Alert archive / Tennessee / Van Buren County
Weather alerts in Van Buren County, Tennessee, 2014
103 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Van Buren County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 103
- Warnings
- 15
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 25
- Busiest month
- October20 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 20, 20145 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Van Buren County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 7 | 36% | 1 | 100% | 9 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Nashville, TN: tornado warnings | 24 | 4 | 83% | 7 | 100% | 15 min |
| NWS Nashville, TN: severe thunderstorm warnings | 210 | 120 | 43% | 401 | 66% | 19 min |
| NWS Nashville, TN: flash flood warnings | 30 | 16 | 47% | 51 | 67% | 90 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 4, 3:16 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OHX | 12 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:16 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 36 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:13 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | OHX | 65 hr |
| Jan 5, 8:07 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 10 hr |
| Jan 14, 4:02 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 34 hr |
| Jan 20, 12:37 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 27 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:21 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | OHX | 15 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:41 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | OHX | 44 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:13 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 33 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:05 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 48 hr |
| Feb 19, 12:02 PM CST | Wind Advisory | OHX | 36 hr |
| Feb 20, 5:29 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 46 min |
| Feb 20, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 8:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Feb 20, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 61 min |
| Mar 1, 12:22 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 51 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:23 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | OHX | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:50 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | OHX | 28 hr |
| Mar 26, 11:50 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OHX | 40 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:52 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Apr 4, 6:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 7:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 3:36 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | OHX | 23 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:36 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OHX | 36 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:53 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | OHX | 30 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:37 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | OHX | 25 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | 35 hr |
| Apr 28, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 12:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 39 min |
| May 11, 4:12 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | 5 hr |
| May 14, 10:56 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 14, 11:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 14, 2:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| May 14, 6:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 19, 3:53 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | 5 hr |
| May 22, 2:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 22, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 22, 6:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 25, 10:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 25, 2:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | 2 hr |
| May 30, 1:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 30 min |
| May 30, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 62 min |
| May 30, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 6:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 5, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 10:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 10, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 10, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 3:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 14, 12:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 14, 5:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jul 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Aug 20, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Aug 24, 7:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OHX | 109 min |
| Aug 30, 7:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | 18 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Sep 2, 6:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Sep 2, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 40 min |
| Sep 2, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OHX | 44 min |
| Sep 2, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 27 min |
| Sep 21, 2:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Oct 3, 2:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:34 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | OHX | 28 hr |
| Oct 6, 6:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Oct 7, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 44 min |
| Oct 7, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 48 min |
| Oct 8, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 61 min |
| Oct 8, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 49 min |
| Oct 10, 1:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Oct 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OHX | 32 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:57 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OHX | 23 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 14, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OHX | 45 min |
| Oct 14, 6:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 22, 11:33 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | OHX | 20 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:10 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OHX | 7 hr |
| Oct 30, 1:35 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | OHX | 20 hr |
| Oct 30, 1:35 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | OHX | 20 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:41 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | OHX | 23 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:41 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | OHX | 47 hr |
| Nov 26, 12:23 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OHX | 19 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:29 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | OHX | 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 | 11 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 7 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 30 |
| Special Weather Statement | 14 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 4 |
| Freeze Watch | 3 |
| Frost Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 2 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.