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Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2018
106 tornado warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 106
- Busiest month
- April43 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 14, 201822 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, 6:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 7:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 9:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 10:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 10:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Sevier | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pike | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 11:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery, Saline | 17 min |
| Feb 24, 10:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 1:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Yell | 8 min |
| Feb 24, 3:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Stone, Van Buren | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 5:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Randolph | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 5:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene, Randolph | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 5:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 10 min |
| Feb 24, 5:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 6:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 9:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 14 min |
| Apr 3, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Izard, Stone | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Stone, Van Buren | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Stone, Van Buren | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Lawrence | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Jackson, White | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson | 19 min |
| Apr 3, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff | 30 min |
| Apr 3, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson, Woodruff | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 52 min |
| Apr 6, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 14 min |
| Apr 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 28 min |
| Apr 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll | 15 min |
| Apr 13, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 24 min |
| Apr 13, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Yell | 16 min |
| Apr 13, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery | 24 min |
| Apr 13, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, White | 30 min |
| Apr 13, 10:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Drew, Lincoln | 25 min |
| Apr 14, 12:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 10 min |
| Apr 14, 1:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 1:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 1:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 2:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 2:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun, Ouachita | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 3:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 3:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 3:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 3:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 28 min |
| May 3, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 26 min |
| May 3, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 29 min |
| May 20, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 32 min |
| May 20, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lawrence, Randolph | 12 min |
| May 20, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lawrence | 21 min |
| May 31, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 18 min |
| Jun 20, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 15 min |
| Jun 20, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette | 20 min |
| Jun 20, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 35 min |
| Jun 22, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Drew | 16 min |
| Jun 22, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Monroe | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Pope | 53 min |
| Aug 19, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pope, Van Buren | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pope, Van Buren | 21 min |
| Aug 19, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Greene | 34 min |
| Oct 9, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 24 min |
| Oct 9, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 37 min |
| Oct 9, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 16 min |
| Oct 9, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 20 min |
| Oct 9, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Perry, Yell | 19 min |
| Oct 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell | 16 min |
| Oct 9, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 26 min |
| Oct 31, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 26 min |
| Oct 31, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 45 min |
| Nov 1, 12:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 36 min |
| Nov 1, 12:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 38 min |
| Nov 30, 6:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan | 19 min |
| Nov 30, 10:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 20 min |
| Nov 30, 11:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford | 21 min |
| Nov 30, 11:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope | 18 min |
| Dec 27, 12:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Miller | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 1:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 25 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Columbia County9
- Franklin County8
- Johnson County8
- Logan County7
- Lafayette County7
- Pope County7
- Little River County6
- Sevier County6
- Craighead County6
- Yell County5
- Van Buren County5
- Greene County5
- Lawrence County5
- Mississippi County5
- Sebastian County4
- Howard County4
- Stone County4
- Clay County4
- Crawford County4
- Jackson County4
- Madison County4
- Ashley County4
- Conway County4
- Chicot County4
- Drew County4
- Union County4
- Montgomery County3
- Cleburne County3
- Randolph County3
- White County3
- Fulton County3
- Perry County3
- Bradley County3
- Calhoun County3
- Arkansas County3
- Monroe County3
- Garland County2
- Saline County2
- Polk County2
- Scott County2
25 more counties
- Independence County2
- Izard County2
- Poinsett County2
- Baxter County2
- Woodruff County2
- Miller County2
- Washington County2
- Carroll County2
- Newton County2
- Faulkner County2
- Lincoln County2
- Desha County2
- Hempstead County1
- Pike County1
- Boone County1
- Lonoke County1
- Cleveland County1
- Jefferson County1
- Ouachita County1
- Sharp County1
- Lee County1
- St. Francis County1
- Phillips County1
- Pulaski County1
- Benton 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.