Alert archive / Arkansas / Pulaski County

Weather alerts in Pulaski County, Arkansas, 2023

252 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Pulaski County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
252
Warnings
107
Watches
30
Advisories
35
Busiest month
March53 alerts
Busiest day
June 14, 202317 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

2 of 8 tornado warnings covering Pulaski County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them; 10 of 11 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 21 minutes after it went out.

Pulaski County, 2023

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings8275%1191%21 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings542259%2993%21 min
Flash flood warnings14471%3100%36 min

Each office's whole area, 2023

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Little Rock, AR: tornado warnings82791%3256%17 min
NWS Little Rock, AR: severe thunderstorm warnings56116271%37685%24 min
NWS Little Rock, AR: flash flood warnings1093271%6578%98 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 1, 12:20 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLZK9 hr
Jan 2, 2:33 AM CSTFlood WatchLZK27 hr
Jan 2, 11:34 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jan 2, 1:22 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jan 2, 6:01 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jan 2, 9:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZK3 hr
Jan 11, 10:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZK52 min
Jan 18, 9:02 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Jan 24, 2:34 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLZK23 hr
Jan 30, 3:59 AM CSTIce Storm WarningLZK3 days
Jan 31, 11:03 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 31, 2:11 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 1, 5:30 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 6, 4:00 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLZK5 hr
Feb 7, 2:27 PM CSTFlood WatchLZK34 hr
Feb 8, 3:23 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLZK30 hr
Feb 8, 7:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK19 min
Feb 13, 2:55 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLZK45 hr
Feb 15, 9:22 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Feb 16, 4:08 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Feb 16, 4:51 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Feb 16, 5:48 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZK27 min
Feb 21, 2:00 PM CSTWind AdvisoryLZK28 hr
Feb 22, 11:32 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLZK28 min
Feb 24, 5:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZK3 hr
Feb 24, 2:38 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZK2 hr
Feb 26, 3:30 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLZK7 hr
Feb 26, 3:30 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLZK33 hr
Feb 26, 7:12 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLZK4 hr
Feb 28, 8:29 PM CSTFlood WatchLZK63 hr
Mar 1, 2:22 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Mar 1, 3:31 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Mar 1, 6:21 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Mar 1, 6:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZK32 min
Mar 2, 2:47 AM CSTWind AdvisoryLZK39 hr
Mar 2, 5:42 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 2, 9:53 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Mar 2, 10:03 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZK10 hr
Mar 2, 11:06 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Mar 2, 11:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZK8 hr
Mar 2, 11:51 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Mar 3, 12:23 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZK7 hr
Mar 3, 1:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningLZK6 hr
Mar 3, 7:40 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLZK3 hr
Mar 3, 10:23 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLZK5 hr
Mar 3, 11:15 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLZK4 hr
Mar 11, 5:07 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Mar 11, 10:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK43 min
Mar 11, 10:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK19 min
Mar 11, 10:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK10 min
Mar 12, 2:04 PM CDTFreeze WatchLZK14 hr
Mar 13, 3:35 AM CDTFreeze WarningLZK29 hr
Mar 14, 3:25 AM CDTFreeze WarningLZK30 hr
Mar 16, 3:30 AM CDTFreeze WatchLZK42 hr
Mar 17, 3:07 AM CDTFreeze WarningLZK54 hr
Mar 18, 9:18 AM CDTFreeze WarningLZK48 hr
Mar 22, 1:02 PM CDTFlood WatchLZK55 hr
Mar 24, 12:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Mar 24, 3:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Mar 24, 3:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 24, 4:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZK3 hr
Mar 24, 4:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZK3 hr
Mar 24, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLZK16 min
Mar 24, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Mar 24, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK28 min
Mar 30, 3:18 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLZK45 hr
Mar 31, 10:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 31, 12:28 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC11 hr
Mar 31, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLZK37 min
Mar 31, 1:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Mar 31, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLZK27 min
Mar 31, 2:28 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatLZK47 min
Mar 31, 2:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC24 min
Mar 31, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK38 min
Mar 31, 3:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLZK37 min
Mar 31, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK40 min
Mar 31, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK24 min
Mar 31, 3:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Mar 31, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK37 min
Mar 31, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK27 min
Mar 31, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLZK29 min
Mar 31, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK17 min
Apr 4, 8:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Apr 5, 12:56 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Apr 5, 1:32 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Apr 5, 8:44 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 5, 9:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK37 min
Apr 5, 10:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK36 min
Apr 5, 10:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK28 min
Apr 5, 10:58 AM CDTTornado WarningLZK17 min
Apr 15, 11:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Apr 15, 1:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 15, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 15, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK46 min
Apr 15, 6:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Apr 15, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK46 min
Apr 15, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK45 min
Apr 15, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK67 min
Apr 15, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK45 min
Apr 15, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK30 min
Apr 20, 12:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Apr 20, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Apr 20, 4:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Apr 20, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK51 min
Apr 20, 7:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZK3 hr
Apr 27, 3:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Apr 27, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK34 min
Apr 27, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK21 min
Apr 27, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK44 min
May 11, 3:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZK4 hr
May 11, 6:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZK43 min
May 11, 7:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZK5 hr
May 11, 11:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLZK3 hr
May 11, 2:19 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLZK116 min
May 19, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK32 min
Jun 2, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK32 min
Jun 10, 4:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK33 min
Jun 10, 12:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK24 min
Jun 10, 12:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK28 min
Jun 10, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK32 min
Jun 11, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK45 min
Jun 13, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jun 14, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK16 min
Jun 14, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK32 min
Jun 14, 1:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jun 14, 4:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 14, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK46 min
Jun 14, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK41 min
Jun 14, 6:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK34 min
Jun 14, 7:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Jun 14, 7:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK36 min
Jun 14, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 14, 4:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Jun 14, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 14, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZK44 min
Jun 14, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK45 min
Jun 14, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK50 min
Jun 14, 5:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jun 14, 8:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jun 16, 11:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 16, 2:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 17, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 18, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK38 min
Jun 18, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK51 min
Jun 18, 2:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Jun 24, 3:46 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK40 hr
Jun 25, 12:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Jun 25, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Jun 25, 3:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jun 25, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLZK42 min
Jun 25, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLZK40 min
Jun 25, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLZK10 min
Jun 25, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK50 min
Jun 25, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatLZK38 min
Jun 25, 6:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Jun 25, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK49 min
Jun 25, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK34 min
Jun 25, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK37 min
Jun 27, 4:22 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchLZK11 hr
Jun 27, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 27, 1:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK50 min
Jun 27, 3:21 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK53 hr
Jun 27, 3:21 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK29 hr
Jun 28, 3:43 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK16 hr
Jun 28, 2:54 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK53 hr
Jun 29, 3:36 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK40 hr
Jun 30, 3:57 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK40 hr
Jul 2, 2:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 3, 12:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jul 3, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK32 min
Jul 3, 1:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK36 min
Jul 3, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK32 min
Jul 3, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK24 min
Jul 3, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK34 min
Jul 3, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK45 min
Jul 5, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK33 min
Jul 7, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK26 min
Jul 8, 10:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Jul 8, 1:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 11, 2:29 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK30 hr
Jul 12, 2:13 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK29 hr
Jul 14, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK21 min
Jul 14, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK44 min
Jul 14, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK38 min
Jul 17, 3:10 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK3 days
Jul 17, 2:45 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK30 hr
Jul 17, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 17, 8:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jul 18, 2:08 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK31 hr
Jul 18, 2:08 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK23 hr
Jul 19, 1:57 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK31 hr
Jul 21, 7:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK50 min
Jul 21, 8:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK38 min
Jul 21, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK39 min
Jul 21, 9:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 21, 10:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK29 min
Jul 21, 10:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZK3 hr
Jul 21, 11:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK29 min
Jul 25, 2:30 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK29 hr
Jul 26, 2:14 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK29 hr
Jul 27, 1:53 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK30 hr
Jul 28, 2:37 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK29 hr
Jul 29, 2:02 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK30 hr
Jul 30, 2:54 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK29 hr
Jul 30, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jul 31, 12:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 31, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK49 min
Jul 31, 4:28 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK28 hr
Aug 1, 2:32 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK42 hr
Aug 2, 2:53 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK42 hr
Aug 3, 1:56 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK31 hr
Aug 4, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK26 min
Aug 4, 2:24 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK31 hr
Aug 4, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK38 min
Aug 4, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK38 min
Aug 4, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK24 min
Aug 4, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK45 min
Aug 5, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK47 min
Aug 5, 2:24 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK31 hr
Aug 5, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK34 min
Aug 7, 8:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK48 min
Aug 9, 11:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Aug 9, 2:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 9, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 10, 2:08 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK30 hr
Aug 11, 6:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK44 min
Aug 11, 2:37 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK29 hr
Aug 12, 2:40 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK29 hr
Aug 18, 2:18 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK30 hr
Aug 18, 8:01 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK24 hr
Aug 19, 1:58 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK42 hr
Aug 19, 1:58 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK42 hr
Aug 20, 3:20 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK41 hr
Aug 21, 3:40 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK40 hr
Aug 22, 3:15 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK41 hr
Aug 23, 2:23 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK43 hr
Aug 24, 2:21 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK43 hr
Aug 25, 1:50 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLZK31 hr
Aug 26, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLZK34 min
Sep 4, 1:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 4, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK32 min
Sep 6, 3:38 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLZK16 hr
Sep 6, 2:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 6, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK37 min
Oct 5, 11:58 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLZK9 hr
Oct 29, 2:26 PM CDTFreeze WatchLZK13 hr
Oct 30, 3:30 AM CDTFreeze WarningLZK30 hr
Oct 31, 1:37 PM CDTFreeze WarningLZK19 hr
Dec 1, 6:11 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLZK3 hr
Dec 9, 12:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK23 min
Dec 9, 11:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZK26 min
Dec 22, 10:46 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryLZK10 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.