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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 5:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 47 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 12, 11:29 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 29, 7:26 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 10 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:59 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Hempstead, Howard, Johnson, Little River, Logan and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Fulton, Izard and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 29, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 62 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 10, 6:58 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Union | 7 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union | 10 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 56 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Union | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:25 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Union | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Crittenden, Cross, Jefferson, Lee, Lonoke and 5 more | 10 hr |
| May 16, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Union | 4 hr |
| May 19, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Washington | 5 hr |
| May 20, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 9 hr |
| May 20, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 26 more | 6 hr |
| May 21, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 13 more | 8 hr |
| May 21, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden and 11 more | 7 hr |
| May 30, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 30 more | 8 hr |
| May 30, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 58 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 31, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mississippi | 5 hr |
| Nov 17, 10:43 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 21, 9:46 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Columbia, Lafayette, Union | 8 hr |
| Dec 21, 12:01 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Crittenden, Dallas and 10 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Union County11
- Mississippi County10
- Ashley County10
- Chicot County10
- Arkansas County9
- Jefferson County9
- Monroe County9
- Pope County9
- St. Francis County9
- Yell County9
- Lee County9
- Phillips County9
- Benton County9
- Crawford County9
- Washington County9
- Bradley County8
- Calhoun County8
- Clay County8
- Cleburne County8
- Cleveland County8
- Conway County8
- Craighead County8
- Cross County8
- Greene County8
- Izard County8
- Lincoln County8
- Montgomery County8
- Pike County8
- Poinsett County8
- Stone County8
- Van Buren County8
- Carroll County8
- Madison County8
- Baxter County8
- Crittenden County8
- Clark County7
- Columbia County7
- Dallas County7
- Faulkner County7
- Hot Spring County7
35 more counties
- Howard County7
- Little River County7
- Ouachita County7
- Perry County7
- Scott County7
- Sevier County7
- Sharp County7
- Desha County7
- Drew County7
- Franklin County7
- Sebastian County7
- Fulton County7
- Marion County7
- Searcy County7
- Garland County6
- Grant County6
- Independence County6
- Lafayette County6
- Lawrence County6
- Lonoke County6
- Miller County6
- Polk County6
- Prairie County6
- Pulaski County6
- Randolph County6
- Saline County6
- Woodruff County6
- Johnson County6
- Logan County6
- Boone County6
- Newton County6
- Hempstead County5
- Jackson County5
- White County5
- Nevada 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.