Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2021
25 severe thunderstorm watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 25
- Busiest month
- May8 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- April 9, 20214 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 28, 10:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Montgomery and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Union | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Lawrence, Marion, Randolph and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Union | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Crawford, Franklin and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Union | 3 hr |
| May 3, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Clark and 50 more | 7 hr |
| May 4, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Phillips | 5 hr |
| May 6, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 33 more | 8 hr |
| May 9, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 2 more | 7 hr |
| May 18, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Lafayette and 11 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark and 41 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 15, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway and 33 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 7 hr |
| Dec 5, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 39 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 15, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hempstead County9
- Lafayette County9
- Miller County9
- Montgomery County9
- Nevada County9
- Pike County9
- Little River County8
- Polk County8
- Columbia County8
- Clark County8
- Hot Spring County8
- Saline County8
- Garland County8
- Howard County7
- Sevier County7
- Union County7
- Dallas County7
- Jefferson County7
- Benton County7
- Sebastian County7
- Scott County6
- Arkansas County6
- Cleveland County6
- Grant County6
- Lonoke County6
- Prairie County6
- Pulaski County6
- Lawrence County6
- Randolph County6
- Craighead County6
- Cross County6
- Mississippi County6
- Poinsett County6
- Crawford County6
- Perry County6
- Washington County6
- Yell County6
- Calhoun County5
- Lincoln County5
- Ouachita County5
35 more counties
- Baxter County5
- Fulton County5
- Izard County5
- Marion County5
- Sharp County5
- Clay County5
- Crittenden County5
- Greene County5
- Phillips County5
- Boone County5
- Carroll County5
- Franklin County5
- Logan County5
- Madison County5
- Newton County5
- Pope County5
- Cleburne County5
- Conway County5
- Faulkner County5
- Jackson County5
- Van Buren County5
- White County5
- Woodruff County5
- Bradley County4
- Desha County4
- Drew County4
- Monroe County4
- Ashley County4
- Chicot County4
- St. Francis County4
- Johnson County4
- Independence County4
- Searcy County4
- Stone County4
- Lee County3
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. Rebuilt daily.