Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 1998
41 severe thunderstorm watches in 1998. 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 in 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 41
- Busiest month
- June12 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 3, 19983 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union | 6 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Garland and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Little River and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Hempstead and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Union | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Little River | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Polk, Scott and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Ouachita | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Little River, Miller, Polk, Sevier | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden and 37 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Ouachita | 7 hr |
| May 3, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Crittenden and 32 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Drew, Union | 6 hr |
| May 5, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Montgomery, Pike, Polk and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden and 39 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Columbia and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 53 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crittenden, Mississippi | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Lee and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Johnson, Madison and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 5, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 6 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Little River, Sevier | 6 hr |
| Nov 9, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Howard and 11 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Prairie County14
- Lonoke County13
- Montgomery County12
- Saline County12
- Ashley County11
- Miller County11
- Union County11
- Little River County11
- Perry County11
- Polk County11
- Pulaski County11
- Monroe County11
- Chicot County10
- Columbia County10
- Lafayette County10
- Calhoun County10
- Garland County10
- Grant County10
- Hot Spring County10
- Howard County10
- Jefferson County10
- Ouachita County10
- Sevier County10
- Yell County10
- St. Francis County10
- Crawford County10
- Lee County10
- Pike County9
- Bradley County9
- Drew County9
- Lincoln County9
- Johnson County9
- Newton County9
- Sebastian County9
- Cleburne County9
- Faulkner County9
- White County9
- Cleveland County8
- Nevada County8
- Arkansas County8
35 more counties
- Logan County8
- Pope County8
- Conway County8
- Jackson County8
- Poinsett County8
- Van Buren County8
- Woodruff County8
- Scott County8
- Clark County7
- Dallas County7
- Hempstead County7
- Desha County7
- Boone County7
- Carroll County7
- Franklin County7
- Madison County7
- Craighead County7
- Crittenden County7
- Cross County7
- Independence County7
- Stone County7
- Benton County6
- Washington County6
- Clay County6
- Greene County6
- Izard County6
- Lawrence County6
- Mississippi County6
- Searcy County6
- Sharp County6
- Phillips County6
- Randolph County5
- Baxter County4
- Fulton County4
- Marion County4
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.