Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches / 2020
Tornado Watches in Arkansas, August 2020
2 tornado watches in August 2020. 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 August 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 2
- Busiest day
- August 27, 20202 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 7:47 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 19 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 26 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arkansas County2
- Desha County2
- Grant County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lee County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lonoke County2
- Monroe County2
- Phillips County2
- Prairie County2
- Pulaski County2
- Saline County2
- Ashley County1
- Bradley County1
- Calhoun County1
- Chicot County1
- Clark County1
- Cleveland County1
- Columbia County1
- Dallas County1
- Drew County1
- Hot Spring County1
- Nevada County1
- Ouachita County1
- Union County1
- Clay County1
- Cleburne County1
- Craighead County1
- Crittenden County1
- Cross County1
- Faulkner County1
- Fulton County1
- Greene County1
- Independence County1
- Izard County1
- Jackson County1
- Lawrence County1
- Mississippi County1
- Poinsett County1
- Randolph County1
Nearby
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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.