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Tornado Warnings in Arkansas, 2026

89 tornado warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
89
Busiest month
April42 tornado warnings
Busiest day
April 28, 202619 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 1:38 AM CSTTornado WarningLZKBoone13 min
Mar 6, 11:18 PM CSTTornado WarningTSABenton16 min
Mar 7, 3:41 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVLafayette, Miller49 min
Mar 7, 3:59 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVMiller31 min
Mar 7, 4:27 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVLafayette, Miller48 min
Mar 7, 4:57 AM CSTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatSHVColumbia, Lafayette, Miller35 min
Mar 7, 4:58 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVNevada23 min
Mar 7, 5:22 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVColumbia, Lafayette, Nevada38 min
Mar 7, 5:53 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedSHVNevada25 min
Mar 7, 9:54 AM CSTTornado WarningMEGCrittenden, Mississippi51 min
Mar 7, 2:29 PM CSTTornado WarningJANChicot11 min
Mar 11, 12:40 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVSevier20 min
Mar 11, 1:12 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier25 min
Mar 11, 1:39 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACrawford, Franklin20 min
Mar 11, 2:27 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKPerry, Pope, Yell48 min
Mar 11, 6:52 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKCalhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Jefferson, Lincoln, Ouachita38 min
Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHoward, Sevier33 min
Mar 15, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKConway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski32 min
Mar 15, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJackson, Lawrence, Randolph32 min
Mar 15, 5:47 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMEGClay, Craighead, Greene43 min
Mar 15, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKArkansas, Jefferson, Lonoke, Prairie14 min
Mar 15, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Greene, Mississippi52 min
Mar 15, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGClay31 min
Mar 15, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKDesha, Drew, Lincoln36 min
Mar 15, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMississippi22 min
Mar 15, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKDesha18 min
Mar 15, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLee, Phillips33 min
Apr 4, 1:34 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian26 min
Apr 4, 1:36 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACrawford, Franklin, Sebastian24 min
Apr 4, 1:37 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACrawford24 min
Apr 14, 11:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton, Washington44 min
Apr 14, 11:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAWashington36 min
Apr 15, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAFranklin, Sebastian42 min
Apr 15, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJohnson, Logan36 min
Apr 15, 10:05 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLogan, Scott, Yell40 min
Apr 15, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJohnson, Logan37 min
Apr 15, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLogan, Pope, Scott, Yell33 min
Apr 25, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPolk, Scott19 min
Apr 25, 10:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Howard48 min
Apr 25, 11:02 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Nevada58 min
Apr 25, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead45 min
Apr 25, 11:49 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Nevada56 min
Apr 27, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFulton, Sharp43 min
Apr 27, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFulton, Randolph, Sharp45 min
Apr 27, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKRandolph29 min
Apr 27, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGClay28 min
Apr 27, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFulton, Izard, Lawrence, Sharp39 min
Apr 27, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKIzard, Stone50 min
Apr 27, 10:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKLawrence, Randolph, Sharp17 min
Apr 27, 10:44 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLZKCleburne, Independence, Stone46 min
Apr 27, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson, Lawrence, Sharp30 min
Apr 27, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKIndependence, Jackson22 min
Apr 28, 12:25 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett10 min
Apr 28, 12:49 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Poinsett26 min
Apr 28, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKIndependence, Stone43 min
Apr 28, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross12 min
Apr 28, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHoward, Sevier42 min
Apr 28, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVLittle River, Sevier43 min
Apr 28, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHoward, Sevier28 min
Apr 28, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKScott, Yell14 min
Apr 28, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Sevier48 min
Apr 28, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKGarland, Montgomery, Perry, Yell12 min
Apr 28, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Nevada48 min
Apr 28, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKMonroe15 min
Apr 28, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCrittenden, Cross, St. Francis39 min
Apr 28, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAshley66 min
Apr 28, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBradley14 min
Apr 28, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKDrew40 min
Apr 28, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAshley, Chicot62 min
Jun 6, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASebastian40 min
Jun 6, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPolk, Scott51 min
Jun 6, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASebastian25 min
Jun 6, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKPolk19 min
Jun 6, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian28 min
Jun 6, 9:04 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier39 min
Jun 6, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAFranklin52 min
Jun 7, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKJohnson, Newton18 min
Jun 13, 1:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKBaxter, Fulton15 min
Jun 13, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKFulton, Izard33 min
Jun 13, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCraighead, Greene27 min
Jun 13, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton65 min
Jun 13, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningTSABenton48 min
Jun 14, 12:24 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACarroll, Madison36 min
Jun 22, 6:05 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKJohnson, Logan25 min
Jun 22, 6:08 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAFranklin22 min
Jun 22, 6:23 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAFranklin11 min
Jun 22, 6:29 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKJohnson, Logan12 min
Jun 22, 6:52 AM CDTTornado WarningLZKJohnson, Pope12 min
Jun 23, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVColumbia22 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

24 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 28, 202619tornado warnings
  2. March 15, 202611tornado warnings
  3. March 7, 202610tornado warnings
  4. April 29, 20268tornado warnings
  5. June 7, 20268tornado warnings
  6. March 11, 20265tornado warnings
  7. April 16, 20265tornado warnings
  8. June 22, 20265tornado warnings
  9. April 26, 20264tornado warnings
  10. June 13, 20264tornado warnings
  11. April 4, 20263tornado warnings
  12. April 15, 20262tornado warnings

Nearby

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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.