Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 1999
35 tornado watches in 1999. 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 in 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 35
- Busiest month
- April11 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 4, 19994 tornado watches
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 8, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chicot | 6 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clay, Cleveland, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 54 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chicot | 6 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Howard and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 56 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Phillips | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Little River, Polk, Scott, Sebastian, Sevier | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Conway, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Franklin and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay and 45 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 4, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Conway, Dallas, Faulkner, Franklin and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Craighead and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Drew, Hempstead and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Phillips | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Washington | 5 hr |
| May 3, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 4, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Scott and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 38 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clay and 30 more | 4 hr |
| May 5, 7:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Lee and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clay and 29 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Phillips | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Sebastian | 5 hr |
| Dec 4, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 19 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bradley County14
- Columbia County14
- Ashley County13
- Calhoun County13
- Lafayette County13
- Union County13
- Drew County12
- Cleveland County12
- Jefferson County12
- Phillips County12
- Miller County12
- Nevada County12
- Ouachita County12
- Chicot County11
- Desha County11
- Lee County11
- White County11
- Cleburne County11
- Dallas County11
- Hempstead County11
- Arkansas County10
- Independence County10
- Jackson County10
- Lincoln County10
- Lonoke County10
- Clark County10
- Conway County10
- Faulkner County10
- Grant County10
- Hot Spring County10
- Pulaski County10
- Craighead County9
- Cross County9
- Greene County9
- Lawrence County9
- Monroe County9
- Poinsett County9
- Prairie County9
- St. Francis County9
- Sharp County9
35 more counties
- Woodruff County9
- Garland County9
- Howard County9
- Little River County9
- Montgomery County9
- Perry County9
- Pike County9
- Pope County9
- Saline County9
- Stone County9
- Van Buren County9
- Yell County9
- Sebastian County9
- Sevier County9
- Clay County8
- Crittenden County8
- Mississippi County8
- Izard County8
- Crawford County8
- Franklin County8
- Logan County8
- Randolph County7
- Fulton County7
- Johnson County7
- Baxter County6
- Marion County6
- Searcy County6
- Benton County6
- Newton County6
- Scott County6
- Washington County6
- Boone County5
- Carroll County5
- Madison County5
- Polk County5
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.