Alert archive / Arkansas / Polk County
Weather alerts in Polk County, Arkansas, 2025
201 weather alerts in 2025, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Polk County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 201
- Warnings
- 58
- Watches
- 31
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest month
- April51 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 19, 202510 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 5 tornado warnings covering Polk County in 2025 had a tornado report inside them.
Polk County, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 33 | 7 | 79% | 9 | 100% | 21 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 12 | 3 | 75% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Little Rock, AR: tornado warnings | 110 | 14 | 87% | 28 | 75% | 13 min |
| NWS Little Rock, AR: severe thunderstorm warnings | 449 | 118 | 74% | 231 | 87% | 24 min |
| NWS Little Rock, AR: flash flood warnings | 137 | 53 | 61% | 87 | 93% | 206 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:17 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LZK | 34 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:46 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | LZK | 59 hr |
| Jan 11, 11:06 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | LZK | 8 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:42 PM CST | Flood Watch | LZK | 51 hr |
| Jan 30, 6:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 9:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 5 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 6 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:16 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:24 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | 14 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:55 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LZK | 40 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:13 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | LZK | 57 hr |
| Feb 18, 7:48 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:10 AM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | LZK | 33 hr |
| Feb 23, 8:57 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | 11 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:08 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 5:02 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LZK | 61 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:13 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 8:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 64 min |
| Mar 13, 1:48 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LZK | 35 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:06 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LZK | 23 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:53 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LZK | 33 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:30 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LZK | 26 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:10 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LZK | 29 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 3:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Mar 30, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:25 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | 5 days |
| Apr 2, 8:47 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 20 min |
| Apr 2, 3:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 19 min |
| Apr 3, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 4, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Apr 4, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 35 min |
| Apr 4, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 8:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Apr 5, 2:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LZK | 13 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:49 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | LZK | 29 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:06 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LZK | 17 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:50 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | 3 days |
| Apr 19, 8:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Apr 20, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 27 min |
| Apr 20, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 38 min |
| Apr 20, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 4:26 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 26, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Apr 26, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 1:55 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | 32 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 2:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | 18 min |
| Apr 30, 2:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 3 hr |
| May 13, 2:11 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | 7 hr |
| May 15, 7:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 24 min |
| May 15, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 35 min |
| May 15, 8:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 26 min |
| May 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 16, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| May 16, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 40 min |
| May 17, 6:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 17, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 17, 9:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 18, 4:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 44 min |
| May 18, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 18, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 54 min |
| May 19, 2:23 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | 27 hr |
| May 19, 10:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 19, 6:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| May 19, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 19, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 53 min |
| May 19, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 52 min |
| May 19, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 44 min |
| May 19, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | 20 min |
| May 19, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 52 min |
| May 20, 1:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 20, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 38 min |
| May 20, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 20, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 24 min |
| May 22, 2:08 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | 4 days |
| May 24, 5:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 24, 8:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 24, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 24, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 46 min |
| May 25, 1:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 25, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 25, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 29, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 11:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 6, 7:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Jun 6, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 63 min |
| Jun 6, 8:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 6:04 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 8:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 118 min |
| Jun 7, 6:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 3:05 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | 24 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 14, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 12:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 19, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 4:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 12:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Jun 30, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 7:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LZK | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 1:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 12:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 1:52 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | 18 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 11:05 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | 57 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:38 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | 31 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:38 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | 32 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:07 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | 4 days |
| Jul 24, 12:08 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | 32 hr |
| Jul 27, 12:37 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | 3 days |
| Jul 30, 12:32 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | 41 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 10:55 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | 57 hr |
| Aug 17, 11:07 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | 56 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 1:05 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LZK | 31 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 19, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 31 min |
| Sep 5, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 47 min |
| Sep 18, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 22 min |
| Sep 18, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 27 min |
| Sep 18, 1:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Sep 22, 12:53 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LZK | 38 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Sep 23, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 48 min |
| Sep 23, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 48 min |
| Sep 23, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 52 min |
| Sep 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | 45 min |
| Sep 23, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | 17 min |
| Sep 23, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 35 min |
| Sep 23, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 24 min |
| Sep 23, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 31 min |
| Oct 18, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Oct 18, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 45 min |
| Oct 28, 3:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 28, 11:44 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LZK | 31 hr |
| Oct 30, 12:07 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | LZK | 21 hr |
| Oct 31, 11:44 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LZK | 24 hr |
| Nov 1, 11:48 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LZK | 21 hr |
| Nov 2, 12:11 PM CST | Frost Advisory | LZK | 20 hr |
| Nov 7, 1:26 PM CST | Freeze Watch | LZK | 22 hr |
| Nov 7, 9:01 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | 13 hr |
| Nov 8, 10:58 AM CST | Freeze Warning | LZK | 46 hr |
| Nov 24, 7:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LZK | 38 min |
| Nov 30, 12:20 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LZK | 36 hr |
| Dec 1, 6:37 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 6, 10:50 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | 10 hr |
| Dec 9, 12:18 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | LZK | 4 hr |
| Dec 17, 6:51 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LZK | 10 hr |
| Dec 27, 12:41 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LZK | 41 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 | 33 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 10 |
| Tornado Watch | 9 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 34 |
| Special Weather Statement | 45 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 12 |
| Flood Watch | 9 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 10 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 9 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 2 |
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.