Alert archive / Arkansas / 1997
Weather alerts in Arkansas, April 1997
109 weather alerts in April 1997, 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 April 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 109
- Warnings
- 99
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 5, 199764 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Howard, Little River, Pike, Polk, Sevier | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 68 min |
| Apr 4, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 7:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 7:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Union | 4 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 8:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 2 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe, Prairie | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Izard, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson, White, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Drew | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 10:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia | 4 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 18 min |
| Apr 4, 10:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 10:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Franklin | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 11:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 11:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 11:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Dallas, Ouachita | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 63 min |
| Apr 5, 12:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 12:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Prairie | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson, Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Cleveland, Drew | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 2:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia | 4 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 2:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 2:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant, Ouachita | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleburne and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lonoke, White | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Union | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 62 min |
| Apr 5, 4:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 4:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 4:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Dallas, Ouachita | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Pulaski, Saline | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:58 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 38 min |
| Apr 5, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Sharp | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson, Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Drew | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 6:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 7:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 8:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Monroe, Prairie | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Sharp, White | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:32 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 2 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Newton | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll | 29 min |
| Apr 20, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 61 min |
| Apr 20, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 20, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton | 62 min |
| Apr 21, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead | 48 min |
| Apr 21, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 31 min |
| Apr 21, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crittenden | 7 hr |
| Apr 21, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Columbia, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Union | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sevier | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 4:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River | 56 min |
| Apr 22, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 55 min |
| Apr 22, 8:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 8:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Saline | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 2:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Hot Spring, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Hot Spring, Saline | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 2:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley, Cleveland | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Lincoln | 3 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 | 46 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 49 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County10
- Bradley County9
- Union County9
- Ashley County8
- Drew County8
- Lincoln County8
- Lonoke County8
- Calhoun County7
- Columbia County7
- Ouachita County7
- Cleveland County7
- Arkansas County7
- Prairie County7
- Sharp County7
- Pulaski County7
- Chicot County6
- Lafayette County6
- Miller County6
- Monroe County6
- Independence County6
- Jackson County6
- Woodruff County6
- Dallas County6
- Carroll County6
- Grant County6
- Hempstead County5
- Faulkner County5
- Perry County5
- Cleburne County5
- White County5
- Crawford County5
- Madison County5
- Little River County4
- Izard County4
- Fulton County4
- Sebastian County4
- Saline County4
- Newton County4
- Nevada County3
- Howard County3
33 more counties
- Sevier County3
- Desha County3
- Stone County3
- Franklin County3
- Craighead County3
- Randolph County3
- Benton County3
- Boone County3
- Garland County3
- Hot Spring County3
- Pike County2
- Polk County2
- St. Francis County2
- Crittenden County2
- Lawrence County2
- Poinsett County2
- Johnson County2
- Logan County2
- Marion County2
- Pope County2
- Scott County2
- Searcy County2
- Washington County2
- Yell County2
- Cross County1
- Greene County1
- Lee County1
- Mississippi County1
- Phillips County1
- Baxter County1
- Conway County1
- Van Buren County1
- Clark County1
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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.