Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2023
31 tornado watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 31
- Busiest month
- January8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- January 3, 20234 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 2, 1:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway and 39 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 2, 6:29 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 2, 8:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Grant and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 2, 10:11 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crittenden, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips, St. Francis | 5 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:56 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Phillips, Union | 8 hr |
| Jan 18, 9:02 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 25 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Crittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis | 7 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clay and 31 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:51 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 38 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Little River, Miller, Sevier | 9 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:51 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 26 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 16, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Garland, Grant, Hempstead and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 60 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Union | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:32 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Faulkner and 23 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 5, 4:54 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Hempstead and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:44 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay and 39 more | 7 hr |
| May 11, 9:24 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Union | 8 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 20, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashley, Chicot, Columbia, Lafayette, Union | 6 hr |
| Dec 9, 11:35 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Crittenden, Dallas and 9 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chicot | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Union County14
- Chicot County14
- Calhoun County13
- Cleveland County13
- Dallas County13
- Jefferson County13
- Lonoke County13
- Ouachita County13
- Prairie County13
- Ashley County13
- Desha County13
- Drew County13
- Crittenden County13
- Lee County13
- Phillips County13
- St. Francis County13
- Pulaski County12
- Saline County12
- Woodruff County12
- Arkansas County12
- Bradley County12
- Lincoln County12
- Monroe County12
- Columbia County11
- Grant County11
- White County11
- Clark County10
- Hot Spring County10
- Cross County10
- Hempstead County9
- Jackson County9
- Lafayette County9
- Miller County9
- Pike County9
- Mississippi County9
- Craighead County9
- Poinsett County9
- Faulkner County8
- Garland County8
- Howard County8
35 more counties
- Little River County8
- Nevada County8
- Perry County8
- Sevier County8
- Independence County7
- Lawrence County7
- Montgomery County7
- Sharp County7
- Yell County7
- Cleburne County6
- Polk County6
- Scott County6
- Clay County6
- Greene County6
- Randolph County6
- Conway County5
- Izard County5
- Pope County5
- Searcy County5
- Stone County5
- Van Buren County5
- Johnson County4
- Logan County4
- Newton County4
- Baxter County4
- Fulton County4
- Marion County4
- Benton County3
- Carroll County3
- Crawford County3
- Franklin County3
- Madison County3
- Sebastian County3
- Washington County3
- Boone County3
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.