Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, May 2002

17 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2002. 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 May 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
17
Busiest day
May 13, 20023 severe thunderstorm watches

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 9:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Fulton, Greene, Marion and 2 more6 hr
May 2, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 9 more3 hr
May 7, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Fulton, Marion5 hr
May 7, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard and 1 more6 hr
May 7, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFulton5 hr
May 8, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Randolph6 hr
May 9, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Franklin, Scott, Sebastian, Washington5 hr
May 9, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Conway, Desha, Faulkner, Garland, Grant and 12 more4 hr
May 9, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 7 more5 hr
May 12, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington6 hr
May 12, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 13 more5 hr
May 12, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Cross, Faulkner and 21 more4 hr
May 13, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Calhoun, Clay, Cleveland, Craighead, Crittenden and 19 more4 hr
May 17, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 21 more5 hr
May 17, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada5 hr
May 17, 6:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Conway and 36 more4 hr
May 27, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLittle River, Sevier7 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.