Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas
1,205 severe thunderstorm watches 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 1,205
- Busiest year
- 200970 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 40over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Crawford County328
- Washington County326
- Madison County320
- Sebastian County315
- Benton County314
- Franklin County314
- Carroll County309
- Johnson County290
- Montgomery County286
- Scott County284
- Yell County283
- Logan County283
- Pope County280
- Van Buren County279
- Garland County278
- Conway County277
- Perry County275
- Polk County273
- Newton County271
- Searcy County268
- Hot Spring County265
- Miller County261
- Boone County260
- Little River County260
- Marion County259
- Sevier County259
- Lafayette County259
- Hempstead County258
- Howard County256
- Pike County256
- Nevada County255
- Baxter County254
- Cleburne County253
- Dallas County251
- Clark County251
- Faulkner County249
- Columbia County248
- Saline County248
- Stone County247
- Lonoke County246
35 more counties
- Grant County243
- Jefferson County243
- White County243
- Pulaski County243
- Craighead County240
- Poinsett County238
- Prairie County238
- Woodruff County238
- Izard County238
- Cleveland County234
- Fulton County234
- Sharp County233
- Mississippi County232
- Ouachita County231
- Calhoun County230
- Independence County229
- Cross County228
- Lincoln County228
- Union County227
- Arkansas County226
- Crittenden County226
- Jackson County226
- Monroe County226
- Bradley County217
- Greene County216
- Desha County214
- Clay County213
- St. Francis County213
- Ashley County211
- Lee County211
- Chicot County209
- Lawrence County209
- Drew County206
- Randolph County203
- Phillips County202
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Clark and 52 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland and 37 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 7 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Fulton, Greene, Izard, Lawrence and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton | 9 hr |
| Jun 25, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Johnson, Logan, Montgomery and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 50 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford, Franklin and 14 more | 7 hr |
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.