Weather alerts in Arkansas, 1987
170 weather alerts in 1987, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 170
- Warnings
- 170
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- June39 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 23, 198717 alerts
Over time
By month
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 52 min |
| Feb 13, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 55 min |
| Feb 13, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 35 min |
| Feb 13, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 61 min |
| Feb 15, 12:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 70 min |
| Feb 27, 7:18 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Ashley, Drew | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 8:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 54 min |
| Feb 28, 12:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 7:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 21 min |
| Mar 21, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 54 min |
| Mar 21, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard | 57 min |
| Apr 11, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada, Pike | 55 min |
| Apr 11, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 56 min |
| Apr 11, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 57 min |
| Apr 11, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 57 min |
| Apr 11, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Scott | 45 min |
| Apr 11, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Polk | 35 min |
| Apr 11, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry | 66 min |
| Apr 13, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 80 min |
| Apr 13, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Miller | 75 min |
| Apr 13, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 85 min |
| Apr 13, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Johnson, Logan | 61 min |
| Apr 13, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Nevada | 65 min |
| Apr 13, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 51 min |
| May 2, 9:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 2, 9:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 2, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 65 min |
| May 2, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 30 min |
| May 3, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Carroll | 58 min |
| May 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter | 66 min |
| May 3, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion | 60 min |
| May 3, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Searcy, Stone | 56 min |
| May 3, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard | 55 min |
| May 3, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 64 min |
| May 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence | 60 min |
| May 3, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 65 min |
| May 3, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 47 min |
| May 5, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 62 min |
| May 5, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 58 min |
| May 5, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 65 min |
| May 5, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 63 min |
| May 5, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Logan | 63 min |
| May 6, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Scott | 63 min |
| May 6, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 54 min |
| May 6, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 59 min |
| May 6, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 56 min |
| May 20, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada | 61 min |
| May 22, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 65 min |
| May 23, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 47 min |
| May 23, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Searcy, Van Buren | 58 min |
| May 30, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway | 66 min |
| May 31, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 41 min |
| May 31, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 38 min |
| May 31, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Pike, Sevier | 80 min |
| Jun 19, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Miller | 75 min |
| Jun 19, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 85 min |
| Jun 19, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada | 85 min |
| Jun 19, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia | 80 min |
| Jun 19, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 80 min |
| Jun 19, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ashley, Drew | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Johnson, Logan | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 57 min |
| Jun 23, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 57 min |
| Jun 23, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Pike | 80 min |
| Jun 23, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sevier | 80 min |
| Jun 23, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 77 min |
| Jun 23, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada | 77 min |
| Jun 27, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Marion | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River | 80 min |
| Jul 4, 10:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Monroe | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, White | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Union | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Union | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 8:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Saline | 92 min |
| Jul 23, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 92 min |
| Jul 27, 11:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pope | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Izard | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Sharp | 68 min |
| Aug 4, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Little River | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 75 min |
| Aug 16, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Madison, Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Carroll | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 67 min |
| Aug 17, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Carroll | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 56 min |
| Aug 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 58 min |
| Sep 12, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Pulaski | 45 min |
| Sep 12, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 53 min |
| Sep 14, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter | 39 min |
| Sep 14, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion, Searcy | 42 min |
| Sep 14, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 23 min |
| Sep 15, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 64 min |
| Sep 15, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 60 min |
| Sep 15, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 67 min |
| Oct 18, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 60 min |
| Oct 26, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River | 60 min |
| Oct 26, 2:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Miller | 65 min |
| Nov 15, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 65 min |
| Nov 16, 1:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Ashley, Chicot, Desha | 4 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 4 hr |
| Dec 14, 1:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sevier | 58 min |
| Dec 14, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard | 25 min |
| Dec 14, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 61 min |
| Dec 14, 4:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Saline | 47 min |
| Dec 14, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia | 65 min |
| Dec 14, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 61 min |
| Dec 14, 6:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry | 57 min |
| Dec 14, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson | 68 min |
| Dec 14, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 46 min |
| Dec 14, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 27 min |
| Dec 14, 9:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 54 min |
| Dec 19, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 78 min |
| Dec 24, 6:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Prairie | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross | 2 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Prairie, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Saline | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 8:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips, Poinsett and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 26, 9:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 9:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Pulaski, Saline | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 9:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Ouachita | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 4:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Grant, Jefferson | 4 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 | 135 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 29 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pulaski County13
- Washington County9
- Lonoke County9
- Miller County9
- Benton County7
- Little River County7
- Grant County7
- Crawford County7
- Saline County7
- Arkansas County6
- Prairie County6
- White County6
- Sevier County5
- Jefferson County5
- Monroe County5
- Sebastian County5
- Hempstead County5
- Howard County5
- Nevada County5
- Clark County5
- Lafayette County5
- Pope County5
- Hot Spring County5
- Conway County5
- Faulkner County5
- Perry County4
- Columbia County4
- Searcy County4
- Independence County4
- Garland County4
- Madison County4
- Ashley County3
- Pike County3
- Franklin County3
- Logan County3
- Van Buren County3
- Cleveland County3
- Dallas County3
- Carroll County3
- Baxter County3
27 more counties
- Marion County3
- Jackson County3
- Boone County3
- Crittenden County3
- Desha County2
- Drew County2
- Scott County2
- Johnson County2
- Izard County2
- Cleburne County2
- Phillips County2
- Union County2
- Woodruff County2
- St. Francis County2
- Mississippi County2
- Poinsett County2
- Cross County2
- Calhoun County1
- Greene County1
- Polk County1
- Lincoln County1
- Stone County1
- Sharp County1
- Craighead County1
- Chicot County1
- Lee County1
- Ouachita County1
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. Rebuilt daily.