Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas
27,113 severe thunderstorm warnings 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 27,113
- Busiest year
- 20111,542 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Average year
- 661over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with 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.
- Pulaski County1,402
- Saline County1,240
- Lonoke County1,178
- White County1,158
- Pope County1,142
- Yell County1,141
- Faulkner County1,125
- Washington County1,037
- Jefferson County1,030
- Garland County1,006
- Hot Spring County998
- Van Buren County977
- Conway County974
- Crawford County973
- Perry County930
- Montgomery County923
- Sebastian County922
- Logan County922
- Clark County915
- Arkansas County914
- Mississippi County907
- Scott County888
- Prairie County883
- Grant County870
- Johnson County864
- Franklin County858
- Benton County837
- Madison County821
- Crittenden County816
- Dallas County813
- Searcy County779
- Polk County776
- Independence County769
- Newton County768
- Cleburne County742
- Miller County732
- Marion County707
- Pike County702
- Cleveland County695
- Baxter County695
35 more counties
- Poinsett County691
- Little River County681
- Stone County679
- Hempstead County674
- Monroe County669
- Lincoln County668
- Sevier County662
- Sharp County658
- Drew County657
- Craighead County655
- Izard County650
- Columbia County649
- Jackson County634
- Desha County620
- Lafayette County618
- Union County614
- Howard County613
- Calhoun County603
- Ashley County599
- Woodruff County596
- Chicot County594
- Greene County589
- Ouachita County577
- Fulton County570
- Bradley County563
- Carroll County557
- Boone County556
- Clay County544
- Randolph County522
- St. Francis County512
- Nevada County508
- Lawrence County508
- Cross County495
- Lee County481
- Phillips County412
The latest severe thunderstorm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline | 18 min |
| Sep 21, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lawrence | 20 min |
| Sep 21, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Poinsett | 55 min |
| Sep 21, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lawrence | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 55 min |
| Sep 21, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River | 38 min |
| Sep 12, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 37 min |
| Sep 12, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 38 min |
| Sep 12, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 41 min |
| Sep 12, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Phillips | 34 min |
| Sep 12, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy | 39 min |
| Sep 12, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Yell | 27 min |
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.