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Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 1998

98 tornado warnings in 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
98
Busiest month
May35 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 7, 199821 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 5:13 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVMiller47 min
Jan 11, 5:39 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVLafayette51 min
Feb 10, 4:49 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAshley26 min
Feb 10, 5:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChicot36 min
Feb 10, 5:20 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKDrew35 min
Mar 5, 3:50 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVLittle River30 min
Mar 27, 8:21 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCraighead34 min
Mar 30, 10:09 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKScott46 min
Mar 30, 10:23 PM CSTTornado WarningLZKLogan62 min
Mar 31, 12:23 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKVan Buren47 min
Apr 6, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACrawford, Franklin46 min
Apr 7, 2:07 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKVan Buren33 min
Apr 8, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrittenden21 min
Apr 13, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGRandolph47 min
Apr 13, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGClay58 min
Apr 13, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGClay24 min
Apr 15, 9:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKVan Buren64 min
Apr 15, 10:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKCleburne, Stone46 min
Apr 15, 10:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKIndependence, Izard, Stone61 min
Apr 16, 2:16 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGGreene29 min
Apr 16, 2:42 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi33 min
Apr 16, 3:15 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi20 min
Apr 16, 10:20 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKWhite35 min
Apr 16, 10:33 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKJackson47 min
Apr 16, 10:38 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKWoodruff32 min
Apr 16, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGPoinsett50 min
Apr 27, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi48 min
Apr 27, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi35 min
May 6, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACrawford56 min
May 6, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAFranklin62 min
May 6, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington44 min
May 6, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACrawford45 min
May 6, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASebastian38 min
May 6, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKScott47 min
May 6, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKMontgomery47 min
May 6, 9:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFulton49 min
May 6, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKYell47 min
May 6, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPope50 min
May 6, 10:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland, Perry, Saline36 min
May 6, 11:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKConway36 min
May 6, 11:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGGreene48 min
May 6, 11:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFaulkner48 min
May 6, 11:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland48 min
May 6, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKSaline47 min
May 6, 11:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPulaski49 min
May 6, 11:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKHot Spring49 min
May 7, 12:15 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKGrant, Saline35 min
May 7, 1:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGPoinsett51 min
May 7, 2:03 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrittenden37 min
May 9, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKScott64 min
May 9, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGRandolph50 min
May 9, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKClark47 min
May 9, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKHot Spring62 min
May 9, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGGreene, Lawrence48 min
May 9, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKOuachita47 min
May 9, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBradley, Calhoun63 min
May 9, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland34 min
May 9, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett49 min
May 9, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKHot Spring34 min
May 9, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAshley33 min
May 9, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi, Poinsett46 min
May 9, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAshley, Chicot47 min
May 25, 3:15 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAMadison45 min
Jun 4, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPolk48 min
Jun 8, 10:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASebastian46 min
Jun 8, 11:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKScott66 min
Jun 8, 11:24 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASebastian36 min
Jun 8, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLogan66 min
Jun 8, 11:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASebastian37 min
Jun 9, 12:44 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKLogan61 min
Jun 9, 1:09 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKYell61 min
Jun 10, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPolk35 min
Jun 13, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKMarion48 min
Jun 13, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBaxter47 min
Jun 13, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBaxter36 min
Jun 14, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJefferson32 min
Jun 18, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian48 min
Jun 19, 2:05 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKPolk35 min
Jul 11, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGrant, Saline50 min
Jul 25, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPulaski32 min
Oct 2, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKOuachita33 min
Oct 5, 4:07 AM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton23 min
Oct 5, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHoward32 min
Oct 5, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKMontgomery, Polk31 min
Oct 5, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPolk65 min
Oct 5, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHoward31 min
Oct 5, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPolk33 min
Nov 10, 12:15 AM CSTTornado WarningTSASebastian45 min
Nov 10, 12:15 AM CSTTornado WarningTSACrawford45 min
Nov 10, 12:22 AM CSTTornado WarningTSAWashington38 min
Nov 10, 12:50 AM CSTTornado WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian40 min
Nov 10, 1:18 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKJohnson62 min
Nov 10, 1:25 AM CSTTornado WarningTSAFranklin20 min
Nov 10, 1:38 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKNewton62 min
Nov 10, 2:08 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKPope, Searcy47 min
Nov 10, 2:14 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKBoone, Marion46 min
Nov 10, 2:39 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKBaxter51 min
Nov 10, 2:55 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKStone50 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

15 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 7, 199821tornado warnings
  2. November 10, 199811tornado warnings
  3. April 16, 199810tornado warnings
  4. May 10, 19987tornado warnings
  5. June 9, 19987tornado warnings
  6. May 9, 19986tornado warnings
  7. October 5, 19985tornado warnings
  8. June 14, 19984tornado warnings
  9. February 10, 19983tornado warnings
  10. March 31, 19983tornado warnings
  11. January 11, 19982tornado warnings
  12. April 7, 19982tornado warnings

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. Rebuilt daily.