Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 1986
27 tornado warnings in 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 in 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 27
- Busiest month
- April15 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 5, 19867 tornado warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 65 min |
| Feb 5, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 75 min |
| Feb 5, 6:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard, Pike | 75 min |
| Mar 11, 8:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 55 min |
| Mar 11, 8:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 63 min |
| Mar 11, 9:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 69 min |
| Mar 12, 1:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 4:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Pike | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 5:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Saline | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 5:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 70 min |
| Apr 4, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 6:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 6:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nevada | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 7:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nevada | 60 min |
| Apr 7, 10:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 58 min |
| Apr 7, 10:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 59 min |
| Apr 8, 12:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope | 59 min |
| May 10, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie | 48 min |
| May 10, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 44 min |
| May 10, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Miller | 53 min |
| Jul 31, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 65 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Little River County4
- Howard County3
- Sevier County2
- Pike County2
- Prairie County2
- St. Francis County2
- Poinsett County2
- Crittenden County2
- Garland County2
- Miller County2
- Nevada County2
- Monroe County1
- Woodruff County1
- Cross County1
- Craighead County1
- Mississippi County1
- Saline County1
- Hot Spring County1
- Hempstead County1
- Grant County1
- Lafayette County1
- Benton County1
- Madison County1
- Washington County1
- Conway County1
- Pope County1
- White County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.