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Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2017
94 tornado warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 94
- Busiest month
- March32 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 7, 201716 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Miller | 61 min |
| Jan 21, 4:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 60 min |
| Jan 21, 5:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 6:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 6:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 56 min |
| Jan 21, 6:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 6:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 6:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 57 min |
| Jan 21, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 54 min |
| Jan 21, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 42 min |
| Jan 21, 7:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 65 min |
| Jan 21, 8:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 8:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 53 min |
| Feb 7, 1:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard | 18 min |
| Feb 28, 5:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Saline | 41 min |
| Feb 28, 5:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline | 39 min |
| Feb 28, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 6:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | White | 42 min |
| Feb 28, 7:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson, White, Woodruff | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 4:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 9:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 6, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 35 min |
| Mar 6, 10:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 24 min |
| Mar 6, 10:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 11:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 31 min |
| Mar 6, 11:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Newton | 40 min |
| Mar 6, 11:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 24 min |
| Mar 6, 11:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 39 min |
| Mar 7, 12:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott | 39 min |
| Mar 7, 12:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Marion, Searcy | 35 min |
| Mar 7, 12:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy, Stone | 37 min |
| Mar 7, 1:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 1:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 19 min |
| Mar 7, 1:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pope, Yell | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 3:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 3:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, White | 19 min |
| Mar 9, 7:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 7:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Marion | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 8:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 18 min |
| Mar 9, 9:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Stone, White | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Saline | 15 min |
| Mar 27, 12:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 16 min |
| Mar 29, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 42 min |
| Mar 29, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pope | 24 min |
| Mar 29, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pope, Searcy, Van Buren | 33 min |
| Mar 29, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Saline | 11 min |
| Apr 4, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Searcy | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 34 min |
| Apr 21, 11:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Sevier | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson | 21 min |
| Apr 26, 9:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Yell | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 10:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope, Yell | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 10:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Pope, Van Buren | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Johnson, Newton, Searcy | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 14 min |
| Apr 29, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 18 min |
| Apr 29, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 12:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson, White, Woodruff | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 1:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Greene, Lawrence | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 1:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 1:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 2:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 2:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 48 min |
| May 11, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Marion | 30 min |
| May 11, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 18 min |
| May 18, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 43 min |
| May 18, 11:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 41 min |
| May 19, 12:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 47 min |
| May 19, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 26 min |
| May 28, 2:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline, Yell | 27 min |
| Jun 22, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 22 min |
| Jun 22, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie, White | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson, White, Woodruff | 17 min |
| Jul 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, St. Francis | 14 min |
| Aug 31, 12:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden | 41 min |
| Aug 31, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 23 min |
| Nov 3, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 31 min |
| Dec 4, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan | 21 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- White County10
- Marion County10
- Boone County9
- Union County8
- Faulkner County8
- Searcy County7
- Lafayette County6
- Yell County6
- Prairie County6
- Baxter County5
- Garland County5
- Saline County5
- Perry County5
- Woodruff County5
- Washington County5
- Newton County5
- Conway County5
- Pope County5
- Lonoke County5
- Columbia County4
- Fulton County4
- Mississippi County4
- Crawford County4
- Van Buren County4
- Miller County3
- Izard County3
- Jackson County3
- Scott County3
- Logan County3
- Johnson County3
- Jefferson County3
- Greene County3
- Benton County3
- Ashley County2
- Pulaski County2
- Madison County2
- Polk County2
- Montgomery County2
- Stone County2
- Sharp County2
19 more counties
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.