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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Fulton, Greene, Marion and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 9 more | 3 hr |
| May 7, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Fulton, Marion | 5 hr |
| May 7, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fulton | 5 hr |
| May 8, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Randolph | 6 hr |
| May 9, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Scott, Sebastian, Washington | 5 hr |
| May 9, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Conway, Desha, Faulkner, Garland, Grant and 12 more | 4 hr |
| May 9, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 12, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Cross, Faulkner and 21 more | 4 hr |
| May 13, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Calhoun, Clay, Cleveland, Craighead, Crittenden and 19 more | 4 hr |
| May 17, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 21 more | 5 hr |
| May 17, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada | 5 hr |
| May 17, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Conway and 36 more | 4 hr |
| May 27, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Little River, Sevier | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fulton County8
- Baxter County7
- Marion County7
- Boone County6
- Carroll County6
- Benton County5
- Crawford County5
- Franklin County5
- Madison County5
- Washington County5
- Clay County4
- Randolph County4
- Sharp County4
- Johnson County4
- Newton County4
- Pope County4
- Searcy County4
- Stone County4
- Van Buren County4
- Izard County4
- Sebastian County4
- Conway County4
- Faulkner County4
- Logan County4
- Lonoke County4
- Prairie County4
- Yell County4
- Jackson County4
- Greene County3
- Scott County3
- Garland County3
- Grant County3
- Jefferson County3
- Montgomery County3
- Perry County3
- Pulaski County3
- Saline County3
- Little River County3
- Cleburne County3
- Independence County3
33 more counties
- White County3
- Woodruff County3
- Arkansas County2
- Desha County2
- Hot Spring County2
- Lincoln County2
- Monroe County2
- Calhoun County2
- Clark County2
- Cleveland County2
- Columbia County2
- Dallas County2
- Hempstead County2
- Lafayette County2
- Miller County2
- Nevada County2
- Ouachita County2
- Polk County2
- Craighead County2
- Cross County2
- Lawrence County2
- Poinsett County2
- Sevier County2
- Bradley County1
- Union County1
- Crittenden County1
- Drew County1
- Lee County1
- Mississippi County1
- Phillips County1
- St. Francis County1
- Howard County1
- Pike 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.