Alert archive / Arkansas / Tornado Watches

Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2025

43 tornado watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
43
Busiest month
April19 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 2, 20254 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 5, 10:29 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 12 more8 hr
Jan 5, 1:36 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCPhillips9 hr
Feb 15, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 15 more7 hr
Mar 4, 4:13 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCHoward, Little River, Miller, Polk, Scott, Sevier6 hr
Mar 4, 8:13 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 16 more7 hr
Mar 14, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner and 27 more9 hr
Mar 14, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot5 hr
Mar 14, 7:34 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more10 hr
Mar 14, 9:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 14 more7 hr
Mar 15, 5:58 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Union7 hr
Mar 23, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips, Poinsett and 1 more8 hr
Mar 30, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 26 more8 hr
Mar 30, 11:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCPhillips6 hr
Apr 2, 5:20 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more7 hr
Apr 2, 8:47 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner and 20 more9 hr
Apr 2, 2:52 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clay, Cleveland, Craighead and 25 more9 hr
Apr 2, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more7 hr
Apr 3, 12:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrittenden, Lee, Phillips9 hr
Apr 3, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 14 more8 hr
Apr 4, 12:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Baxter, Boone, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 45 more8 hr
Apr 4, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more7 hr
Apr 4, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFranklin, Sebastian3 hr
Apr 4, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCalhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia and 29 more9 hr
Apr 5, 9:56 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 31 more9 hr
Apr 5, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot7 hr
Apr 19, 11:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 6 more6 hr
Apr 20, 12:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 39 more9 hr
Apr 20, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clay, Cleveland, Craighead and 22 more6 hr
Apr 26, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River and 8 more5 hr
Apr 30, 9:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring and 15 more7 hr
Apr 30, 1:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Union7 hr
Apr 30, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway and 24 more6 hr
May 16, 11:58 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 22 more8 hr
May 16, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 30 more9 hr
May 19, 12:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more9 hr
May 19, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 39 more7 hr
May 20, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clay and 30 more8 hr
Jun 7, 1:07 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more6 hr
Jun 7, 6:04 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Baxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner and 31 more6 hr
Sep 23, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Faulkner and 14 more7 hr
Oct 18, 1:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more11 hr
Oct 18, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 14 more5 hr
Oct 18, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot7 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. April 2, 20254tornado watches
  2. March 15, 20253tornado watches
  3. April 4, 20253tornado watches
  4. April 5, 20253tornado watches
  5. April 20, 20253tornado watches
  6. April 30, 20253tornado watches
  7. January 5, 20252tornado watches
  8. March 4, 20252tornado watches
  9. March 14, 20252tornado watches
  10. April 3, 20252tornado watches
  11. May 16, 20252tornado watches
  12. May 19, 20252tornado watches

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20242026

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.