Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches / 2003

Tornado Watches in Arkansas, May 2003

35 tornado watches in May 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 May 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
35
Busiest day
May 5, 20036 tornado watches

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

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
May 1, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLittle River5 hr
May 1, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Howard, Johnson and 9 more5 hr
May 3, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more6 hr
May 4, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington6 hr
May 4, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 29 more7 hr
May 4, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson and 9 more6 hr
May 5, 12:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 34 more5 hr
May 5, 1:20 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene and 7 more6 hr
May 5, 4:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson and 9 more6 hr
May 5, 10:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 21 more5 hr
May 5, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden, Cross and 21 more3 hr
May 5, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 62 more7 hr
May 5, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCPhillips7 hr
May 6, 1:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more6 hr
May 6, 11:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 4 more7 hr
May 6, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLogan, Polk, Scott, Sebastian6 hr
May 6, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 32 more5 hr
May 6, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 67 more6 hr
May 7, 4:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Crittenden, Cross and 8 more6 hr
May 7, 10:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Drew5 hr
May 8, 6:20 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Franklin, Logan, Montgomery, Scott, Sebastian and 1 more3 hr
May 8, 8:25 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 18 more5 hr
May 8, 10:25 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 3 more6 hr
May 8, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington5 hr
May 9, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll6 hr
May 10, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Sebastian, Washington7 hr
May 10, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 22 more5 hr
May 10, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 18 more5 hr
May 14, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 10 more6 hr
May 16, 12:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia and 33 more5 hr
May 16, 2:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden and 16 more7 hr
May 16, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Independence and 8 more6 hr
May 16, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 40 more6 hr
May 16, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 8 more6 hr
May 17, 4:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCChicot5 hr

By county

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

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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.