Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2011
52 tornado watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 52
- Busiest month
- April28 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 26, 20114 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 24, 11:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia and 38 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 27, 10:04 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:59 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lee, Phillips | 7 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Little River, Miller, Sevier | 9 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Desha, Drew and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 7:22 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 42 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:49 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:31 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Cleveland, Crittenden, Desha, Drew and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll and 45 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:19 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 38 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Columbia, Conway and 29 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 35 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 7 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene, Independence and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Fulton and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Johnson, Logan and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Clark, Crawford, Franklin, Hempstead, Howard and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 50 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 16 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Fulton and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson, Lee and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:02 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mississippi | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier | 8 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Cross and 27 more | 7 hr |
| May 1, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 27 more | 8 hr |
| May 20, 11:03 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Conway, Crawford, Dallas, Franklin and 26 more | 7 hr |
| May 20, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hempstead and 16 more | 3 hr |
| May 22, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 8 hr |
| May 22, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 22 more | 6 hr |
| May 22, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 34 more | 7 hr |
| May 23, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington | 4 hr |
| May 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Conway and 30 more | 7 hr |
| May 25, 10:37 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard, Madison and 5 more | 7 hr |
| May 25, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay and 41 more | 8 hr |
| May 25, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 12 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 8, 10:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Cleburne, Columbia, Conway, Dallas, Faulkner and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 8, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 8, 7:04 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner, Greene and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 21, 8:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Garland, Grant and 17 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Miller County19
- Ouachita County18
- Clark County17
- Conway County17
- Hempstead County17
- Nevada County17
- Saline County17
- St. Francis County17
- Dallas County16
- Garland County16
- Hot Spring County16
- Jefferson County16
- Lafayette County16
- Little River County16
- Pike County16
- Craighead County16
- Crittenden County16
- Cross County16
- Poinsett County16
- Bradley County15
- Franklin County15
- Grant County15
- Howard County15
- Montgomery County15
- Perry County15
- Pope County15
- Pulaski County15
- Searcy County15
- Sebastian County15
- Sevier County15
- Stone County15
- Van Buren County15
- Yell County15
- Greene County15
- Jackson County15
- Lee County15
- Mississippi County15
- Calhoun County14
- Cleburne County14
- Cleveland County14
35 more counties
- Columbia County14
- Crawford County14
- Faulkner County14
- Johnson County14
- Logan County14
- Lonoke County14
- Newton County14
- Polk County14
- Scott County14
- White County14
- Arkansas County14
- Clay County14
- Drew County14
- Lincoln County14
- Monroe County14
- Phillips County14
- Woodruff County14
- Baxter County14
- Ashley County13
- Desha County13
- Fulton County13
- Izard County13
- Marion County13
- Madison County12
- Washington County12
- Chicot County12
- Prairie County12
- Independence County12
- Sharp County12
- Union County11
- Lawrence County11
- Randolph County11
- Carroll County10
- Boone County9
- Benton 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. Rebuilt daily.