Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2012
42 severe thunderstorm watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 42
- Busiest month
- June8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- April 2, 20123 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 12:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 5:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 4 hr |
| Feb 29, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 9 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Conway, Crawford, Desha, Faulkner, Franklin and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada, Union | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Crawford, Dallas and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crittenden, Mississippi | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 1, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 7, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Hempstead, Howard and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Chicot, Desha, Lee, Monroe, Phillips | 7 hr |
| May 30, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 8 hr |
| May 31, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mississippi | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Cleveland, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Faulkner and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Sebastian | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crawford and 45 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford, Franklin and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Chicot, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Drew and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chicot | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Phillips | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway and 40 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee, Phillips | 6 hr |
| Sep 26, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Sebastian | 8 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clark, Cleburne, Columbia, Conway and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 9, 5:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 20, 1:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 9:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Union | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chicot County12
- Crawford County12
- Sebastian County12
- Franklin County11
- Dallas County10
- Garland County10
- Clark County9
- Hot Spring County9
- Monroe County9
- Montgomery County9
- Nevada County9
- Union County9
- Ashley County9
- Benton County9
- Carroll County9
- Madison County9
- Washington County9
- Arkansas County8
- Calhoun County8
- Columbia County8
- Desha County8
- Grant County8
- Hempstead County8
- Lafayette County8
- Lincoln County8
- Logan County8
- Lonoke County8
- Ouachita County8
- Perry County8
- Pike County8
- Pope County8
- Yell County8
- Crittenden County8
- Phillips County8
- Mississippi County8
- Bradley County7
- Cleveland County7
- Conway County7
- Faulkner County7
- Jefferson County7
35 more counties
- Little River County7
- Miller County7
- Polk County7
- Prairie County7
- Pulaski County7
- Saline County7
- Scott County7
- White County7
- Cross County7
- Lee County7
- St. Francis County7
- Johnson County7
- Drew County6
- Howard County6
- Sevier County6
- Woodruff County6
- Boone County6
- Marion County6
- Newton County6
- Searcy County6
- Poinsett County6
- Clay County5
- Craighead County5
- Greene County5
- Fulton County5
- Izard County5
- Van Buren County5
- Baxter County4
- Cleburne County4
- Independence County4
- Jackson County4
- Lawrence County4
- Randolph County4
- Sharp County4
- Stone 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.