Alert archive / Arkansas / Special Weather Statements / 2023
Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, May 2023
164 special weather statements in May 2023. 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
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- May 11, 202332 special weather statements
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Little River, Miller | 50 min |
| May 5, 12:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Miller | 36 min |
| May 5, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 49 min |
| May 5, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lafayette | 47 min |
| May 5, 5:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Little River | 39 min |
| May 7, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 48 min |
| May 7, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan, Polk, Scott | 33 min |
| May 7, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 62 min |
| May 7, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 56 min |
| May 7, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Nevada | 60 min |
| May 7, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan | 30 min |
| May 7, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lafayette | 39 min |
| May 7, 5:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 23 min |
| May 7, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 29 min |
| May 8, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleveland | 35 min |
| May 8, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Miller | 28 min |
| May 8, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nevada | 38 min |
| May 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Drew | 30 min |
| May 8, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 25 min |
| May 8, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia | 38 min |
| May 8, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 26 min |
| May 8, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Sevier | 41 min |
| May 8, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay | 51 min |
| May 8, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 25 min |
| May 8, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 36 min |
| May 8, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 28 min |
| May 8, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 30 min |
| May 8, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Randolph | 41 min |
| May 8, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 27 min |
| May 9, 12:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 29 min |
| May 9, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 34 min |
| May 9, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 30 min |
| May 9, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter | 31 min |
| May 9, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter | 30 min |
| May 9, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Marion | 27 min |
| May 9, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Stone | 23 min |
| May 9, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Stone | 32 min |
| May 9, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 37 min |
| May 9, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Washington | 30 min |
| May 9, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 24 min |
| May 9, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 42 min |
| May 9, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 47 min |
| May 9, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll, Madison, Washington | 44 min |
| May 9, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 49 min |
| May 10, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 23 min |
| May 10, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant | 32 min |
| May 10, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 37 min |
| May 10, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 36 min |
| May 10, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Randolph | 42 min |
| May 10, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 42 min |
| May 10, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson | 34 min |
| May 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Randolph | 32 min |
| May 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pike | 30 min |
| May 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Miller | 29 min |
| May 10, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Izard | 27 min |
| May 10, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 36 min |
| May 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha | 32 min |
| May 10, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead | 42 min |
| May 10, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lincoln | 25 min |
| May 10, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas | 30 min |
| May 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 10, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Little River | 26 min |
| May 10, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 29 min |
| May 10, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Monroe | 33 min |
| May 10, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 28 min |
| May 10, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 24 min |
| May 10, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark | 36 min |
| May 10, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 25 min |
| May 10, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 39 min |
| May 10, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 25 min |
| May 10, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 37 min |
| May 10, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 33 min |
| May 10, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 32 min |
| May 10, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 36 min |
| May 10, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleveland | 31 min |
| May 11, 9:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 42 min |
| May 11, 10:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleveland | 36 min |
| May 11, 10:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Bradley | 25 min |
| May 11, 11:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 33 min |
| May 11, 11:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Drew | 46 min |
| May 11, 11:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 36 min |
| May 11, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 32 min |
| May 11, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lincoln | 35 min |
| May 11, 12:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas | 34 min |
| May 11, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 61 min |
| May 11, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie | 35 min |
| May 11, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie | 28 min |
| May 11, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie | 35 min |
| May 11, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Woodruff | 29 min |
| May 11, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 54 min |
| May 11, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross | 34 min |
| May 11, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jackson | 30 min |
| May 11, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 34 min |
| May 11, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Craighead | 33 min |
| May 11, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lawrence | 40 min |
| May 11, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 32 min |
| May 11, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 37 min |
| May 12, 2:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 41 min |
| May 12, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 46 min |
| May 12, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk, Scott | 32 min |
| May 12, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan, Montgomery | 47 min |
| May 12, 7:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead | 22 min |
| May 12, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 28 min |
| May 13, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 39 min |
| May 13, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan | 25 min |
| May 13, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 40 min |
| May 13, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 35 min |
| May 13, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 24 min |
| May 13, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 38 min |
| May 14, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 32 min |
| May 14, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 36 min |
| May 14, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone | 30 min |
| May 14, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 47 min |
| May 14, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 42 min |
| May 14, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 28 min |
| May 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette | 41 min |
| May 14, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 35 min |
| May 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 35 min |
| May 14, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 36 min |
| May 14, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 33 min |
| May 14, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 47 min |
| May 14, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 44 min |
| May 14, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 46 min |
| May 16, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas | 32 min |
| May 16, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Woodruff | 57 min |
| May 19, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 26 min |
| May 19, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Polk | 30 min |
| May 19, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 34 min |
| May 19, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 32 min |
| May 19, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 27 min |
| May 19, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Howard | 55 min |
| May 19, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 32 min |
| May 19, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 32 min |
| May 19, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 26 min |
| May 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 38 min |
| May 19, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Yell | 27 min |
| May 19, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 24 min |
| May 19, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 34 min |
| May 19, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 32 min |
| May 19, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 23 min |
| May 19, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Yell | 32 min |
| May 19, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 24 min |
| May 19, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 27 min |
| May 19, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark, Pike | 29 min |
| May 19, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 32 min |
| May 19, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant | 35 min |
| May 19, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Dallas | 32 min |
| May 19, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark, Dallas | 28 min |
| May 19, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleveland | 47 min |
| May 19, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland | 30 min |
| May 19, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Union | 61 min |
| May 19, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Ouachita | 29 min |
| May 19, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Drew | 45 min |
| May 20, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Drew | 15 min |
| May 26, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 26 min |
| May 27, 7:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha | 36 min |
| May 27, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 27 min |
| May 27, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 36 min |
| May 27, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 28 min |
| May 27, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross | 24 min |
| May 27, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross | 13 min |
| May 27, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross | 37 min |
| May 27, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Woodruff | 34 min |
| May 30, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carroll County10
- Crawford County7
- Calhoun County7
- Miller County6
- Sebastian County6
- Polk County6
- Hempstead County6
- Jefferson County6
- Cleveland County6
- Union County6
- Benton County6
- Washington County6
- Lafayette County5
- Scott County5
- Mississippi County5
- Poinsett County5
- Garland County5
- Little River County4
- Franklin County4
- Logan County4
- Drew County4
- Craighead County4
- Clark County4
- Cross County4
- Nevada County3
- Columbia County3
- Randolph County3
- Madison County3
- Lincoln County3
- Arkansas County3
- Bradley County3
- Prairie County3
- Woodruff County3
- Montgomery County3
- Howard County2
- Sevier County2
- Baxter County2
- Stone County2
- Grant County2
- Chicot County2
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