Alert archive / Tennessee / Benton County
Weather alerts in Benton County, Tennessee, 2013
125 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
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- Alerts
- 125
- Warnings
- 24
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 38
- Busiest month
- January18 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 21, 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.
Benton County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 12 | 7 | 42% | 4 | 100% | 14 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 Nashville, TN: tornado warnings | 50 | 16 | 68% | 40 | 83% | 17 min |
| NWS Nashville, TN: severe thunderstorm warnings | 157 | 91 | 42% | 346 | 70% | 20 min |
| NWS Nashville, TN: flash flood warnings | 35 | 19 | 46% | 97 | 77% | 160 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 12, 3:59 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | 42 hr |
| Jan 13, 8:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:38 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:43 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | OHX | 6 hr |
| Jan 14, 10:44 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 44 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:05 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 26 hr |
| Jan 15, 10:05 AM CST | Ice Storm Warning | OHX | 20 hr |
| Jan 15, 10:48 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 15, 7:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 5:13 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 33 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:43 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | OHX | 6 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:57 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 41 hr |
| Jan 29, 9:49 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jan 29, 10:07 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 49 min |
| Jan 30, 1:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 1:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | 37 min |
| Jan 30, 3:03 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Feb 1, 3:24 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 43 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:21 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:42 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 20 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:33 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 19 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:38 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 30 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:49 AM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 20 hr |
| Mar 9, 5:42 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 26 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 38 min |
| Mar 24, 2:24 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OHX | 35 hr |
| Mar 24, 11:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 11:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Mar 30, 3:37 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:02 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | 7 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:02 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | OHX | 18 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OHX | 27 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 98 min |
| Apr 19, 1:37 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | OHX | 18 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:16 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | OHX | 16 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | 19 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 8:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | 3 hr |
| May 3, 3:45 AM CDT | Flood Watch | OHX | 56 hr |
| May 3, 9:47 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OHX | 12 hr |
| May 7, 12:46 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | 7 hr |
| May 12, 3:07 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | OHX | 29 hr |
| May 21, 4:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 50 min |
| May 21, 7:47 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| May 21, 10:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 40 min |
| May 21, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 44 min |
| May 21, 2:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| May 21, 6:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 21, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 37 min |
| May 21, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 20 min |
| May 21, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 50 min |
| May 21, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 49 min |
| May 21, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 58 min |
| May 21, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 12:36 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | 8 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 26, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 11:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 27, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 4:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 2:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | 4 days |
| Jul 18, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 7:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 51 min |
| Jul 31, 9:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 6:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Aug 7, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 9:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OHX | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | 14 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Aug 19, 5:09 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | 4 hr |
| Sep 10, 11:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | 3 hr |
| Sep 26, 1:25 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | 8 hr |
| Oct 18, 12:55 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | 8 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:32 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | OHX | 39 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:27 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | OHX | 17 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:07 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | OHX | 23 hr |
| Oct 24, 2:30 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | OHX | 31 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:16 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | OHX | 30 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | 18 hr |
| Oct 30, 8:19 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OHX | 29 hr |
| Oct 31, 7:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Oct 31, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 66 min |
| Oct 31, 10:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Nov 11, 1:50 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 28 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:29 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 30 hr |
| Nov 17, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Nov 17, 6:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 40 min |
| Nov 17, 6:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Nov 26, 5:01 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 22 hr |
| Dec 4, 12:11 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OHX | 23 hr |
| Dec 5, 10:54 AM CST | Ice Storm Warning | OHX | 34 hr |
| Dec 5, 8:59 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 7 hr |
| Dec 6, 11:31 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 29 hr |
| Dec 8, 1:28 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:23 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 34 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Dec 21, 5:46 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 24 min |
| Dec 21, 7:40 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Dec 21, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 22 min |
| Dec 21, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 34 min |
| Dec 21, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OHX | 30 min |
| Dec 21, 10:33 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 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 | 12 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 27 |
| Special Weather Statement | 21 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 5 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 6 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 13 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 8 |
| Freezing Fog 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.