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Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 1997
68 tornado warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 68
- Busiest month
- March33 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 1, 199731 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 8:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 12:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Newton | 62 min |
| Mar 1, 1:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 2:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 2:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark | 66 min |
| Mar 1, 2:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nevada | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 2:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 2:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 2:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 2:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Newton, Pope, Searcy | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 3:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Yell | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 3:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Saline | 65 min |
| Mar 1, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 64 min |
| Mar 1, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 3:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Marion | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 3:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Van Buren | 62 min |
| Mar 1, 3:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 61 min |
| Mar 1, 3:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 4:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Stone | 66 min |
| Mar 1, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 66 min |
| Mar 1, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Greene | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard | 64 min |
| Mar 1, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Sharp | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson | 19 min |
| Mar 1, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 6:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 49 min |
| Mar 29, 11:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford | 58 min |
| Apr 5, 2:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 2:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 35 min |
| Apr 20, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll | 29 min |
| May 2, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 50 min |
| May 2, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Franklin | 48 min |
| May 2, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan | 49 min |
| May 2, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson | 49 min |
| May 2, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pope | 33 min |
| May 8, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk | 49 min |
| May 26, 11:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 34 min |
| May 26, 11:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead | 48 min |
| May 27, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter | 32 min |
| May 27, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead | 30 min |
| May 27, 2:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 31 min |
| May 27, 3:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 49 min |
| May 27, 3:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 48 min |
| May 27, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 33 min |
| May 27, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 33 min |
| May 27, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Scott | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Scott | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nevada | 12 min |
| Jul 4, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 33 min |
| Sep 9, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Saline | 33 min |
| Oct 25, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lonoke County5
- Sebastian County4
- Mississippi County3
- Johnson County3
- Newton County3
- Baxter County3
- Pulaski County3
- White County3
- Pope County3
- Poinsett County3
- Craighead County3
- Ashley County3
- Nevada County2
- Logan County2
- Saline County2
- Independence County2
- Jackson County2
- Van Buren County2
- Lawrence County2
- Cross County2
- Scott County2
- Hempstead County1
- Clark County1
- Fulton County1
- Faulkner County1
- Hot Spring County1
- Searcy County1
- Yell County1
- Marion County1
- Conway County1
- Stone County1
- Greene County1
- Izard County1
- Woodruff County1
- Sharp County1
- Clay County1
- Crawford County1
- Jefferson County1
- Benton County1
- Carroll County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.