Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2019
35 severe thunderstorm watches in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 35
- Busiest month
- May8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 29, 20194 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 7, 2:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Sebastian | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 39 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 30, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Union | 6 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| May 1, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 7 hr |
| May 18, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 4 hr |
| May 25, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 26, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison | 3 hr |
| May 29, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 29, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Fulton, Independence and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 29, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 2 hr |
| May 29, 10:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Greene, Mississippi | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Cleveland, Conway and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crittenden, Mississippi, Poinsett | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Washington | 5 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 52 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Washington | 7 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 25, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 10, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County14
- Madison County12
- Carroll County11
- Benton County11
- Crawford County10
- Franklin County10
- Sebastian County9
- Boone County8
- Logan County8
- Marion County8
- Newton County8
- Searcy County8
- Van Buren County8
- Lafayette County8
- Miller County8
- Baxter County7
- Conway County7
- Johnson County7
- Pope County7
- Scott County7
- Hempstead County7
- Nevada County7
- Cleburne County6
- Fulton County6
- Independence County6
- Izard County6
- Stone County6
- Yell County6
- Columbia County6
- Howard County6
- Little River County6
- Sevier County6
- Clay County6
- Mississippi County6
- Lawrence County5
- Randolph County5
- Sharp County5
- White County5
- Crittenden County5
- Cross County5
35 more counties
- Lee County5
- St. Francis County5
- Greene County5
- Poinsett County5
- Faulkner County4
- Jackson County4
- Monroe County4
- Perry County4
- Pike County4
- Prairie County4
- Pulaski County4
- Saline County4
- Union County4
- Woodruff County4
- Ashley County4
- Chicot County4
- Phillips County4
- Craighead County4
- Arkansas County3
- Bradley County3
- Clark County3
- Cleveland County3
- Desha County3
- Drew County3
- Garland County3
- Grant County3
- Hot Spring County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lonoke County3
- Montgomery County3
- Polk County3
- Calhoun County2
- Dallas County2
- Ouachita County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.