Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2003
45 tornado watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 45
- Busiest month
- May35 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 5, 20036 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Union | 7 hr |
| Apr 6, 10:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Drew and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Union | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Drew | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence, Lee and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Little River | 5 hr |
| May 1, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Howard, Johnson and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 4, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 29 more | 7 hr |
| May 4, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 12:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 34 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 1:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 10:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 21 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden, Cross and 21 more | 3 hr |
| May 5, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 62 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Phillips | 7 hr |
| May 6, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 4 more | 7 hr |
| May 6, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Logan, Polk, Scott, Sebastian | 6 hr |
| May 6, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 32 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 67 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Crittenden, Cross and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 10:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Drew | 5 hr |
| May 8, 6:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Montgomery, Scott, Sebastian and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 8, 8:25 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 18 more | 5 hr |
| May 8, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington | 5 hr |
| May 9, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll | 6 hr |
| May 10, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 7 hr |
| May 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 22 more | 5 hr |
| May 10, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 18 more | 5 hr |
| May 14, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 10 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 12:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia and 33 more | 5 hr |
| May 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden and 16 more | 7 hr |
| May 16, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Independence and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 40 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 4:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chicot | 5 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clay and 34 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cross County18
- Poinsett County17
- Craighead County16
- Crittenden County16
- Faulkner County15
- Greene County15
- Mississippi County15
- St. Francis County15
- White County14
- Woodruff County14
- Cleburne County14
- Ashley County13
- Chicot County13
- Jackson County13
- Monroe County13
- Conway County13
- Independence County13
- Logan County13
- Pope County13
- Stone County13
- Van Buren County13
- Lawrence County13
- Phillips County13
- Drew County12
- Izard County12
- Johnson County12
- Searcy County12
- Sharp County12
- Lee County12
- Crawford County12
- Franklin County12
- Sebastian County12
- Union County11
- Arkansas County11
- Baxter County11
- Clay County11
- Scott County11
- Bradley County10
- Garland County10
- Howard County10
35 more counties
- Lonoke County10
- Pike County10
- Prairie County10
- Pulaski County10
- Saline County10
- Boone County10
- Fulton County10
- Marion County10
- Montgomery County10
- Newton County10
- Yell County10
- Benton County10
- Carroll County10
- Washington County10
- Calhoun County9
- Columbia County9
- Lafayette County9
- Little River County9
- Miller County9
- Nevada County9
- Ouachita County9
- Clark County9
- Cleveland County9
- Dallas County9
- Desha County9
- Grant County9
- Jefferson County9
- Lincoln County9
- Perry County9
- Randolph County9
- Polk County9
- Sevier County9
- Hempstead County8
- Hot Spring County8
- Madison County8
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.