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Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2023
123 tornado warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 123
- Busiest month
- March52 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 31, 202333 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 2, 2:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 39 min |
| Jan 2, 2:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Perry, Saline | 16 min |
| Jan 2, 5:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 47 min |
| Jan 2, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie, White, Woodruff | 18 min |
| Jan 2, 6:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 63 min |
| Jan 2, 8:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard, Little River, Sevier | 52 min |
| Jan 2, 8:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 9:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 36 min |
| Jan 2, 9:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jan 2, 10:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha | 12 min |
| Jan 2, 10:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 19 min |
| Jan 3, 6:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley | 51 min |
| Jan 3, 7:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 18 min |
| Jan 18, 9:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 28 min |
| Jan 18, 9:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Jefferson, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Jan 18, 11:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 26 min |
| Jan 18, 12:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun | 17 min |
| Jan 18, 12:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 52 min |
| Feb 16, 1:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Newton | 13 min |
| Feb 16, 1:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Newton, Pope, Searcy | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 1:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 35 min |
| Feb 16, 2:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Searcy | 38 min |
| Feb 16, 2:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Marion | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 2:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Searcy, Stone | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 2:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Marion | 24 min |
| Feb 16, 2:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 2:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Izard, Stone | 47 min |
| Feb 16, 3:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Searcy, Van Buren | 28 min |
| Feb 16, 3:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 20 min |
| Feb 27, 12:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 20 min |
| Mar 1, 5:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Saline | 22 min |
| Mar 1, 8:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Cleveland, Desha, Jefferson, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 8:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Desha, Lincoln | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 5:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 11:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 12:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant, Jefferson | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 1:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie | 26 min |
| Mar 3, 1:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 24 min |
| Mar 3, 2:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 2:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe | 15 min |
| Mar 24, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 26 min |
| Mar 24, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Hot Spring | 27 min |
| Mar 24, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Hot Spring, Saline | 36 min |
| Mar 24, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Pulaski, Saline | 16 min |
| Mar 24, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleveland, Dallas, Grant, Jefferson | 33 min |
| Mar 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie | 17 min |
| Mar 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Mississippi | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 12:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Perry, Pike | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Stone, Van Buren | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, Pike | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Pulaski, Saline | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Independence, Izard, Stone, Van Buren | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Pulaski, Saline | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 21 min |
| Mar 31, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, White, Woodruff | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Pike | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Grant, Hot Spring | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 20 min |
| Mar 31, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Cross, St. Francis | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Prairie, Pulaski, White | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson | 16 min |
| Mar 31, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Independence, Izard, Sharp, Stone | 16 min |
| Mar 31, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe, Prairie | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Dallas, Ouachita | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Lee | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha, Lincoln | 17 min |
| Apr 5, 1:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard, Stone | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 2:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 2:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Stone, Van Buren | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 2:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Sharp | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 2:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Izard, Stone | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 2:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Randolph, Sharp | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 5:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 5:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison | 16 min |
| Apr 5, 5:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Newton | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 5:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone | 20 min |
| Apr 5, 6:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 6:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 8:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott, Yell | 11 min |
| Apr 5, 10:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski | 17 min |
| Apr 5, 11:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie | 12 min |
| Apr 5, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Prairie, Woodruff | 16 min |
| Apr 5, 11:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe, Woodruff | 9 min |
| May 10, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 32 min |
| May 11, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 19 min |
| May 19, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 12:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nevada | 14 min |
| Jun 18, 1:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan, Pope | 15 min |
| Jun 18, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lawrence, Randolph | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Greene | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Union | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley, Calhoun | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Bradley | 19 min |
| Jun 18, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 21 min |
| Jun 25, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Lonoke, Pulaski | 10 min |
| Dec 9, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Phillips | 51 min |
| Dec 9, 2:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Phillips | 19 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Prairie County15
- Lonoke County11
- Jefferson County10
- Arkansas County9
- Stone County9
- Hot Spring County9
- Monroe County9
- Union County8
- Izard County8
- Pulaski County8
- Garland County7
- Woodruff County7
- Desha County7
- Saline County6
- Phillips County6
- Searcy County6
- Van Buren County6
- Grant County6
- Clark County6
- Crittenden County6
- White County5
- Lincoln County5
- Newton County5
- Boone County5
- Marion County5
- Baxter County5
- Sharp County5
- Faulkner County5
- Lee County5
- Ashley County4
- Little River County4
- Fulton County4
- Montgomery County4
- Dallas County4
- Hempstead County4
- Cleburne County4
- St. Francis County4
- Logan County3
- Perry County3
- Howard County3
28 more counties
- Sevier County3
- Chicot County3
- Lafayette County3
- Miller County3
- Cleveland County3
- Calhoun County3
- Nevada County3
- Pike County3
- Conway County3
- Cross County3
- Johnson County2
- Ouachita County2
- Columbia County2
- Pope County2
- Sebastian County2
- Mississippi County2
- Independence County2
- Randolph County2
- Madison County2
- Greene County2
- Bradley County2
- Drew County1
- Crawford County1
- Carroll County1
- Scott County1
- Yell County1
- Lawrence County1
- Craighead 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.