Alert archive / Arkansas / 2002
Weather alerts in Arkansas, May 2002
176 weather alerts in May 2002, 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 176
- Warnings
- 158
- Watches
- 18
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 13, 200226 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Fulton, Greene, Marion and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 1, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 46 min |
| May 1, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 31 min |
| May 1, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 51 min |
| May 1, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Fulton and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 45 min |
| May 1, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 33 min |
| May 1, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 30 min |
| May 1, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 42 min |
| May 1, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion | 35 min |
| May 1, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 46 min |
| May 2, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 45 min |
| May 2, 1:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 37 min |
| May 2, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 50 min |
| May 2, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 9 more | 3 hr |
| May 2, 2:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 42 min |
| May 2, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 37 min |
| May 2, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 41 min |
| May 2, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 36 min |
| May 2, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha | 36 min |
| May 2, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 31 min |
| May 2, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 35 min |
| May 2, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 37 min |
| May 2, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 35 min |
| May 2, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Lincoln | 42 min |
| May 2, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 33 min |
| May 2, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 3, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 40 min |
| May 3, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 37 min |
| May 3, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 40 min |
| May 3, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 31 min |
| May 3, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 23 min |
| May 3, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 19 min |
| May 3, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 24 min |
| May 3, 6:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 29 min |
| May 3, 6:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 24 min |
| May 3, 7:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 26 min |
| May 3, 9:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Phillips | 3 hr |
| May 3, 9:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 3, 9:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| May 3, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 27 min |
| May 7, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Fulton, Marion | 5 hr |
| May 7, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fulton | 5 hr |
| May 8, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Randolph | 6 hr |
| May 8, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 65 min |
| May 9, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton | 53 min |
| May 9, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison, Washington | 61 min |
| May 9, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Scott, Sebastian, Washington | 5 hr |
| May 9, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 45 min |
| May 9, 3:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 55 min |
| May 9, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 55 min |
| May 9, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 66 min |
| May 9, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Conway, Desha, Faulkner, Garland, Grant and 12 more | 4 hr |
| May 9, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Yell | 47 min |
| May 9, 5:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Yell | 35 min |
| May 9, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry | 43 min |
| May 9, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 40 min |
| May 9, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 57 min |
| May 9, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada | 61 min |
| May 9, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 45 min |
| May 9, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead | 57 min |
| May 9, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard | 61 min |
| May 10, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 62 min |
| May 10, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas, Ouachita | 65 min |
| May 10, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 33 min |
| May 10, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant | 39 min |
| May 10, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 45 min |
| May 10, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead | 63 min |
| May 10, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew, Lincoln | 62 min |
| May 10, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 35 min |
| May 10, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 45 min |
| May 10, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia | 61 min |
| May 10, 3:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 48 min |
| May 10, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 62 min |
| May 10, 6:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia | 58 min |
| May 10, 7:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 12, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 12, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 62 min |
| May 12, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| May 12, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 57 min |
| May 12, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison | 42 min |
| May 12, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone | 51 min |
| May 12, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 64 min |
| May 12, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 65 min |
| May 12, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 62 min |
| May 12, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Yell | 42 min |
| May 12, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pope | 41 min |
| May 12, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Cross, Faulkner and 21 more | 4 hr |
| May 12, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 41 min |
| May 12, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Van Buren | 39 min |
| May 12, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 33 min |
| May 12, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Stone | 47 min |
| May 12, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring | 52 min |
| May 12, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 40 min |
| May 13, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence | 40 min |
| May 13, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 42 min |
| May 13, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead | 35 min |
| May 13, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 43 min |
| May 13, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada | 55 min |
| May 13, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 38 min |
| May 13, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Calhoun, Clay, Cleveland, Craighead, Crittenden and 19 more | 4 hr |
| May 13, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 38 min |
| May 13, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie | 51 min |
| May 13, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 43 min |
| May 16, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 34 min |
| May 17, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 62 min |
| May 17, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton | 29 min |
| May 17, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 21 more | 5 hr |
| May 17, 4:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 3 hr |
| May 17, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada | 5 hr |
| May 17, 5:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 3 hr |
| May 17, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 49 min |
| May 17, 5:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Izard, Sharp | 3 hr |
| May 17, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Polk, Scott | 63 min |
| May 17, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton | 6 hr |
| May 17, 6:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Greene, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| May 17, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Conway and 36 more | 4 hr |
| May 17, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Yell | 59 min |
| May 17, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry | 45 min |
| May 17, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 43 min |
| May 17, 8:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne, White | 2 hr |
| May 17, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke | 31 min |
| May 17, 9:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie, White | 38 min |
| May 17, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas | 43 min |
| May 25, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Yell | 55 min |
| May 25, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 40 min |
| May 25, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence | 47 min |
| May 25, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 46 min |
| May 25, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson | 56 min |
| May 25, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 26 min |
| May 25, 8:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Clay | 88 min |
| May 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 40 min |
| May 26, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 37 min |
| May 26, 7:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 35 min |
| May 26, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 56 min |
| May 26, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 36 min |
| May 26, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark | 51 min |
| May 26, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 59 min |
| May 26, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 47 min |
| May 26, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Saline | 35 min |
| May 26, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 54 min |
| May 26, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 61 min |
| May 26, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas | 25 min |
| May 26, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia | 62 min |
| May 26, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 45 min |
| May 26, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 41 min |
| May 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 23 min |
| May 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 22 min |
| May 26, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 35 min |
| May 26, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew | 38 min |
| May 26, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 39 min |
| May 27, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Little River, Sevier | 7 hr |
| May 27, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Scott | 2 hr |
| May 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead | 62 min |
| May 27, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead | 112 min |
| May 27, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sevier | 49 min |
| May 27, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard | 51 min |
| May 27, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River | 41 min |
| May 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Polk | 111 min |
| May 27, 7:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 89 min |
| May 27, 8:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| May 28, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sevier | 61 min |
| May 28, 6:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | St. Francis | 88 min |
| May 29, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Madison | 4 hr |
| May 29, 3:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Franklin | 3 hr |
| May 29, 4:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Dallas | 65 min |
| May 29, 8:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 2 hr |
| May 29, 8:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Union | 4 hr |
| May 29, 10:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 2 hr |
| May 29, 1:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 2 hr |
| May 29, 4:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson | 2 hr |
| May 29, 7:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Bradley | 116 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 | 125 |
| Tornado Warning | 7 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 17 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 26 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County15
- Benton County14
- Washington County14
- Carroll County11
- Boone County10
- Marion County10
- Desha County10
- Calhoun County10
- Fulton County9
- Crawford County9
- Arkansas County9
- Yell County9
- Baxter County8
- Franklin County8
- Saline County8
- Prairie County8
- Hempstead County8
- Newton County7
- Lincoln County7
- Pulaski County7
- Scott County7
- Sebastian County7
- Logan County7
- Jefferson County7
- Lonoke County7
- Montgomery County7
- Perry County7
- Dallas County7
- Clay County6
- Sharp County6
- Izard County6
- Stone County6
- Van Buren County6
- Ouachita County6
- Drew County6
- Hot Spring County6
- Clark County6
- Faulkner County6
- Garland County6
- Miller County6
35 more counties
- Polk County6
- Cleburne County6
- Jackson County6
- White County6
- Randolph County5
- Searcy County5
- Pope County5
- Monroe County5
- Cleveland County5
- Grant County5
- Conway County5
- Columbia County5
- Nevada County5
- Independence County5
- Greene County4
- Johnson County4
- Bradley County4
- Lafayette County4
- Little River County4
- Sevier County4
- Phillips County3
- Howard County3
- Lawrence County3
- Woodruff County3
- St. Francis County3
- Chicot County2
- Union County2
- Craighead County2
- Cross County2
- Poinsett County2
- Pike County2
- Crittenden County2
- Lee County1
- Mississippi County1
- Ashley 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.