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Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2020
115 tornado warnings in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 115
- Busiest month
- August29 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- August 28, 202015 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 10, 3:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 28 min |
| Jan 10, 5:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison, Washington | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 7:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 52 min |
| Jan 10, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard | 14 min |
| Jan 10, 7:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 48 min |
| Jan 10, 7:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 13 min |
| Jan 10, 7:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 52 min |
| Jan 10, 7:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 18 min |
| Jan 10, 8:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Yell | 24 min |
| Jan 10, 8:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton, Pope, Searcy | 26 min |
| Jan 10, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Yell | 14 min |
| Jan 10, 10:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton | 8 min |
| Jan 10, 11:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 6 min |
| Jan 11, 2:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 54 min |
| Mar 12, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Independence, Izard, Sharp | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Newton | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 5 min |
| Mar 19, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Marion | 50 min |
| Mar 19, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope, Yell | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope, Yell | 22 min |
| Mar 19, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton | 20 min |
| Mar 19, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Van Buren | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Yell | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope, Van Buren | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson, Woodruff | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 26 min |
| Mar 28, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson, Lawrence | 10 min |
| Apr 8, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 25 min |
| Apr 8, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 52 min |
| Apr 8, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Poinsett | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River, Sevier | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Pope | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 20 min |
| Apr 28, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 16 min |
| Apr 28, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Pope, Yell | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk | 12 min |
| Apr 28, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski, White | 20 min |
| May 16, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 42 min |
| May 16, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski | 24 min |
| May 16, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 49 min |
| May 16, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 38 min |
| May 16, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia | 47 min |
| May 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River, Miller | 29 min |
| May 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 44 min |
| May 16, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada | 41 min |
| May 16, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier | 40 min |
| May 16, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 47 min |
| May 16, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sevier | 37 min |
| May 16, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead | 18 min |
| May 16, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Pike | 25 min |
| May 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 32 min |
| May 16, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 17 min |
| May 22, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 12 min |
| May 22, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 58 min |
| May 22, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 58 min |
| May 22, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 19 min |
| May 22, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Scott | 21 min |
| May 25, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 29 min |
| May 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 45 min |
| May 25, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Hot Spring, Saline | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Lonoke, Prairie | 17 min |
| Aug 27, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Monroe | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 11 min |
| Aug 27, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 52 min |
| Aug 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 8 min |
| Aug 27, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 19 min |
| Aug 27, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jackson, Woodruff | 18 min |
| Aug 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 17 min |
| Aug 27, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff | 8 min |
| Aug 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, St. Francis | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson, White, Woodruff | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Jackson | 20 min |
| Aug 27, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, Poinsett | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Poinsett | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lawrence, Sharp | 17 min |
| Aug 27, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp | 21 min |
| Aug 27, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Mississippi | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 23 min |
| Sep 1, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Faulkner, Perry | 34 min |
| Sep 1, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Faulkner, Van Buren, White | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, White | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Jackson, White | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, St. Francis | 43 min |
| Nov 14, 8:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll | 25 min |
| Nov 14, 11:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard, Sharp | 38 min |
| Nov 15, 12:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp | 22 min |
| Nov 24, 9:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 19 min |
| Nov 24, 10:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Scott | 25 min |
| Nov 24, 10:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Polk, Scott | 18 min |
| Nov 24, 10:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 36 min |
| Nov 24, 11:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Pope, Saline, Yell | 16 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Yell County10
- Pope County10
- Craighead County10
- Poinsett County10
- Logan County9
- Scott County8
- Jackson County8
- Lee County8
- Conway County7
- Sharp County7
- White County7
- Johnson County6
- Independence County6
- Sebastian County6
- Woodruff County6
- Greene County6
- Little River County6
- Phillips County6
- Lawrence County5
- Clay County5
- St. Francis County5
- Sevier County4
- Cross County4
- Benton County3
- Polk County3
- Howard County3
- Franklin County3
- Baxter County3
- Fulton County3
- Pulaski County3
- Saline County3
- Izard County3
- Van Buren County3
- Mississippi County3
- Crittenden County3
- Perry County3
- Faulkner County3
- Columbia County3
- Union County3
- Hempstead County3
24 more counties
- Arkansas County3
- Cleburne County3
- Carroll County2
- Madison County2
- Washington County2
- Newton County2
- Crawford County2
- Lonoke County2
- Miller County2
- Nevada County2
- Randolph County2
- Montgomery County1
- Searcy County1
- Ashley County1
- Chicot County1
- Marion County1
- Stone County1
- Lafayette County1
- Clark County1
- Pike County1
- Hot Spring County1
- Prairie County1
- Desha County1
- Monroe 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.