Weather alerts in Arkansas, May 1997

187 weather alerts in May 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 May 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 187
Warnings: 171
Watches: 16
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 27, 199777 alerts

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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
May 2, 12:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne	61 min
May 2, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski	62 min
May 2, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Randolph	50 min
May 2, 1:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson and 4 more	6 hr
May 2, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	48 min
May 2, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	47 min
May 2, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	30 min
May 2, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Desha and 7 more	7 hr
May 2, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	33 min
May 2, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	48 min
May 2, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	48 min
May 2, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	47 min
May 2, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sebastian	50 min
May 2, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne	35 min
May 2, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Clay and 52 more	6 hr
May 2, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Franklin	48 min
May 2, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren	48 min
May 2, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Perry	48 min
May 2, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Logan	49 min
May 2, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	46 min
May 2, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Johnson	49 min
May 2, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	54 min
May 2, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, White	50 min
May 2, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	31 min
May 2, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Pope	33 min
May 2, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	33 min
May 2, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	46 min
May 2, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	40 min
May 2, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Van Buren	33 min
May 2, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	48 min
May 2, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	39 min
May 2, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pulaski	33 min
May 2, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	51 min
May 2, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	32 min
May 2, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	35 min
May 2, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	33 min
May 2, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway	34 min
May 2, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton	32 min
May 2, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner	36 min
May 2, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie	50 min
May 2, 7:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Bradley, Drew	3 hr
May 2, 7:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Calhoun	3 hr
May 2, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	35 min
May 2, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	43 min
May 2, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	40 min
May 8, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 8 more	5 hr
May 8, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Washington	48 min
May 8, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	47 min
May 8, 8:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Polk	2 hr
May 8, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Polk	49 min
May 8, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk	61 min
May 8, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sevier	26 min
May 14, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Ashley, Chicot	6 hr
May 19, 7:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Garland	91 min
May 19, 9:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Drew	93 min
May 19, 10:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Desha	2 hr
May 20, 12:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Desha	2 hr
May 20, 12:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Lincoln	3 hr
May 20, 12:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Drew	115 min
May 26, 3:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski	47 min
May 26, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	50 min
May 26, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baxter, Clay, Fulton, Greene, Marion, Randolph and 1 more	6 hr
May 26, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Sebastian	6 hr
May 26, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	46 min
May 26, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Randolph	45 min
May 26, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 31 more	6 hr
May 26, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton	46 min
May 26, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Sharp	62 min
May 26, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Washington	60 min
May 26, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton	34 min
May 26, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Randolph	50 min
May 26, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Marion	48 min
May 26, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	49 min
May 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford	53 min
May 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	53 min
May 26, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	59 min
May 26, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Randolph	34 min
May 26, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	49 min
May 26, 11:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lawrence	34 min
May 26, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Newton	65 min
May 26, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	60 min
May 26, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	46 min
May 26, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Greene	47 min
May 26, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone	34 min
May 26, 11:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead	48 min
May 27, 12:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Baxter	32 min
May 27, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton	62 min
May 27, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Searcy	50 min
May 27, 12:15 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Garland and 18 more	5 hr
May 27, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Yell	61 min
May 27, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Sharp	47 min
May 27, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Marion	32 min
May 27, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Izard	50 min
May 27, 12:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Fulton, Sharp	3 hr
May 27, 12:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Baxter	3 hr
May 27, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Stone, Van Buren	63 min
May 27, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter	49 min
May 27, 12:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Sharp	32 min
May 27, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne	50 min
May 27, 1:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	34 min
May 27, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pike	62 min
May 27, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland	62 min
May 27, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	48 min
May 27, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence	61 min
May 27, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	60 min
May 27, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson	65 min
May 27, 1:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Craighead	30 min
May 27, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Little River	5 hr
May 27, 1:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, White	62 min
May 27, 1:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway	62 min
May 27, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Perry, Saline	63 min
May 27, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Woodruff	64 min
May 27, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Poinsett	49 min
May 27, 2:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Pulaski	62 min
May 27, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring	63 min
May 27, 2:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Cross, Poinsett	31 min
May 27, 2:45 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 37 more	5 hr
May 27, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, White	62 min
May 27, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier	55 min
May 27, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie	65 min
May 27, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson	62 min
May 27, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	58 min
May 27, 3:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Crittenden	49 min
May 27, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	65 min
May 27, 3:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Mississippi, Poinsett	48 min
May 27, 3:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland	63 min
May 27, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	65 min
May 27, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette	61 min
May 27, 3:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	64 min
May 27, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lincoln	65 min
May 27, 4:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	61 min
May 27, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun	64 min
May 27, 4:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	63 min
May 27, 5:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	64 min
May 27, 5:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	62 min
May 27, 6:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	42 min
May 27, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	69 min
May 27, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 40 more	6 hr
May 27, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Searcy	50 min
May 27, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Stone	46 min
May 27, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	46 min
May 27, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	37 min
May 27, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne	35 min
May 27, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Chicot	5 hr
May 27, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pulaski	47 min
May 27, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	48 min
May 27, 8:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke, Pulaski	33 min
May 27, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	50 min
May 27, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	White	33 min
May 27, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LZK	Lonoke	45 min
May 27, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	51 min
May 27, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	49 min
May 27, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	47 min
May 27, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie	50 min
May 27, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Crittenden, Cross, Jackson, Jefferson, Lee and 9 more	5 hr
May 27, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson	48 min
May 27, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie	16 min
May 27, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	63 min
May 27, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Prairie	36 min
May 27, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	32 min
May 27, 11:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Desha, Drew, Lincoln	3 hr
May 27, 11:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Arkansas	3 hr
May 27, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	48 min
May 28, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne	46 min
May 28, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, White	32 min
May 28, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	34 min
May 28, 1:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Independence, Jackson	2 hr
May 28, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pulaski	49 min
May 28, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	48 min
May 28, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner	51 min
May 28, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Poinsett	49 min
May 28, 3:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	31 min
May 28, 3:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark	17 min
May 30, 8:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	49 min
May 30, 12:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll and 44 more	6 hr
May 30, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner	63 min
May 30, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark	66 min
May 30, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Sharp	49 min
May 30, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, White	51 min
May 30, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 16 more	6 hr
May 30, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	48 min
May 30, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	47 min
May 30, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross	35 min
May 30, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	34 min
May 30, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland	64 min
May 30, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	59 min
May 30, 9:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Union	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	140
Tornado Warning	16
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	5
Tornado Watch	11
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	15

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.