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Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2024
121 tornado warnings in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 121
- Busiest month
- May43 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 26, 202417 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 11, 10:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Faulkner, Perry | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 11:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline | 23 min |
| Jan 12, 12:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 31 min |
| Jan 12, 4:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 23 min |
| Jan 12, 5:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie | 13 min |
| Jan 12, 5:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 40 min |
| Jan 12, 5:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 48 min |
| Jan 12, 6:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 13 min |
| Jan 12, 6:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Mississippi | 23 min |
| Feb 9, 6:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 29 min |
| Feb 9, 7:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Pulaski | 11 min |
| Mar 14, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 26 min |
| Mar 14, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 20 min |
| Mar 14, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Montgomery | 26 min |
| Mar 14, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery | 26 min |
| Mar 14, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Saline | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Saline | 33 min |
| Mar 14, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Pulaski, Saline | 52 min |
| Mar 14, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Yell | 21 min |
| Apr 2, 1:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 2:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Newton | 53 min |
| Apr 2, 2:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 10:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 1:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Scott | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 17 min |
| Apr 28, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone | 33 min |
| May 5, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas | 16 min |
| May 7, 2:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Washington | 34 min |
| May 7, 2:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 43 min |
| May 7, 3:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 29 min |
| May 7, 3:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin, Madison | 28 min |
| May 7, 3:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 35 min |
| May 7, 3:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Logan | 8 min |
| May 8, 12:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring | 44 min |
| May 8, 1:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring, Saline | 42 min |
| May 8, 3:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke | 16 min |
| May 21, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Johnson, Pope, Van Buren | 44 min |
| May 21, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope, Yell | 45 min |
| May 21, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Pope | 43 min |
| May 21, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Van Buren | 12 min |
| May 21, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Conway, Perry, Saline, Yell | 25 min |
| May 21, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Van Buren | 24 min |
| May 22, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Nevada | 33 min |
| May 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Miller | 35 min |
| May 26, 12:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| May 26, 1:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 49 min |
| May 26, 2:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison | 41 min |
| May 26, 2:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 41 min |
| May 26, 2:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone | 47 min |
| May 26, 3:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 41 min |
| May 26, 3:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Boone, Marion | 51 min |
| May 26, 4:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Marion | 43 min |
| May 26, 4:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Sharp | 39 min |
| May 26, 4:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton | 36 min |
| May 26, 5:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Randolph, Sharp | 52 min |
| May 26, 5:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Baxter, Fulton | 33 min |
| May 26, 5:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton | 36 min |
| May 26, 5:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Randolph, Sharp | 52 min |
| May 26, 5:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Fulton, Randolph, Sharp | 34 min |
| May 26, 6:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lawrence, Randolph, Sharp | 29 min |
| May 26, 6:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 38 min |
| May 26, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 37 min |
| May 26, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 47 min |
| May 26, 10:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | White, Woodruff | 11 min |
| May 26, 11:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 39 min |
| May 26, 11:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Greene, Mississippi | 43 min |
| May 27, 1:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Desha, Drew | 40 min |
| May 27, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 33 min |
| May 27, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Drew | 20 min |
| Jul 8, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Miller | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Miller | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Little River, Miller | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Ouachita | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Calhoun, Clark, Dallas, Ouachita | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada | 19 min |
| Jul 8, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark, Dallas, Hot Spring | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Ouachita | 21 min |
| Jul 8, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nevada | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Hot Spring | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Union | 11 min |
| Jul 8, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Clark | 18 min |
| Jul 8, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Garland, Saline | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Dallas, Grant, Hot Spring | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Lonoke, Monroe, Prairie | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Pulaski, Saline | 14 min |
| Jul 8, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Pulaski, Saline | 17 min |
| Jul 8, 11:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Jefferson, Lonoke | 14 min |
| Jul 8, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Lonoke, Prairie | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 1:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Prairie, White | 11 min |
| Jul 9, 1:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Woodruff | 26 min |
| Oct 30, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 17 min |
| Oct 31, 12:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 27 min |
| Nov 4, 4:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Johnson, Newton | 35 min |
| Nov 4, 1:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Scott | 12 min |
| Nov 4, 1:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Perry, Yell | 33 min |
| Nov 4, 2:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Perry, Yell | 31 min |
| Nov 4, 2:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Logan, Pope, Yell | 16 min |
| Nov 4, 3:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 32 min |
| Nov 4, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 36 min |
| Nov 4, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 37 min |
| Nov 4, 4:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 27 min |
| Nov 4, 4:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 46 min |
| Nov 4, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sevier | 41 min |
| Nov 4, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 12 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saline County11
- Lonoke County10
- Benton County10
- Washington County10
- Fulton County8
- Garland County7
- Pulaski County7
- Lafayette County7
- Hot Spring County6
- Yell County6
- Boone County6
- Columbia County6
- Sebastian County6
- Logan County6
- Miller County6
- Prairie County5
- Madison County5
- Newton County5
- Marion County5
- Conway County5
- Baxter County5
- Sharp County5
- Perry County4
- Grant County4
- Arkansas County4
- Jefferson County4
- Montgomery County4
- Union County4
- Johnson County4
- Pope County4
- Nevada County4
- Randolph County4
- Greene County4
- Monroe County3
- Mississippi County3
- Scott County3
- Franklin County3
- Carroll County3
- Van Buren County3
- White County3
21 more counties
- Woodruff County3
- Ouachita County3
- Clark County3
- Dallas County3
- Faulkner County2
- Ashley County2
- Chicot County2
- Searcy County2
- Crawford County2
- Hempstead County2
- Izard County2
- Clay County2
- Craighead County2
- Drew County2
- Calhoun County2
- Crittenden County1
- Cleburne County1
- Lawrence County1
- Desha County1
- Little River County1
- Sevier 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.