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Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2017

25 tornado watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
25
Busiest month
March8 tornado watches
Busiest day
March 1, 20174 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 2, 6:12 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union10 hr
Jan 21, 3:41 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 22 more7 hr
Jan 21, 7:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Bradley, Chicot, Cleveland, Desha, Drew and 1 more4 hr
Feb 28, 3:40 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark and 50 more6 hr
Feb 28, 8:29 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more12 hr
Feb 28, 9:04 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington7 hr
Feb 28, 11:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Faulkner and 24 more5 hr
Mar 1, 3:03 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 4 more5 hr
Mar 6, 6:51 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more8 hr
Mar 6, 9:21 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 31 more8 hr
Mar 29, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 38 more8 hr
Mar 29, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot8 hr
Apr 2, 1:34 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAshley, Chicot7 hr
Apr 21, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHempstead, Howard, Little River, Logan, Miller, Montgomery and 6 more8 hr
Apr 26, 10:08 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay and 51 more7 hr
Apr 26, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 11 more5 hr
Apr 30, 1:49 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot7 hr
May 18, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrawford7 hr
May 18, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 21 more6 hr
May 19, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more11 hr
May 19, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 14 more7 hr
May 27, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more10 hr
May 27, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 20 more6 hr
May 27, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrittenden, Cross, Lee, St. Francis2 hr
Jun 22, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot9 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. March 1, 20174tornado watches
  2. March 7, 20172tornado watches
  3. April 26, 20172tornado watches
  4. May 19, 20172tornado watches
  5. May 28, 20172tornado watches
  6. January 2, 20171tornado watches
  7. January 21, 20171tornado watches
  8. January 22, 20171tornado watches
  9. February 28, 20171tornado watches
  10. March 29, 20171tornado watches
  11. March 30, 20171tornado watches
  12. April 2, 20171tornado 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.