Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2001
31 tornado watches in 2001. 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 31
- Busiest month
- November9 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 24, 20014 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Polk and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Howard, Little River, Logan, Montgomery, Polk, Scott and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 45 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chicot, Crittenden, Desha, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Howard, Johnson and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton | 5 hr |
| Apr 22, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 6, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 20, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Benton, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 38 more | 5 hr |
| May 20, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fulton | 5 hr |
| May 20, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Benton, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 38 more | 4 hr |
| May 30, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Garland, Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Montgomery and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleburne and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Drew, Lafayette and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 12, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 13, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mississippi | 4 hr |
| Oct 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 24, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 23, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Hempstead and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 23, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 47 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Lee, Phillips | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 26, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 26, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 26, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 26, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 5 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew | 5 hr |
| Dec 16, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Columbia and 4 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ashley County11
- Desha County11
- Benton County10
- Cleveland County10
- Drew County10
- Polk County9
- Washington County9
- Bradley County9
- Calhoun County9
- Lincoln County9
- Pike County9
- Union County9
- Chicot County9
- Crawford County8
- Howard County8
- Dallas County8
- Carroll County7
- Franklin County7
- Madison County7
- Scott County7
- Sebastian County7
- Arkansas County7
- Clark County7
- Cleburne County7
- Columbia County7
- Conway County7
- Faulkner County7
- Grant County7
- Hempstead County7
- Jackson County7
- Jefferson County7
- Lafayette County7
- Monroe County7
- Nevada County7
- Ouachita County7
- Van Buren County7
- White County7
- Woodruff County7
- Johnson County6
- Little River County6
35 more counties
- Logan County6
- Montgomery County6
- Sevier County6
- Hot Spring County6
- Independence County6
- Izard County6
- Lonoke County6
- Miller County6
- Perry County6
- Pope County6
- Prairie County6
- Pulaski County6
- St. Francis County6
- Saline County6
- Stone County6
- Newton County5
- Yell County5
- Cross County5
- Fulton County5
- Garland County5
- Poinsett County5
- Searcy County5
- Lee County5
- Mississippi County5
- Phillips County5
- Clay County4
- Craighead County4
- Greene County4
- Lawrence County4
- Randolph County4
- Sharp County4
- Crittenden County4
- Boone County3
- Baxter County3
- Marion County3
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.