Alert archive / Arkansas / 2008
Weather alerts in Arkansas, August 2008
153 weather alerts in August 2008, 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 August 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 153
- Warnings
- 89
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 26
- Busiest day
- August 3, 200831 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:56 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more | 5 days |
| Aug 1, 4:27 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:09 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | TSA | 4 days | |
| Aug 1, 12:28 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 64 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:37 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 47 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:29 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 3 days |
| Aug 1, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lafayette | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 4:30 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 33 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:15 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 10 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:52 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 38 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 4:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Dallas, Hot Spring | 118 min |
| Aug 2, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Ouachita | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nevada | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 49 min |
| Aug 2, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Montgomery, Pike | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike, Polk | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 10:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chicot, Desha | 93 min |
| Aug 2, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley | 71 min |
| Aug 3, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Union | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 4:12 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, White | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 3:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Phillips | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 4:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chicot | 54 min |
| Aug 3, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 7:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 4:26 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:40 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 14 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:25 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:27 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Randolph | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton | 17 min |
| Aug 6, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter | 16 min |
| Aug 7, 9:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Washington | 115 min |
| Aug 7, 10:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 93 min |
| Aug 7, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sevier | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 2:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chicot | 91 min |
| Aug 7, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more | 68 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 20 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 1:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LZK | White, Woodruff | 28 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 24 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Pike | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:25 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | 25 hr | |
| Aug 11, 7:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SHV | Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier | 113 min |
| Aug 11, 2:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 30 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 7 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:18 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 4 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 11:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 116 min |
| Aug 15, 1:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Craighead, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Phillips | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Lee | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 13 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:16 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LZK | Jackson, Woodruff | 17 days |
| Aug 19, 11:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | 16 hr | |
| Aug 19, 3:44 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Howard | 65 min |
| Aug 21, 2:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope, Yell | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 6:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Cross | 96 min |
| Aug 22, 7:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Cross | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 4:57 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 35 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 54 hr |
| Aug 23, 9:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | Grant, Saline | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Clay, Greene | 116 min |
| Aug 25, 5:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MEG | Phillips | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 29, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Drew, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Aug 29, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 42 min |
| Aug 29, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Dallas, Ouachita | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 42 min |
| Aug 29, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Little River | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Yell | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Saline | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 2:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 28 more | 4 days |
| Aug 31, 4:02 PM CDT | Hurricane Local Statement | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 51 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 3 days |
| Aug 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 51 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Union | 43 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 4 days |
| Aug 31, 5:39 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 52 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 | 67 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 5 |
| Special Weather Statement | 15 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 17 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 14 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 9 |
| River Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 4 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 9 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Tropical | |
| Hurricane Local Statement | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chicot County22
- Ashley County18
- Union County15
- Hot Spring County12
- Phillips County12
- Bradley County11
- Columbia County11
- Lafayette County11
- Clark County10
- Dallas County10
- Pike County10
- Craighead County10
- Greene County10
- Nevada County10
- Arkansas County9
- Desha County9
- Garland County9
- Pulaski County9
- Lawrence County9
- Hempstead County9
- Howard County9
- Little River County9
- Miller County9
- Sevier County9
- Calhoun County8
- Cleveland County8
- Fulton County8
- Lonoke County8
- Ouachita County8
- White County8
- Clay County8
- Cross County8
- Lee County8
- Mississippi County8
- Randolph County8
- Cleburne County7
- Drew County7
- Grant County7
- Saline County7
- Baxter County6
33 more counties
- Faulkner County6
- Jackson County6
- Jefferson County6
- Lincoln County6
- Marion County6
- Monroe County6
- Perry County6
- Sharp County6
- Woodruff County6
- Crittenden County6
- Poinsett County6
- St. Francis County6
- Montgomery County6
- Polk County6
- Washington County6
- Conway County5
- Independence County5
- Izard County5
- Prairie County5
- Stone County5
- Carroll County4
- Pope County4
- Sebastian County4
- Benton County3
- Madison County3
- Crawford County3
- Logan County3
- Yell County3
- Boone County2
- Franklin County2
- Scott County2
- Johnson County1
- Newton 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.