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Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2026

22 tornado watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
22
Busiest month
April13 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 28, 20266 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 8, 8:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Washington243 days
Mar 6, 9:53 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more6 hr
Mar 7, 3:19 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCClark, Cleburne, Columbia, Conway, Dallas, Faulkner and 29 more5 hr
Mar 10, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 24 more7 hr
Mar 15, 1:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll and 56 more7 hr
Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 6 more7 hr
Apr 15, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington8 hr
Apr 24, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Polk and 1 more7 hr
Apr 25, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Sebastian7 hr
Apr 25, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Little River and 10 more4 hr
Apr 26, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Washington7 hr
Apr 27, 2:46 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi and 2 more7 hr
Apr 27, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 28 more6 hr
Apr 27, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more7 hr
Apr 28, 10:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 40 more8 hr
Apr 28, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot8 hr
Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more7 hr
Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 50 more7 hr
Apr 28, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrittenden, Lee, Phillips, St. Francis4 hr
May 5, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Independence, Izard, Jackson and 17 more5 hr
Jun 7, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Marion, Newton, Searcy7 hr
Jun 13, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington4 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 28, 20266tornado watches
  2. March 7, 20262tornado watches
  3. March 15, 20262tornado watches
  4. April 25, 20262tornado watches
  5. January 8, 20261tornado watches
  6. March 11, 20261tornado watches
  7. April 15, 20261tornado watches
  8. April 24, 20261tornado watches
  9. April 26, 20261tornado watches
  10. April 27, 20261tornado watches
  11. April 29, 20261tornado watches
  12. May 5, 20261tornado watches

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.