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Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, May 2025
21 tornado warnings in May 2025. 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 May 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 21
- Busiest day
- May 20, 202513 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Craighead, Mississippi, Poinsett | 39 min |
| May 16, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Randolph | 19 min |
| May 16, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay, Greene | 36 min |
| May 16, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Monroe | 13 min |
| May 16, 11:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Arkansas, Monroe | 15 min |
| May 19, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 24 min |
| May 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 27 min |
| May 19, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 23 min |
| May 19, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 33 min |
| May 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton, Madison, Washington | 30 min |
| May 19, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 26 min |
| May 19, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 36 min |
| May 19, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 33 min |
| May 19, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Boone, Marion | 17 min |
| May 19, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Franklin | 17 min |
| May 19, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Cleburne, Pope, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren | 49 min |
| May 19, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LZK | Montgomery, Polk, Scott, Yell | 20 min |
| May 19, 11:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Howard, Sevier | 18 min |
| May 20, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Crittenden, Cross, Mississippi, St. Francis | 27 min |
| May 20, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 19 min |
| May 20, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Chicot | 57 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County4
- Benton County3
- Mississippi County2
- Monroe County2
- Madison County2
- Sebastian County2
- Franklin County2
- Chicot County2
- Craighead County1
- Poinsett County1
- Randolph County1
- Clay County1
- Greene County1
- Arkansas County1
- Crawford County1
- Carroll County1
- Boone County1
- Marion County1
- Cleburne County1
- Pope County1
- Searcy County1
- Stone County1
- Van Buren County1
- Montgomery County1
- Polk County1
- Scott County1
- Yell County1
- Howard County1
- Sevier County1
- Crittenden County1
- Cross County1
- St. Francis County1
- Ashley 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.