Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings / 1998
Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, May 1998
35 tornado warnings in May 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 May 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 35
- Busiest day
- May 7, 199821 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford | 56 min |
| May 6, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 62 min |
| May 6, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 44 min |
| May 6, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford | 45 min |
| May 6, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 38 min |
| May 6, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Scott | 47 min |
| May 6, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 47 min |
| May 6, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton | 49 min |
| May 6, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Yell | 47 min |
| May 6, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pope | 50 min |
| May 6, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline | 36 min |
| May 6, 11:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway | 36 min |
| May 6, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Greene | 48 min |
| May 6, 11:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 48 min |
| May 6, 11:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland | 48 min |
| May 6, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Saline | 47 min |
| May 6, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 49 min |
| May 6, 11:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 49 min |
| May 7, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Saline | 35 min |
| May 7, 1:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 51 min |
| May 7, 2:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 37 min |
| May 9, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Scott | 64 min |
| May 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Randolph | 50 min |
| May 9, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark | 47 min |
| May 9, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 62 min |
| May 9, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Greene, Lawrence | 48 min |
| May 9, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 47 min |
| May 9, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 63 min |
| May 9, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland | 34 min |
| May 9, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 49 min |
| May 9, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Hot Spring | 34 min |
| May 9, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 33 min |
| May 9, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi, Poinsett | 46 min |
| May 9, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 47 min |
| May 25, 3:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 45 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Garland County3
- Saline County3
- Hot Spring County3
- Poinsett County3
- Crawford County2
- Scott County2
- Greene County2
- Ashley County2
- Franklin County1
- Washington County1
- Sebastian County1
- Montgomery County1
- Fulton County1
- Yell County1
- Pope County1
- Perry County1
- Conway County1
- Faulkner County1
- Pulaski County1
- Grant County1
- Crittenden County1
- Randolph County1
- Clark County1
- Lawrence County1
- Ouachita County1
- Bradley County1
- Calhoun County1
- Craighead County1
- Mississippi County1
- Chicot County1
- Madison 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. Rebuilt daily.