Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, May 1997

140 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1997. 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 in May 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 140
Busiest day: May 27, 199763 severe thunderstorm warnings

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By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

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
May 2, 12:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne	61 min
May 2, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski	62 min
May 2, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Randolph	50 min
May 2, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	48 min
May 2, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	47 min
May 2, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	30 min
May 2, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	33 min
May 2, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	48 min
May 2, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	48 min
May 2, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll	47 min
May 2, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne	35 min
May 2, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren	48 min
May 2, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Perry	48 min
May 2, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	46 min
May 2, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	54 min
May 2, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, White	50 min
May 2, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	31 min
May 2, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	33 min
May 2, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	46 min
May 2, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	40 min
May 2, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Van Buren	33 min
May 2, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	48 min
May 2, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	39 min
May 2, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pulaski	33 min
May 2, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	51 min
May 2, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	32 min
May 2, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	35 min
May 2, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	33 min
May 2, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway	34 min
May 2, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton	32 min
May 2, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner	36 min
May 2, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie	50 min
May 2, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	35 min
May 2, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	43 min
May 2, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	40 min
May 8, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Washington	48 min
May 8, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk	47 min
May 8, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Polk	61 min
May 8, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Sevier	26 min
May 26, 3:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Pulaski	47 min
May 26, 4:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	50 min
May 26, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	46 min
May 26, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Randolph	45 min
May 26, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton	46 min
May 26, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Sharp	62 min
May 26, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Washington	60 min
May 26, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton	34 min
May 26, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Randolph	50 min
May 26, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Marion	48 min
May 26, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	49 min
May 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford	53 min
May 26, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	53 min
May 26, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Carroll, Madison	59 min
May 26, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Randolph	34 min
May 26, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	49 min
May 26, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Newton	65 min
May 26, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Polk, Scott	60 min
May 26, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter, Marion	46 min
May 26, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Greene	47 min
May 26, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Boone	34 min
May 27, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Fulton	62 min
May 27, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Searcy	50 min
May 27, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Montgomery, Yell	61 min
May 27, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Sharp	47 min
May 27, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Marion	32 min
May 27, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Izard	50 min
May 27, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Stone, Van Buren	63 min
May 27, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Baxter	49 min
May 27, 12:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Sharp	32 min
May 27, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne	50 min
May 27, 1:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	34 min
May 27, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pike	62 min
May 27, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland	62 min
May 27, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	48 min
May 27, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence	61 min
May 27, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Hot Spring	60 min
May 27, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson	65 min
May 27, 1:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, White	62 min
May 27, 1:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Conway	62 min
May 27, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Perry, Saline	63 min
May 27, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Woodruff	64 min
May 27, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Poinsett	49 min
May 27, 2:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Pulaski	62 min
May 27, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring	63 min
May 27, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, Lonoke, White	62 min
May 27, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier	55 min
May 27, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie	65 min
May 27, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jefferson	62 min
May 27, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	58 min
May 27, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	65 min
May 27, 3:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleveland	63 min
May 27, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	65 min
May 27, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette	61 min
May 27, 3:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Ouachita	64 min
May 27, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lincoln	65 min
May 27, 4:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	61 min
May 27, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Calhoun	64 min
May 27, 4:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Bradley	63 min
May 27, 5:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Drew	64 min
May 27, 5:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	62 min
May 27, 6:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	42 min
May 27, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Miller	69 min
May 27, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Searcy	50 min
May 27, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne, Stone	46 min
May 27, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	46 min
May 27, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Chicot	37 min
May 27, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne	35 min
May 27, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pulaski	47 min
May 27, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	48 min
May 27, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	50 min
May 27, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Desha	51 min
May 27, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	49 min
May 27, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	47 min
May 27, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie	50 min
May 27, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Jefferson	48 min
May 27, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Prairie	16 min
May 27, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	63 min
May 27, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Prairie	36 min
May 27, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	32 min
May 27, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas	48 min
May 28, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne	46 min
May 28, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner, White	32 min
May 28, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke	34 min
May 28, 2:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Pulaski	49 min
May 28, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lawrence	48 min
May 28, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner	51 min
May 28, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Poinsett	49 min
May 28, 3:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Hot Spring	31 min
May 28, 3:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark	17 min
May 30, 8:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	49 min
May 30, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Faulkner	63 min
May 30, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Clark	66 min
May 30, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence, Sharp	49 min
May 30, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Lonoke, White	51 min
May 30, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Craighead	48 min
May 30, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Monroe	47 min
May 30, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Cross	35 min
May 30, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Mississippi	34 min
May 30, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland	64 min
May 30, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia	59 min

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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.