Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2020
27 severe thunderstorm watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 27
- Busiest month
- April10 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- April 29, 20203 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 3, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Little River, Miller, Sevier | 5 hr |
| Apr 12, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 47 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 4 hr |
| Apr 22, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 51 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 4 hr |
| May 3, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene and 11 more | 7 hr |
| May 4, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 4, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 6 hr |
| May 8, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 15 more | 7 hr |
| May 15, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Sebastian | 8 hr |
| May 22, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Cleveland, Conway, Crawford, Dallas, Faulkner and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Dallas and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 30, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Garland, Hempstead and 15 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 7 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Hempstead and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clark, Cleveland, Conway, Crawford, Dallas and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 24, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River and 9 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Montgomery County9
- Pike County9
- Polk County9
- Scott County9
- Yell County9
- Sebastian County9
- Little River County8
- Sevier County8
- Clark County8
- Dallas County8
- Garland County8
- Hot Spring County8
- Howard County8
- Logan County8
- Crawford County8
- Franklin County8
- Miller County7
- Cleveland County7
- Hempstead County7
- Lafayette County7
- Perry County7
- Craighead County6
- Mississippi County6
- Poinsett County6
- Conway County6
- Faulkner County6
- Grant County6
- Jefferson County6
- Johnson County6
- Lonoke County6
- Nevada County6
- Pope County6
- Prairie County6
- Pulaski County6
- Saline County6
- Crittenden County5
- Arkansas County5
- Boone County5
- Calhoun County5
- Cleburne County5
35 more counties
- Columbia County5
- Independence County5
- Jackson County5
- Lincoln County5
- Marion County5
- Monroe County5
- Ouachita County5
- Searcy County5
- Union County5
- Van Buren County5
- White County5
- Clay County5
- Greene County5
- Cross County4
- Lee County4
- St. Francis County4
- Baxter County4
- Bradley County4
- Fulton County4
- Izard County4
- Lawrence County4
- Newton County4
- Randolph County4
- Sharp County4
- Stone County4
- Benton County4
- Carroll County4
- Madison County4
- Washington County4
- Ashley County4
- Chicot County4
- Desha County3
- Drew County3
- Woodruff County3
- Phillips 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.