Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2016
79 tornado warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 79
- Busiest month
- March45 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 14, 201619 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 13, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk | 19 min |
| Mar 13, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Scott | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 18 min |
| Mar 13, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 34 min |
| Mar 13, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 30 min |
| Mar 13, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski | 37 min |
| Mar 13, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lincoln | 21 min |
| Mar 13, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, White | 37 min |
| Mar 13, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 11 min |
| Mar 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 52 min |
| Mar 13, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 33 min |
| Mar 13, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 66 min |
| Mar 13, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, St. Francis | 52 min |
| Mar 13, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 27 min |
| Mar 13, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 19 min |
| Mar 23, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Madison, Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 11:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada, Union | 50 min |
| Apr 11, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 12:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 1:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison, Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 1:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nevada | 15 min |
| Apr 29, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 12:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 2:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner | 11 min |
| May 1, 12:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas | 19 min |
| May 9, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 53 min |
| May 9, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 45 min |
| May 9, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 45 min |
| May 9, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 13 min |
| May 10, 1:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson | 42 min |
| Jul 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 22 min |
| Oct 12, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, White | 30 min |
| Dec 17, 4:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 39 min |
| Dec 17, 4:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 26 min |
| Dec 17, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 26 min |
| Dec 17, 6:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant, Jefferson | 40 min |
| Dec 17, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke | 20 min |
| Dec 17, 7:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Dec 26, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, White | 19 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County7
- Columbia County7
- Union County6
- Nevada County6
- Washington County6
- Lafayette County6
- Saline County5
- Pulaski County5
- Faulkner County5
- Arkansas County5
- White County5
- Montgomery County4
- Lonoke County4
- Cleveland County4
- Dallas County4
- Little River County4
- Garland County3
- Perry County3
- Lincoln County3
- Woodruff County3
- Hempstead County3
- Lee County3
- Cross County3
- St. Francis County3
- Crittenden County3
- Desha County3
- Mississippi County3
- Madison County3
- Grant County3
- Drew County3
- Conway County3
- Prairie County2
- Bradley County2
- Monroe County2
- Phillips County2
- Chicot County2
- Poinsett County2
- Benton County2
- Miller County2
- Franklin County2
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.