr 17, 2:14 AM CDT	Flood Watch	SGF	28 hr
Apr 17, 1:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 17, 5:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 17, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	49 min
Apr 17, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	35 min
Apr 17, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	35 min
Apr 17, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	29 min
Apr 17, 7:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	6 hr
Apr 17, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	39 min
Apr 18, 1:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	40 hr
Apr 23, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	43 min
Apr 23, 11:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	56 min
Apr 26, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 26, 6:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Apr 26, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	41 min
Apr 26, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 26, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	38 min
Apr 26, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	SGF	63 min
Apr 26, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	41 min
Apr 26, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	41 min
Apr 26, 10:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	42 min
Apr 26, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	50 min
Apr 26, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	18 min
Apr 27, 3:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 27, 9:33 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Apr 27, 9:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	37 min
Apr 27, 11:56 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 27, 12:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	45 min
Apr 27, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	27 min
Apr 27, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	32 min
Apr 28, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	39 min
Apr 28, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	32 min
May 4, 6:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
May 8, 3:01 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
May 8, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	38 min
May 9, 12:31 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	SGF	7 hr
May 18, 1:02 AM CDT	Flood Watch	SGF	36 hr
May 18, 9:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	2 hr
May 18, 10:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	5 hr
May 18, 11:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	4 hr
May 18, 1:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	6 hr
May 18, 3:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	5 hr
May 18, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 19, 3:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	7 hr
May 19, 10:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	21 hr
May 23, 5:05 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	SGF	4 hr
May 23, 2:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	6 hr
May 24, 12:49 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	SGF	9 hr
May 31, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 31, 10:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 1, 1:54 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 6, 12:12 PM CDT	Flood Watch	SGF	65 hr
Jun 7, 1:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jun 7, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	41 min
Jun 8, 11:23 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	SGF	32 hr
Jun 8, 11:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Jun 8, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jun 9, 2:35 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Jun 11, 1:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jun 11, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 11, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	47 min
Jun 11, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	34 min
Jun 11, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	32 min
Jun 12, 10:55 AM CDT	Flood Watch	SGF	44 hr
Jun 13, 7:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	31 min
Jun 13, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 13, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	65 min
Jun 14, 12:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	6 hr
Jun 14, 4:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	48 hr
Jun 17, 1:03 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jun 17, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 17, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 17, 5:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Jun 17, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	24 min
Jun 20, 1:13 AM CDT	Flood Watch	SGF	47 hr
Jun 21, 5:27 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	63 min
Jun 21, 5:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jun 24, 11:13 AM CDT	Flood Watch	SGF	68 hr
Jun 27, 1:40 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	SGF	8 days
Jul 4, 10:09 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jul 4, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 4, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	60 min
Jul 4, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	54 min
Jul 9, 5:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	43 min
Jul 9, 6:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	51 min
Jul 9, 11:05 AM CDT	Flood Watch	SGF	48 hr
Jul 9, 3:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 9, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 9, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	25 min
Jul 9, 9:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jul 10, 6:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	46 min
Jul 10, 7:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	45 min
Jul 10, 7:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jul 10, 8:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	6 hr
Jul 10, 4:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jul 16, 6:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	6 hr
Jul 19, 12:25 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	SGF	67 hr
Jul 24, 12:30 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Watch	SGF	11 hr
Jul 24, 11:27 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	SGF	37 hr
Jul 26, 12:27 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	SGF	67 hr
Jul 26, 12:27 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	SGF	67 hr
Jul 31, 2:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 5, 1:52 AM CDT	Flood Watch	SGF	34 hr
Aug 5, 9:00 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 8, 2:11 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Watch	SGF	23 hr
Aug 9, 1:04 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	SGF	8 days
Aug 16, 3:11 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 18, 11:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Aug 19, 1:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Aug 19, 3:23 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	67 min
Aug 20, 5:45 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	SGF	4 hr
Aug 30, 12:25 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	SGF	5 days
Aug 30, 12:25 PM CDT	Extreme Heat Watch	SGF	10 hr
Sep 4, 1:30 PM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	SGF	4 days
Sep 8, 12:39 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	SGF	42 hr
Sep 9, 4:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Sep 9, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	49 min
Sep 13, 12:40 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	SGF	6 days
Sep 15, 2:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min

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	30
Tornado Warning	6
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	10
Tornado Watch	9
Mesoscale Discussion	37
Special Weather Statement	13
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	3
Flash Flood Warning	3
Flood Watch	9
Areal Flood Advisory	8
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Heat
Extreme Heat Warning	3
Extreme Heat Watch	3
Heat Advisory	8
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning	1
Freeze Warning	1
Cold Weather Advisory	1
Frost Advisory	1
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	1
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	5

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2025

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.