Winter Storm Watches in Arkansas
177 winter storm watches since 1986. 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 177
- Busiest year
- 201517 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 8over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carroll County39
- Benton County38
- Madison County38
- Washington County36
- Stone County36
- Izard County35
- Fulton County34
- Marion County34
- Baxter County33
- Sharp County33
- Clay County33
- Greene County33
- Lawrence County33
- Randolph County33
- Independence County29
- Craighead County29
- Cross County29
- Poinsett County29
- Mississippi County29
- Cleburne County28
- Jackson County26
- Crittenden County26
- White County24
- Woodruff County24
- St. Francis County24
- Conway County23
- Garland County23
- Lee County23
- Hot Spring County22
- Lonoke County22
- Prairie County22
- Pulaski County22
- Saline County22
- Faulkner County21
- Jefferson County21
- Perry County21
- Howard County20
- Sevier County20
- Arkansas County20
- Grant County20
32 more counties
- Monroe County20
- Pike County20
- Phillips County20
- Ashley County20
- Chicot County20
- Little River County19
- Clark County19
- Hempstead County18
- Nevada County18
- Lafayette County17
- Columbia County16
- Miller County16
- Union County15
- Bradley County14
- Cleveland County14
- Dallas County14
- Lincoln County14
- Calhoun County13
- Desha County13
- Drew County13
- Ouachita County13
- Van Buren County6
- Johnson County5
- Logan County5
- Newton County5
- Pope County5
- Searcy County5
- Boone County4
- Yell County4
- Polk County4
- Scott County4
- Montgomery County3
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 12:37 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | JAN | Ashley, Chicot | 63 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:43 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MEG | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:26 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LZK | Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 41 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:24 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | SHV | Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more | 70 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:07 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 43 hr |
Nearby
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.