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Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2013

29 tornado watches in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
29
Busiest month
April8 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 29, 20134 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
Jan 12, 5:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 47 more7 hr
Jan 12, 11:29 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 9 more5 hr
Jan 29, 7:26 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington10 hr
Jan 29, 10:59 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCFranklin, Hempstead, Howard, Johnson, Little River, Logan and 9 more8 hr
Jan 29, 12:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Fulton, Izard and 6 more7 hr
Jan 29, 5:37 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 62 more8 hr
Feb 10, 6:58 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Union7 hr
Feb 25, 12:26 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union10 hr
Apr 10, 1:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 56 more10 hr
Apr 10, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Union7 hr
Apr 10, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more7 hr
Apr 15, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more6 hr
Apr 17, 10:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington7 hr
Apr 18, 9:25 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay and 43 more8 hr
Apr 18, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Union8 hr
Apr 27, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Crittenden, Cross, Jefferson, Lee, Lonoke and 5 more10 hr
May 16, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Union4 hr
May 19, 10:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Crawford, Washington5 hr
May 20, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more9 hr
May 20, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 26 more6 hr
May 21, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 13 more8 hr
May 21, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden and 11 more7 hr
May 30, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 30 more8 hr
May 30, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 58 more7 hr
May 31, 11:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 11 more5 hr
Oct 31, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMississippi5 hr
Nov 17, 10:43 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more8 hr
Dec 21, 9:46 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Columbia, Lafayette, Union8 hr
Dec 21, 12:01 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Crittenden, Dallas and 10 more8 hr

By county

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

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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.