Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, May 2023
42 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 42
- Busiest day
- May 19, 202313 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 7, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie | 39 min |
| May 7, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 40 min |
| May 8, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Union | 40 min |
| May 8, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 66 min |
| May 8, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 46 min |
| May 8, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll | 25 min |
| May 9, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 28 min |
| May 9, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 25 min |
| May 9, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Stone | 23 min |
| May 9, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter, Izard, Stone | 15 min |
| May 10, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 33 min |
| May 11, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 55 min |
| May 11, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 26 min |
| May 11, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 48 min |
| May 11, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 39 min |
| May 13, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson | 20 min |
| May 13, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 40 min |
| May 14, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 52 min |
| May 19, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 26 min |
| May 19, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 26 min |
| May 19, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Polk | 35 min |
| May 19, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 49 min |
| May 19, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 38 min |
| May 19, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 26 min |
| May 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Scott, Yell | 37 min |
| May 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring | 35 min |
| May 19, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 49 min |
| May 19, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 48 min |
| May 19, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery | 20 min |
| May 19, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 33 min |
| May 19, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Yell | 50 min |
| May 19, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery | 27 min |
| May 19, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Logan, Montgomery, Scott, Yell | 33 min |
| May 19, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland | 15 min |
| May 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Saline | 44 min |
| May 19, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Pulaski, Saline | 32 min |
| May 19, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell | 32 min |
| May 19, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 38 min |
| May 19, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Perry, Saline | 34 min |
| May 19, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Saline | 17 min |
| May 27, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross | 38 min |
| May 27, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 51 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Garland County10
- Hot Spring County7
- Montgomery County6
- Scott County5
- Saline County5
- Mississippi County4
- Crittenden County4
- Yell County4
- Jefferson County3
- Poinsett County3
- Sebastian County3
- Polk County3
- Logan County3
- Perry County3
- Arkansas County2
- Lonoke County2
- Prairie County2
- Union County2
- Sevier County2
- Baxter County2
- Izard County2
- Stone County2
- Grant County2
- Cross County2
- Monroe County1
- Columbia County1
- Little River County1
- Carroll County1
- Craighead County1
- Fulton County1
- Ashley County1
- Chicot County1
- Johnson County1
- Crawford County1
- Franklin County1
- Howard County1
- Clark County1
- Pike County1
- Pulaski County1
- Cleveland County1
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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.