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Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2003
107 tornado warnings in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 107
- Busiest month
- May76 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 5, 200322 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 67 min |
| Apr 24, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Stone | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard, Stone | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Marion | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Randolph | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 101 min |
| Apr 24, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Randolph | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 11:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson | 39 min |
| May 1, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 59 min |
| May 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Scott | 57 min |
| May 1, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 59 min |
| May 1, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 28 min |
| May 1, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 37 min |
| May 1, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 61 min |
| May 1, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark | 60 min |
| May 1, 11:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark | 36 min |
| May 4, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 60 min |
| May 4, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Scott | 44 min |
| May 4, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Stone, Van Buren | 29 min |
| May 4, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 51 min |
| May 4, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 48 min |
| May 4, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 28 min |
| May 4, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 20 min |
| May 4, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 42 min |
| May 4, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 31 min |
| May 4, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, White | 45 min |
| May 4, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 52 min |
| May 4, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson | 40 min |
| May 4, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross | 42 min |
| May 4, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 46 min |
| May 4, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 52 min |
| May 4, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Yell | 27 min |
| May 5, 2:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie | 23 min |
| May 5, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley | 31 min |
| May 5, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Drew | 39 min |
| May 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha | 41 min |
| May 5, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard | 30 min |
| May 5, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 30 min |
| May 5, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 26 min |
| May 5, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha | 32 min |
| May 5, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton | 28 min |
| May 6, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 43 min |
| May 6, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 58 min |
| May 6, 11:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 43 min |
| May 7, 2:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring | 46 min |
| May 7, 2:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant | 30 min |
| May 7, 3:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 61 min |
| May 8, 8:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson | 45 min |
| May 8, 8:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pope | 49 min |
| May 8, 10:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Van Buren | 61 min |
| May 13, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 35 min |
| May 13, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia | 46 min |
| May 16, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 33 min |
| May 16, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 28 min |
| May 16, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson, Woodruff | 49 min |
| May 16, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Yell | 27 min |
| May 16, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson | 43 min |
| May 16, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 56 min |
| May 16, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 45 min |
| May 16, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Perry, Saline | 58 min |
| May 16, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 63 min |
| May 16, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 57 min |
| May 16, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 58 min |
| May 16, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 39 min |
| May 16, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford | 47 min |
| May 16, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline | 45 min |
| May 16, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan | 33 min |
| May 16, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 57 min |
| May 16, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Yell | 36 min |
| May 16, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Yell | 47 min |
| May 16, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 52 min |
| May 16, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 47 min |
| May 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 62 min |
| May 16, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring | 45 min |
| May 16, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 44 min |
| May 16, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 34 min |
| May 16, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 57 min |
| May 16, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia | 64 min |
| May 16, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 52 min |
| May 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie, White | 47 min |
| May 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 30 min |
| May 16, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 28 min |
| May 16, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 59 min |
| May 17, 4:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 2:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 2:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 14 min |
| Jul 29, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 67 min |
| Jul 30, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 30 min |
| Dec 22, 7:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- White County7
- Sebastian County5
- Jackson County5
- Mississippi County5
- Faulkner County5
- Grant County5
- Ashley County4
- Izard County4
- Poinsett County4
- Yell County4
- Stone County3
- Fulton County3
- Union County3
- Scott County3
- Cleburne County3
- Lonoke County3
- Cross County3
- Madison County3
- Saline County3
- Pulaski County3
- Randolph County2
- Bradley County2
- Chicot County2
- Polk County2
- Little River County2
- Montgomery County2
- Clark County2
- Van Buren County2
- Woodruff County2
- Crittenden County2
- Prairie County2
- Desha County2
- Washington County2
- Hot Spring County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lafayette County2
- Columbia County2
- Crawford County2
- Perry County2
- Independence 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. Rebuilt daily.