Tornado Warnings in Arkansas
3,796 tornado warnings since 1986. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 3,796
- Busiest year
- 2011315 tornado warnings
- Average year
- 93over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mississippi County180
- White County168
- Lonoke County166
- Pulaski County163
- Saline County157
- Craighead County144
- Arkansas County142
- Jefferson County140
- Benton County137
- Pope County134
- Poinsett County132
- Yell County130
- Prairie County129
- Greene County126
- Washington County125
- Garland County121
- Faulkner County120
- Sebastian County116
- Crittenden County115
- Hot Spring County111
- Montgomery County111
- Van Buren County110
- Conway County109
- Monroe County109
- Logan County104
- Scott County102
- Perry County100
- Chicot County100
- Polk County99
- Clay County99
- Little River County96
- Lafayette County96
- Miller County96
- Grant County96
- Crawford County96
- Cross County94
- Stone County93
- Union County92
- St. Francis County90
- Johnson County90
35 more counties
- Woodruff County89
- Hempstead County89
- Clark County89
- Jackson County88
- Sevier County87
- Franklin County87
- Lincoln County87
- Desha County86
- Ashley County86
- Columbia County85
- Cleburne County85
- Dallas County85
- Izard County84
- Madison County83
- Howard County82
- Sharp County82
- Searcy County82
- Newton County80
- Phillips County79
- Independence County79
- Lee County79
- Fulton County79
- Randolph County79
- Nevada County77
- Lawrence County77
- Baxter County77
- Cleveland County76
- Marion County71
- Drew County65
- Pike County61
- Boone County60
- Carroll County51
- Calhoun County51
- Ouachita County50
- Bradley County46
The latest tornado warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia | 22 min |
| Jun 22, 6:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Pope | 12 min |
| Jun 22, 6:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 12 min |
| Jun 22, 6:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 11 min |
| Jun 22, 6:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 22 min |
| Jun 22, 6:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 25 min |
| Jun 14, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton | 15 min |
Nearby
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.