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Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2009
123 tornado warnings in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 123
- Busiest month
- May32 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 10, 200921 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 10, 11:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Izard, Stone, Van Buren | 48 min |
| Feb 11, 12:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Izard, Sharp | 37 min |
| Feb 11, 12:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope | 44 min |
| Feb 27, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Scott | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 66 min |
| Apr 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sevier | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Pike | 40 min |
| Apr 9, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Pike | 48 min |
| Apr 9, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 46 min |
| Apr 9, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell | 22 min |
| Apr 9, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 45 min |
| Apr 9, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 39 min |
| Apr 9, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 44 min |
| Apr 9, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 47 min |
| Apr 9, 10:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 21 min |
| Apr 9, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 66 min |
| Apr 9, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 67 min |
| Apr 10, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 28 min |
| May 1, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Madison, Washington | 57 min |
| May 1, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll | 25 min |
| May 1, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 53 min |
| May 1, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Newton | 50 min |
| May 1, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 22 min |
| May 1, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 44 min |
| May 1, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 49 min |
| May 1, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Van Buren | 51 min |
| May 2, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln | 52 min |
| May 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln | 49 min |
| May 2, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew, Lincoln | 39 min |
| May 2, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 64 min |
| May 2, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller | 67 min |
| May 5, 11:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita | 42 min |
| May 6, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 6, 12:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 55 min |
| May 6, 1:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe | 17 min |
| May 6, 1:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 39 min |
| May 6, 2:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 38 min |
| May 6, 4:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln | 44 min |
| May 8, 11:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 42 min |
| May 9, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Sevier | 66 min |
| May 14, 1:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope | 47 min |
| May 14, 2:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 24 min |
| May 14, 3:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 38 min |
| May 14, 4:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River, Miller | 50 min |
| May 16, 2:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne | 21 min |
| May 24, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 49 min |
| May 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 41 min |
| May 24, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 26 min |
| May 24, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 38 min |
| May 24, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 27 min |
| Jun 10, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 11:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Cross, Poinsett | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Garland, Hot Spring | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk | 28 min |
| Jul 30, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln, Monroe | 22 min |
| Jul 30, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 54 min |
| Jul 30, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Poinsett | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 3:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, White | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 3:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, White | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 3:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 4:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 3:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 36 min |
| Sep 21, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 45 min |
| Oct 1, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Miller | 32 min |
| Oct 1, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring | 33 min |
| Oct 8, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 39 min |
| Oct 8, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 38 min |
| Oct 8, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 27 min |
| Oct 9, 11:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 46 min |
| Oct 29, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 35 min |
| Oct 29, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 34 min |
| Oct 29, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 50 min |
| Oct 29, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Oct 29, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Ouachita | 38 min |
| Oct 29, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 14 min |
| Oct 29, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Nevada | 33 min |
| Oct 29, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 45 min |
| Oct 29, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 26 min |
| Oct 29, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Ouachita | 40 min |
| Oct 29, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Nevada | 25 min |
| Oct 29, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Miller | 34 min |
| Oct 29, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 42 min |
| Oct 29, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 41 min |
| Oct 29, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 36 min |
| Dec 23, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Miller | 35 min |
| Dec 23, 9:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Miller | 50 min |
| Dec 23, 10:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 42 min |
| Dec 23, 10:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Miller | 39 min |
| Dec 23, 10:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller | 43 min |
| Dec 24, 8:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Dec 24, 9:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 54 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Miller County13
- Lafayette County10
- Cleveland County9
- Madison County8
- Lincoln County7
- Polk County6
- Montgomery County6
- Hot Spring County6
- Columbia County6
- Dallas County6
- Little River County6
- Clay County6
- White County6
- Garland County5
- Grant County5
- Union County5
- Benton County5
- Washington County5
- Jefferson County5
- Ouachita County5
- Mississippi County5
- Cross County5
- Poinsett County5
- Cleburne County4
- Independence County4
- Newton County4
- Pope County4
- Pike County4
- Sevier County4
- Carroll County4
- Hempstead County4
- Monroe County4
- Lonoke County4
- Van Buren County3
- Johnson County3
- Ashley County3
- Chicot County3
- Howard County3
- Scott County3
- Crawford County3
29 more counties
- Clark County3
- Jackson County3
- Drew County3
- Calhoun County3
- Arkansas County3
- Phillips County3
- Greene County3
- Pulaski County3
- Crittenden County3
- St. Francis County3
- Nevada County3
- Izard County2
- Franklin County2
- Yell County2
- Saline County2
- Conway County2
- Desha County2
- Lee County2
- Craighead County2
- Prairie County2
- Woodruff County2
- Stone County1
- Sharp County1
- Sebastian County1
- Perry County1
- Boone County1
- Searcy County1
- Faulkner County1
- Bradley County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.