Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2016
22 severe thunderstorm watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 22
- Busiest month
- April7 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- March 31, 20163 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 30, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Desha and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Polk, Sevier | 9 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Columbia, Conway and 26 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clark, Cleveland, Conway, Crawford, Dallas and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 13 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 21 more | 5 hr |
| May 11, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mississippi | 8 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Washington | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene, Izard and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Lee, Phillips | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Crawford County7
- Sebastian County7
- Washington County7
- Columbia County6
- Hempstead County6
- Lafayette County6
- Miller County6
- Nevada County6
- Union County6
- Benton County6
- Franklin County6
- Ashley County5
- Bradley County5
- Calhoun County5
- Chicot County5
- Drew County5
- Little River County5
- Ouachita County5
- Madison County5
- Carroll County4
- Lonoke County4
- Mississippi County4
- Prairie County4
- Arkansas County4
- Cleveland County4
- Dallas County4
- Desha County4
- Jefferson County4
- Lincoln County4
- Howard County4
- Polk County4
- Sevier County4
- Clark County4
- Conway County4
- Garland County4
- Hot Spring County4
- Johnson County4
- Logan County4
- Perry County4
- Pope County4
35 more counties
- Scott County4
- Yell County4
- Clay County3
- Craighead County3
- Greene County3
- Monroe County3
- Poinsett County3
- Marion County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pike County3
- Searcy County3
- Faulkner County3
- Grant County3
- Pulaski County3
- Saline County3
- Van Buren County3
- Baxter County3
- Fulton County3
- Izard County3
- Sharp County3
- Crittenden County2
- Cross County2
- Jackson County2
- Lee County2
- St. Francis County2
- White County2
- Woodruff County2
- Boone County2
- Newton County2
- Cleburne County2
- Stone County2
- Lawrence County2
- Randolph County2
- Independence County1
- Phillips County1
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.