Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2018
26 severe thunderstorm watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 26
- Busiest month
- June10 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 20, 20183 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 10, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Conway and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Union | 5 hr |
| May 2, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 12 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 34 more | 4 hr |
| May 19, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Greene, Mississippi, Randolph | 6 hr |
| May 20, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton | 4 hr |
| May 31, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 42 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Union | 10 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Crawford and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Hempstead and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleveland and 35 more | 114 min |
| Jul 20, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Craighead, Cross, Fulton, Greene and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Benton, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 37 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 27, 12:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Johnson County11
- Pope County11
- Clay County11
- Greene County11
- Conway County10
- Faulkner County10
- Yell County10
- Craighead County10
- Cross County10
- Poinsett County10
- Randolph County10
- Garland County9
- Hot Spring County9
- Logan County9
- Lonoke County9
- Newton County9
- Perry County9
- Pulaski County9
- Saline County9
- Baxter County9
- Cleburne County9
- Lawrence County9
- White County9
- Woodruff County9
- Mississippi County9
- Clark County8
- Grant County8
- Jefferson County8
- Prairie County8
- Fulton County8
- Independence County8
- Jackson County8
- Stone County8
- Van Buren County8
- Dallas County7
- Monroe County7
- Montgomery County7
- Marion County7
- Searcy County7
- Izard County7
35 more counties
- Sharp County7
- Crittenden County7
- St. Francis County7
- Arkansas County6
- Cleveland County6
- Franklin County6
- Ouachita County6
- Pike County6
- Scott County6
- Sebastian County6
- Lee County6
- Bradley County5
- Calhoun County5
- Crawford County5
- Lincoln County5
- Madison County5
- Polk County5
- Hempstead County5
- Howard County5
- Little River County5
- Nevada County5
- Sevier County5
- Boone County5
- Phillips County5
- Desha County4
- Drew County4
- Washington County4
- Ashley County4
- Chicot County4
- Columbia County4
- Benton County4
- Lafayette County3
- Miller County3
- Union County3
- Carroll County3
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.