Alert archive / Arkansas / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Arkansas, 2023
34 flood watches in 2023. 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 in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 34
- Busiest month
- March7 flood watches
- Busiest day
- March 1, 20234 flood watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1:17 PM CST | Flood Watch | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 44 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:33 AM CST | Flood Watch | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 23 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:53 AM CST | Flood Watch | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:01 AM CST | Flood Watch | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 47 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:34 PM CST | Flood Watch | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more | 3 days |
| Feb 7, 2:15 PM CST | Flood Watch | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 35 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:27 PM CST | Flood Watch | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner and 26 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 8, 12:13 AM CST | Flood Watch | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 23 hr |
| Feb 8, 3:08 AM CST | Flood Watch | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 17 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:29 PM CST | Flood Watch | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 36 more | 63 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:29 PM CST | Flood Watch | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 64 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:04 AM CST | Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 53 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:28 PM CST | Flood Watch | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Nevada, Sevier | 36 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:02 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 26 more | 55 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:30 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 57 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:58 PM CDT | Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 50 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:46 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | Columbia, Union | 49 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:20 PM CDT | Flood Watch | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 27 hr |
| Apr 5, 11:53 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 5 more | 19 hr |
| May 10, 3:00 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Union | 36 hr |
| May 10, 3:21 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | Calhoun, Clark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:32 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Union | 19 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:42 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:21 PM CDT | Flood Watch | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 16 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:33 PM CDT | Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 12 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:49 PM CDT | Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Washington | 12 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:58 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:22 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Fulton, Izard, Lawrence, Marion and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:33 AM CDT | Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 11 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:38 PM CDT | Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 17 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:18 PM CDT | Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Washington | 21 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:17 AM CDT | Flood Watch | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 27 hr |
| Sep 23, 2:11 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 37 hr |
| Oct 4, 2:30 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more | 29 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Benton County8
- Hempstead County7
- Carroll County7
- Washington County7
- Little River County6
- Nevada County6
- Madison County6
- Columbia County5
- Howard County5
- Lafayette County5
- Miller County5
- Sevier County5
- Union County5
- Clark County5
- Dallas County5
- Garland County5
- Lawrence County5
- Pike County5
- Randolph County5
- Saline County5
- Sharp County5
- Clay County5
- Craighead County5
- Cross County5
- Greene County5
- Mississippi County5
- Poinsett County5
- Calhoun County4
- Cleburne County4
- Cleveland County4
- Faulkner County4
- Hot Spring County4
- Independence County4
- Jackson County4
- Ouachita County4
- Pulaski County4
- White County4
- Crittenden County4
- Baxter County4
- Boone County4
32 more counties
- Fulton County4
- Izard County4
- Marion County4
- Montgomery County4
- Newton County4
- Searcy County4
- Stone County4
- Arkansas County3
- Bradley County3
- Drew County3
- Grant County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lonoke County3
- Monroe County3
- Prairie County3
- Woodruff County3
- Lee County3
- Phillips County3
- St. Francis County3
- Conway County3
- Johnson County3
- Logan County3
- Perry County3
- Polk County3
- Pope County3
- Scott County3
- Van Buren County3
- Yell County3
- Desha County2
- Ashley County2
- Chicot County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.