Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, May 2020
153 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 153
- Busiest day
- May 23, 202039 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
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 3, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 38 min |
| May 3, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 27 min |
| May 3, 11:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Marion | 42 min |
| May 3, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion | 46 min |
| May 3, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone | 51 min |
| May 3, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard | 46 min |
| May 3, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone | 47 min |
| May 3, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Randolph | 32 min |
| May 3, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 46 min |
| May 3, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp | 29 min |
| May 3, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Greene | 37 min |
| May 3, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp | 34 min |
| May 3, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 45 min |
| May 3, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jackson, Lawrence | 38 min |
| May 3, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 47 min |
| May 3, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 51 min |
| May 3, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 45 min |
| May 3, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 41 min |
| May 4, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 65 min |
| May 4, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 57 min |
| May 4, 9:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 63 min |
| May 4, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 61 min |
| May 4, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Newton | 59 min |
| May 4, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton, Searcy | 28 min |
| May 4, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 24 min |
| May 4, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Izard, Stone | 25 min |
| May 4, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Izard, Lawrence, Sharp, Stone | 47 min |
| May 4, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp | 38 min |
| May 4, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 44 min |
| May 4, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 39 min |
| May 4, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 39 min |
| May 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 31 min |
| May 4, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 33 min |
| May 4, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 34 min |
| May 4, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 56 min |
| May 4, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 41 min |
| May 4, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 41 min |
| May 4, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 17 min |
| May 4, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 27 min |
| May 4, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Johnson, Logan, Perry, Pope, Yell | 44 min |
| May 4, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 25 min |
| May 4, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline, Yell | 45 min |
| May 4, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Yell | 40 min |
| May 4, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 29 min |
| May 4, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Yell | 54 min |
| May 5, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Saline, Yell | 39 min |
| May 5, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 45 min |
| May 5, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 43 min |
| May 5, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 35 min |
| May 5, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 26 min |
| May 5, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 45 min |
| May 5, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sevier | 60 min |
| May 5, 5:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 49 min |
| May 8, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 47 min |
| May 8, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier | 40 min |
| May 8, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 51 min |
| May 8, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring, Pike | 42 min |
| May 8, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more | 38 min |
| May 8, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 28 min |
| May 8, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller | 49 min |
| May 8, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Montgomery and 2 more | 48 min |
| May 8, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Union | 46 min |
| May 8, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 44 min |
| May 14, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Desha | 30 min |
| May 15, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 50 min |
| May 15, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 41 min |
| May 15, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 29 min |
| May 15, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 39 min |
| May 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 25 min |
| May 15, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott | 21 min |
| May 15, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Pike | 36 min |
| May 15, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 39 min |
| May 16, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Pike | 43 min |
| May 16, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 35 min |
| May 16, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 16 min |
| May 21, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller | 35 min |
| May 21, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada | 50 min |
| May 21, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 55 min |
| May 22, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 22, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lincoln | 16 min |
| May 22, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 22, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson | 38 min |
| May 22, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson | 35 min |
| May 22, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 22 min |
| May 22, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski | 13 min |
| May 22, 10:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Johnson, Newton, Pope | 41 min |
| May 22, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 22 min |
| May 22, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 46 min |
| May 22, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone and 1 more | 39 min |
| May 22, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 35 min |
| May 22, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett, St. Francis | 51 min |
| May 22, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis | 50 min |
| May 22, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 43 min |
| May 22, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 39 min |
| May 22, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 47 min |
| May 22, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 38 min |
| May 22, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 49 min |
| May 22, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Yell | 52 min |
| May 22, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 54 min |
| May 22, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 54 min |
| May 22, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 50 min |
| May 22, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Yell | 48 min |
| May 22, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 49 min |
| May 22, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 48 min |
| May 22, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 60 min |
| May 22, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 48 min |
| May 22, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 32 min |
| May 22, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope, Yell | 49 min |
| May 22, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 40 min |
| May 22, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Yell | 32 min |
| May 22, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 49 min |
| May 22, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott, Yell | 16 min |
| May 22, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell | 49 min |
| May 22, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 47 min |
| May 23, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Scott, Yell | 39 min |
| May 23, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell | 28 min |
| May 23, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 44 min |
| May 23, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 39 min |
| May 23, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 47 min |
| May 23, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 43 min |
| May 23, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Perry, Pope, Pulaski and 2 more | 49 min |
| May 23, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 22 min |
| May 23, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 59 min |
| May 23, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 21 min |
| May 23, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott | 12 min |
| May 23, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 41 min |
| May 23, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott | 16 min |
| May 23, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 42 min |
| May 23, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | White | 33 min |
| May 23, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 31 min |
| May 23, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 25 min |
| May 25, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier | 48 min |
| May 25, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more | 43 min |
| May 25, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Crawford, Washington | 35 min |
| May 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski | 31 min |
| May 25, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 60 min |
| May 25, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas | 26 min |
| May 25, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski | 36 min |
| May 25, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 25, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 52 min |
| May 25, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Pulaski, Saline | 12 min |
| May 25, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren, White | 38 min |
| May 25, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Cleburne, Marion, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 41 min |
| May 25, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski | 23 min |
| May 25, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 51 min |
| May 25, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Izard, Marion, Searcy | 48 min |
| May 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren | 29 min |
| May 26, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River | 32 min |
| May 26, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 57 min |
| May 27, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 27 min |
| May 27, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell | 34 min |
| May 27, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope, Yell | 45 min |
| May 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Monroe | 21 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Scott County24
- Yell County22
- Logan County16
- Sebastian County12
- Perry County11
- Izard County10
- Sevier County10
- Montgomery County10
- Baxter County9
- Benton County9
- Faulkner County9
- Pulaski County9
- Howard County9
- Mississippi County8
- Pope County8
- Polk County8
- Miller County8
- Columbia County8
- Jefferson County8
- Marion County7
- Poinsett County7
- Washington County7
- Conway County7
- Hempstead County7
- Lafayette County7
- Boone County6
- Searcy County6
- Stone County6
- Sharp County6
- Garland County6
- Pike County6
- Little River County6
- Union County6
- Lonoke County6
- White County6
- Lawrence County5
- Crawford County5
- Cleburne County5
- Van Buren County5
- Independence County4
30 more counties
- Clay County4
- Greene County4
- Craighead County4
- Newton County4
- Saline County4
- Hot Spring County4
- Clark County4
- Nevada County4
- Grant County4
- Fulton County3
- Jackson County3
- Carroll County3
- Crittenden County3
- Franklin County3
- Johnson County3
- Dallas County3
- Arkansas County3
- Prairie County3
- Woodruff County3
- Randolph County2
- Madison County2
- Ouachita County2
- Calhoun County2
- Lincoln County2
- Monroe County2
- Cross County2
- St. Francis County2
- Cleveland County2
- Desha County1
- Bradley County1
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Sources
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