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Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2009

34 tornado watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
34
Busiest month
February6 tornado watches
Busiest day
February 11, 20093 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 2:42 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more7 hr
Feb 10, 3:37 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCLittle River, Miller, Sevier6 hr
Feb 10, 9:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 42 more7 hr
Feb 10, 11:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene and 12 more6 hr
Feb 11, 1:04 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Desha and 3 more5 hr
Feb 27, 12:38 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot7 hr
Mar 27, 12:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHoward, Little River, Miller, Sevier7 hr
Mar 27, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 27 more7 hr
Apr 2, 9:24 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot7 hr
Apr 2, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrittenden, Mississippi3 hr
Apr 9, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Howard, Little River and 7 more7 hr
Apr 9, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 39 more5 hr
Apr 9, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more4 hr
Apr 9, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 8 more4 hr
May 2, 12:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 19 more7 hr
May 2, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Columbia, Desha and 10 more6 hr
May 6, 12:54 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 20 more5 hr
May 8, 9:21 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Cleburne, Craighead, Greene, Independence, Izard and 10 more7 hr
May 8, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett7 hr
May 8, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 35 more11 hr
Jun 15, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more3 hr
Jul 28, 7:58 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union7 hr
Jul 30, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrittenden, Mississippi6 hr
Aug 19, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington7 hr
Oct 8, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more7 hr
Oct 8, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 23 more7 hr
Oct 9, 8:36 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 11 more4 hr
Oct 29, 1:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more8 hr
Oct 29, 1:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Garland and 13 more7 hr
Oct 29, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford and 22 more3 hr
Dec 8, 1:25 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Union8 hr
Dec 23, 1:59 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCMiller7 hr
Dec 23, 8:48 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 1 more9 hr
Dec 24, 4:50 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Union7 hr

By county

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

35 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. February 11, 20093tornado watches
  2. April 10, 20093tornado watches
  3. May 8, 20093tornado watches
  4. October 29, 20093tornado watches
  5. February 10, 20092tornado watches
  6. March 27, 20092tornado watches
  7. April 2, 20092tornado watches
  8. May 2, 20092tornado watches
  9. October 9, 20092tornado watches
  10. December 24, 20092tornado watches
  11. February 27, 20091tornado watches
  12. April 9, 20091tornado watches

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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.