Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Warnings / 2020
Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, August 2020
29 tornado warnings in August 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 August 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 29
- Busiest day
- August 28, 202015 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lee County7
- Phillips County6
- Poinsett County5
- Craighead County5
- St. Francis County4
- Woodruff County4
- Jackson County4
- Arkansas County3
- White County3
- Cross County3
- Independence County3
- Greene County3
- Clay County3
- Lawrence County2
- Sharp County2
- Mississippi County2
- Lonoke County1
- Prairie County1
- Desha County1
- Monroe County1
- Randolph County1
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.