Freeze Watches in Arkansas
206 freeze 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 freeze watches reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Watches
- 206
- Busiest year
- 200725 freeze watches
- Average year
- 9over 22 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 County55
- Carroll County55
- Madison County54
- Washington County54
- Marion County45
- Clay County44
- Baxter County44
- Stone County43
- Greene County42
- Fulton County42
- Craighead County41
- Mississippi County41
- Izard County41
- Poinsett County39
- Randolph County39
- Lawrence County37
- Sharp County37
- Cleburne County35
- Conway County35
- Cross County35
- Perry County34
- Crittenden County34
- St. Francis County34
- Independence County33
- Lee County32
- Jackson County31
- Faulkner County30
- White County30
- Phillips County29
- Ashley County27
- Woodruff County27
- Chicot County26
- Garland County26
- Lonoke County25
- Prairie County24
- Monroe County23
- Pulaski County22
- Saline County22
- Jefferson County22
- Arkansas County21
32 more counties
- Lincoln County21
- Cleveland County21
- Dallas County20
- Grant County20
- Pike County20
- Drew County19
- Calhoun County19
- Clark County19
- Hot Spring County19
- Desha County18
- Bradley County18
- Ouachita County17
- Searcy County8
- Van Buren County8
- Boone County8
- Newton County8
- Hempstead County7
- Howard County7
- Little River County7
- Nevada County7
- Sevier County7
- Logan County7
- Montgomery County7
- Polk County7
- Scott County7
- Yell County7
- Columbia County6
- Lafayette County6
- Miller County6
- Johnson County6
- Pope County6
- Union County5
The latest freeze watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:06 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 23 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:02 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:02 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 16 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.