Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, May 2026
34 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 34
- Busiest day
- May 30, 20268 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 6, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 31 min |
| May 6, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline | 23 min |
| May 6, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike, Saline | 41 min |
| May 6, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 45 min |
| May 8, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 35 min |
| May 8, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 46 min |
| May 8, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Clark, Dallas, Ouachita | 18 min |
| May 8, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 35 min |
| May 8, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Scott, Yell | 35 min |
| May 8, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 24 min |
| May 9, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Chicot | 49 min |
| May 10, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Van Buren | 38 min |
| May 10, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Van Buren | 16 min |
| May 19, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 1 more | 52 min |
| May 19, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 48 min |
| May 23, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River | 61 min |
| May 23, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Miller | 64 min |
| May 23, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Bradley, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln | 15 min |
| May 30, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 40 min |
| May 30, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Newton | 41 min |
| May 30, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion, Newton, Searcy | 48 min |
| May 30, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Perry, Saline, Yell | 35 min |
| May 30, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 29 min |
| May 30, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton, Pope, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 30 min |
| May 30, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell | 26 min |
| May 30, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy | 36 min |
| May 30, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 41 min |
| May 31, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 44 min |
| May 31, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 53 min |
| May 31, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Randolph, Sharp | 39 min |
| May 31, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 27 min |
| May 31, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 17 min |
| May 31, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Randolph, Sharp | 44 min |
| May 31, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 38 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saline County5
- Newton County5
- Conway County4
- Pope County4
- Van Buren County4
- Searcy County4
- Lonoke County3
- Pulaski County3
- Nevada County3
- Sebastian County3
- Yell County3
- Miller County3
- Grant County2
- Jefferson County2
- Clark County2
- Garland County2
- Hot Spring County2
- Hempstead County2
- Crawford County2
- Johnson County2
- Columbia County2
- Lafayette County2
- Little River County2
- Boone County2
- Marion County2
- Perry County2
- Clay County2
- Randolph County2
- Sharp County2
- Mississippi County2
- Arkansas County1
- Prairie County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pike County1
- Calhoun County1
- Dallas County1
- Ouachita County1
- Franklin County1
- Logan County1
- Scott County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.