Tornado Watches in Arkansas
979 tornado watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 979
- Busiest year
- 200866 tornado watches
- Average year
- 33over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Union County265
- Chicot County264
- Ashley County262
- Bradley County260
- White County258
- Cleburne County258
- Faulkner County257
- Miller County257
- Drew County255
- Calhoun County254
- Columbia County254
- Jefferson County253
- Mississippi County253
- Poinsett County252
- Howard County252
- Lonoke County251
- Dallas County250
- Ouachita County250
- Cleveland County249
- Woodruff County248
- Perry County248
- Saline County248
- Sevier County248
- Pulaski County247
- Lafayette County247
- Little River County247
- Clark County246
- Conway County246
- Craighead County245
- Cross County245
- Prairie County245
- St. Francis County245
- Garland County245
- Pike County245
- Grant County244
- Jackson County244
- Arkansas County243
- Desha County243
- Hot Spring County243
- Hempstead County243
35 more counties
- Crittenden County242
- Phillips County241
- Montgomery County241
- Lincoln County240
- Yell County240
- Independence County240
- Monroe County239
- Van Buren County238
- Nevada County238
- Stone County237
- Crawford County236
- Lee County235
- Scott County234
- Sebastian County233
- Pope County231
- Greene County228
- Franklin County227
- Polk County227
- Logan County226
- Izard County225
- Sharp County224
- Clay County221
- Lawrence County219
- Washington County219
- Johnson County217
- Madison County213
- Searcy County213
- Randolph County210
- Carroll County210
- Fulton County209
- Baxter County207
- Marion County205
- Newton County205
- Benton County204
- Boone County191
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Marion, Newton, Searcy | 7 hr |
| May 5, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Izard, Jackson and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 50 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 8 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 40 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Washington | 7 hr |
Nearby
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.