Extreme Heat Warnings in Arkansas
65 extreme heat warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of extreme heat warnings reaches back to 2005.
Extreme Heat Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Extreme Heat Warnings
- 65
- Busiest year
- 202633 extreme heat warnings
- Average year
- 33over 2 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lee County15
- Craighead County15
- Cross County15
- Mississippi County15
- Poinsett County15
- St. Francis County15
- Franklin County15
- Woodruff County14
- Phillips County14
- Crittenden County14
- Crawford County14
- Sebastian County14
- Clay County13
- Greene County13
- Faulkner County13
- Jackson County13
- Monroe County13
- White County13
- Lawrence County12
- Randolph County12
- Prairie County12
- Lonoke County12
- Pulaski County12
- Arkansas County11
- Conway County11
- Independence County11
- Sharp County10
- Chicot County10
- Desha County10
- Jefferson County10
- Perry County10
- Saline County10
- Lincoln County9
- Johnson County8
- Logan County8
- Pope County8
- Yell County8
- Garland County7
- Grant County7
- Drew County6
35 more counties
- Hot Spring County6
- Columbia County5
- Ashley County5
- Lafayette County4
- Miller County4
- Union County4
- Cleburne County4
- Hempstead County3
- Howard County3
- Little River County3
- Nevada County3
- Sevier County3
- Calhoun County3
- Bradley County3
- Cleveland County3
- Dallas County3
- Van Buren County3
- Ouachita County2
- Clark County2
- Pike County2
- Scott County2
- Fulton County2
- Izard County2
- Benton County1
- Carroll County1
- Madison County1
- Washington County1
- Baxter County1
- Boone County1
- Marion County1
- Newton County1
- Searcy County1
- Stone County1
- Montgomery County1
- Polk County1
The latest extreme heat warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 11:56 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 31 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:46 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 20 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:07 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 32 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:02 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 8 hr |
| Aug 21, 12:29 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 20 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:25 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:12 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | JAN | Chicot | 18 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:46 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Conway, Desha, Faulkner, Garland, Grant and 16 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:41 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Aug 17, 11:29 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 58 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:58 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:15 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | JAN | Chicot | 42 hr |
Nearby
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.