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Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2004
27 tornado watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 27
- Busiest month
- April8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 30, 20044 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 4, 2:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 39 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Madison, Washington | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley and 52 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Howard and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 35 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Mississippi | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Drew, Union | 6 hr |
| May 30, 10:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford and 14 more | 8 hr |
| May 30, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Lafayette, Little River and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Craighead and 31 more | 8 hr |
| May 30, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Conway and 30 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 10:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Columbia, Drew, Lafayette and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 18, 9:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Calhoun, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Drew and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 18, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 18, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 18, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 29, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Polk and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 1, 10:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Cross and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 1, 2:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 23, 8:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lafayette, Miller | 6 hr |
| Nov 23, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 6, 11:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Drew County11
- Madison County9
- Washington County9
- Calhoun County9
- Desha County9
- St. Francis County9
- Benton County8
- Carroll County8
- Crawford County8
- Ouachita County8
- Arkansas County8
- Ashley County8
- Bradley County8
- Cleveland County8
- Cross County8
- Dallas County8
- Grant County8
- Jefferson County8
- Lincoln County8
- Mississippi County8
- Phillips County8
- Saline County8
- Franklin County7
- Sebastian County7
- Clark County7
- Hot Spring County7
- Miller County7
- Chicot County7
- Clay County7
- Crittenden County7
- Faulkner County7
- Lee County7
- Lonoke County7
- Monroe County7
- Poinsett County7
- Prairie County7
- Pulaski County7
- Union County7
- Boone County6
- Newton County6
35 more counties
- Howard County6
- Lafayette County6
- Logan County6
- Pike County6
- Polk County6
- Scott County6
- Sevier County6
- Baxter County6
- Cleburne County6
- Craighead County6
- Greene County6
- Izard County6
- Stone County6
- White County6
- Columbia County5
- Garland County5
- Hempstead County5
- Little River County5
- Montgomery County5
- Nevada County5
- Pope County5
- Yell County5
- Fulton County5
- Independence County5
- Marion County5
- Searcy County5
- Sharp County5
- Van Buren County5
- Woodruff County5
- Johnson County5
- Perry County4
- Conway County4
- Jackson County4
- Lawrence County4
- Randolph County4
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.