Flood Watches in Arkansas
215 flood watches 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 215
- Busiest year
- 202542 flood watches
- Average year
- 11over 20 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.
- Benton County56
- Washington County56
- Carroll County55
- Madison County53
- Marion County39
- Baxter County38
- Garland County31
- Saline County31
- Craighead County31
- Mississippi County31
- Fulton County31
- Stone County31
- Poinsett County30
- Izard County30
- Lafayette County30
- Clay County29
- Clark County28
- Conway County28
- Hot Spring County28
- Pike County28
- Pulaski County28
- Greene County28
- Randolph County28
- Columbia County28
- Miller County28
- Lawrence County27
- Cross County27
- Hempstead County27
- Little River County27
- Perry County26
- Lee County26
- Cleburne County26
- Sharp County26
- Howard County26
- Sevier County26
- Nevada County26
- Union County26
- Dallas County25
- Crittenden County25
- Searcy County25
35 more counties
- Boone County25
- Newton County25
- Cleveland County24
- Faulkner County24
- Phillips County24
- St. Francis County24
- Grant County23
- Ouachita County23
- Lonoke County23
- White County23
- Johnson County23
- Montgomery County23
- Scott County23
- Calhoun County22
- Independence County22
- Polk County22
- Pope County22
- Bradley County21
- Jefferson County21
- Lincoln County21
- Prairie County21
- Logan County21
- Van Buren County21
- Jackson County20
- Arkansas County19
- Monroe County19
- Woodruff County19
- Yell County19
- Drew County18
- Desha County17
- Ashley County17
- Chicot County17
- Crawford County2
- Franklin County2
- Sebastian County2
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 3:19 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 10 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:20 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MEG | Clay | 3 days |
| Jun 26, 11:46 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Izard, Lawrence, Marion and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:57 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MEG | Clay, Greene | 38 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:46 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike, Polk and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 23, 12:58 PM CDT | Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 4 days |
| Jun 22, 11:33 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 3 days |
| Jun 22, 4:37 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MEG | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:50 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 26 more | 21 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:00 PM CDT | Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:29 AM CDT | Flood Watch | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 11 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:11 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union | 12 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. Rebuilt daily.