Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches / 2023
Tornado Watches in Arkansas, February 2023
3 tornado watches in February 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 February 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- February 16, 20232 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Arkansas County3
- Bradley County3
- Calhoun County3
- Cleveland County3
- Crittenden County3
- Cross County3
- Desha County3
- Drew County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lee County3
- Lincoln County3
- Lonoke County3
- Monroe County3
- Phillips County3
- Prairie County3
- St. Francis County3
- Woodruff County3
- Ashley County2
- Chicot County2
- Union County2
- Clay County2
- Craighead County2
- Dallas County2
- Grant County2
- Greene County2
- Independence County2
- Jackson County2
- Lawrence County2
- Mississippi County2
- Ouachita County2
- Poinsett County2
- Pulaski County2
- Randolph County2
- Saline County2
- Sharp County2
- White County2
- Columbia County1
- Clark County1
- Cleburne County1
- Faulkner County1
1 more counties
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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.