Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Arkansas, 2022
34 severe thunderstorm watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 34
- Busiest month
- May12 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 15, 20226 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 10:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Hot Spring and 26 more | 353 days |
| Jan 19, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Union | 8 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew | 5 hr |
| Mar 21, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Garland and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Independence, Izard and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Phillips | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Benton, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Clark and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 38 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| May 2, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Dallas and 28 more | 4 hr |
| May 5, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 13 more | 8 hr |
| May 15, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 7 hr |
| May 15, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner and 28 more | 5 hr |
| May 15, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington | 7 hr |
| May 15, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 15, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 5 hr |
| May 20, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 21, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 51 more | 9 hr |
| May 21, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Benton, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Clark and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 16 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 4, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 2 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clark County14
- Hot Spring County14
- Bradley County12
- Dallas County12
- Grant County12
- Ouachita County12
- Garland County11
- Pike County11
- Desha County11
- Drew County11
- Calhoun County11
- Cleveland County11
- Montgomery County10
- Arkansas County10
- Jefferson County10
- Lincoln County10
- Polk County9
- Scott County9
- Columbia County9
- Phillips County9
- Hempstead County9
- Nevada County9
- Faulkner County8
- Howard County8
- Little River County8
- Logan County8
- Pulaski County8
- Saline County8
- Sevier County8
- Yell County8
- Union County8
- Ashley County8
- Chicot County8
- Lee County8
- Lafayette County8
- Miller County8
- Cleburne County7
- Conway County7
- Lonoke County7
- Perry County7
35 more counties
- Pope County7
- St. Francis County7
- Monroe County7
- Prairie County6
- Sebastian County6
- Van Buren County6
- White County6
- Crittenden County6
- Crawford County6
- Franklin County6
- Johnson County6
- Independence County5
- Izard County5
- Jackson County5
- Lawrence County5
- Randolph County5
- Sharp County5
- Stone County5
- Woodruff County5
- Benton County5
- Cross County5
- Newton County5
- Searcy County5
- Washington County5
- Baxter County4
- Boone County4
- Carroll County4
- Fulton County4
- Madison County4
- Marion County4
- Craighead County4
- Mississippi County4
- Poinsett County4
- Clay County3
- Greene 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.