Alert archive / Arkansas / Special Weather Statements / 2026
Special Weather Statements in Arkansas, May 2026
160 special weather statements in May 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 160
- Busiest day
- May 19, 202630 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 5, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 31 min |
| May 5, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 47 min |
| May 5, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 39 min |
| May 5, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton, Searcy | 44 min |
| May 5, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 36 min |
| May 5, 4:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy | 50 min |
| May 5, 4:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway, Pope, Stone, Van Buren | 38 min |
| May 5, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Stone, Van Buren | 50 min |
| May 5, 7:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 40 min |
| May 5, 7:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Woodruff | 27 min |
| May 5, 8:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross | 37 min |
| May 5, 8:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | St. Francis | 24 min |
| May 6, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 36 min |
| May 6, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 49 min |
| May 6, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 27 min |
| May 6, 1:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 34 min |
| May 6, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 46 min |
| May 6, 2:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland, Montgomery | 40 min |
| May 6, 2:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke, Monroe | 25 min |
| May 6, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 44 min |
| May 6, 4:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas | 34 min |
| May 6, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Phillips | 36 min |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 45 min |
| May 6, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Cross | 30 min |
| May 6, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Phillips | 18 min |
| May 6, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nevada | 25 min |
| May 8, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 46 min |
| May 8, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead | 48 min |
| May 8, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Little River | 61 min |
| May 8, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 48 min |
| May 8, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 39 min |
| May 8, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan, Yell | 41 min |
| May 8, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 40 min |
| May 8, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 38 min |
| May 8, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 43 min |
| May 9, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lafayette | 34 min |
| May 10, 1:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 34 min |
| May 10, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford | 31 min |
| May 10, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sebastian | 32 min |
| May 10, 4:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan, Scott | 37 min |
| May 10, 4:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 63 min |
| May 10, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Dallas | 21 min |
| May 10, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 15 min |
| May 10, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope | 28 min |
| May 10, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 29 min |
| May 10, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 34 min |
| May 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway | 46 min |
| May 10, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Bradley | 33 min |
| May 10, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Faulkner | 46 min |
| May 10, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Bradley | 44 min |
| May 10, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 46 min |
| May 10, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 32 min |
| May 10, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 40 min |
| May 10, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 49 min |
| May 10, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas | 49 min |
| May 16, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 34 min |
| May 16, 3:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Logan | 37 min |
| May 17, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 25 min |
| May 18, 9:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope | 27 min |
| May 18, 10:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 49 min |
| May 19, 7:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton, Washington | 47 min |
| May 19, 8:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Baxter | 36 min |
| May 19, 8:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton, Washington | 47 min |
| May 19, 8:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 46 min |
| May 19, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 48 min |
| May 19, 9:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Scott | 41 min |
| May 19, 9:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 35 min |
| May 19, 9:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Boone, Newton | 49 min |
| May 19, 10:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Franklin | 19 min |
| May 19, 10:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 19, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Scott | 43 min |
| May 19, 10:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott | 45 min |
| May 19, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 48 min |
| May 19, 11:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Yell | 27 min |
| May 19, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway | 45 min |
| May 19, 12:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Stone | 42 min |
| May 19, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleburne | 32 min |
| May 19, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 50 min |
| May 19, 1:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 65 min |
| May 19, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 47 min |
| May 19, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 42 min |
| May 19, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Arkansas | 36 min |
| May 19, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 19, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 42 min |
| May 19, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Woodruff | 24 min |
| May 19, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant | 24 min |
| May 19, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 35 min |
| May 19, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 37 min |
| May 19, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Mississippi | 49 min |
| May 19, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 66 min |
| May 23, 7:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 64 min |
| May 23, 7:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier | 64 min |
| May 23, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette | 53 min |
| May 23, 8:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Polk | 32 min |
| May 23, 9:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pike | 40 min |
| May 23, 9:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Nevada | 32 min |
| May 23, 9:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Montgomery, Pike | 40 min |
| May 23, 9:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia, Nevada | 31 min |
| May 23, 10:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Clark, Ouachita | 38 min |
| May 23, 10:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Dallas, Hot Spring | 43 min |
| May 23, 11:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 44 min |
| May 23, 12:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Bradley, Cleveland | 40 min |
| May 23, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Ashley | 40 min |
| May 23, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Drew, Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 23, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Desha | 29 min |
| May 23, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 26 min |
| May 23, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Chicot | 59 min |
| May 23, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 23 min |
| May 26, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Lafayette | 31 min |
| May 26, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia | 25 min |
| May 26, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Perry | 40 min |
| May 26, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 24 min |
| May 26, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 25 min |
| May 26, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Columbia | 45 min |
| May 26, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Garland | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Miller | 51 min |
| May 26, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie | 29 min |
| May 27, 1:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lawrence | 36 min |
| May 27, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 47 min |
| May 28, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Independence | 46 min |
| May 29, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 33 min |
| May 29, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 19 min |
| May 29, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Poinsett | 24 min |
| May 29, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 27 min |
| May 29, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 31 min |
| May 29, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Crittenden | 31 min |
| May 30, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Van Buren | 45 min |
| May 30, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Newton | 47 min |
| May 30, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Yell | 44 min |
| May 30, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 44 min |
| May 30, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | White | 48 min |
| May 30, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Saline | 45 min |
| May 30, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Pulaski | 15 min |
| May 30, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Searcy | 40 min |
| May 30, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Conway | 34 min |
| May 30, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Van Buren | 48 min |
| May 30, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 30, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 36 min |
| May 30, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 31 min |
| May 30, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Madison | 28 min |
| May 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 25 min |
| May 30, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleveland | 39 min |
| May 30, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 38 min |
| May 30, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Benton | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Cleveland | |
| May 30, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 42 min |
| May 30, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Carroll | 51 min |
| May 30, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Bradley | 30 min |
| May 30, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Calhoun | 36 min |
| May 30, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nevada | 36 min |
| May 30, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nevada | 34 min |
| May 30, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | Nevada | 45 min |
| May 31, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Dallas | 45 min |
| May 31, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 31, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Clay | 50 min |
| May 31, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lonoke | 47 min |
| May 31, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 31, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Randolph | 41 min |
| May 31, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Prairie | 42 min |
| May 31, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LZK | Lincoln | 52 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County8
- Scott County7
- Nevada County7
- Madison County6
- Bradley County6
- Benton County5
- Pope County5
- Conway County5
- Van Buren County5
- Saline County5
- Montgomery County5
- Lonoke County5
- Pulaski County5
- Hempstead County5
- Little River County5
- Calhoun County5
- Carroll County5
- Sevier County5
- Newton County4
- Searcy County4
- White County4
- Logan County4
- Chicot County4
- Lafayette County4
- Crawford County4
- Independence County4
- Howard County4
- Columbia County4
- Crittenden County4
- Stone County3
- Garland County3
- Grant County3
- Arkansas County3
- Yell County3
- Sebastian County3
- Miller County3
- Dallas County3
- Cleveland County3
- Johnson County2
- Cleburne County2
27 more counties
- Faulkner County2
- Woodruff County2
- Cross County2
- Phillips County2
- Ouachita County2
- Ashley County2
- Washington County2
- Franklin County2
- Polk County2
- Mississippi County2
- Pike County2
- Hot Spring County2
- Lincoln County2
- Prairie County2
- Poinsett County2
- St. Francis County1
- Monroe County1
- Baxter County1
- Boone County1
- Jackson County1
- Clark County1
- Drew County1
- Desha County1
- Perry County1
- Lawrence County1
- Clay County1
- Randolph County1
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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.