Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2017
40 severe thunderstorm watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 40
- Busiest month
- April12 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- March 27, 20173 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 36 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 25 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Howard, Little River, Logan, Miller and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chicot | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Conway, Fulton, Garland, Hempstead and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 21, 10:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Hot Spring, Howard and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 22, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford, Franklin and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 8 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Fulton and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 5 hr |
| May 11, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 8 hr |
| May 11, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 9 hr |
| May 11, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 45 more | 7 hr |
| May 27, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Columbia, Crawford, Franklin, Hempstead and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 28, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Crittenden, Lee, Phillips | 10 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Craighead and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 51 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 7 hr |
| Oct 21, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 54 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 3, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 18, 12:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 4, 3:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Crawford County16
- Franklin County15
- Sebastian County15
- Washington County15
- Madison County14
- Johnson County13
- Newton County13
- Searcy County12
- Miller County12
- Carroll County12
- Boone County11
- Crittenden County11
- Garland County11
- Logan County11
- Phillips County11
- Pope County11
- Scott County11
- Stone County11
- Benton County11
- Baxter County10
- Conway County10
- Craighead County10
- Lee County10
- Marion County10
- Mississippi County10
- Montgomery County10
- Perry County10
- Poinsett County10
- Polk County10
- St. Francis County10
- Van Buren County10
- Yell County10
- Arkansas County10
- Clark County10
- Cleveland County10
- Dallas County10
- Desha County10
- Grant County10
- Hempstead County10
- Hot Spring County10
35 more counties
- Howard County10
- Jefferson County10
- Lincoln County10
- Little River County10
- Pike County10
- Sevier County10
- Cross County9
- Fulton County9
- Bradley County9
- Calhoun County9
- Drew County9
- Lafayette County9
- Nevada County9
- Clay County8
- Cleburne County8
- Faulkner County8
- Greene County8
- Independence County8
- Jackson County8
- Lonoke County8
- Prairie County8
- Pulaski County8
- Saline County8
- White County8
- Woodruff County8
- Columbia County8
- Monroe County8
- Ouachita County8
- Izard County7
- Sharp County6
- Chicot County6
- Union County6
- Lawrence County5
- Randolph County5
- Ashley County5
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.