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Tornado Watch 184
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 5, 2026, 6:16 PM CDT for 23 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2026, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2026, 11:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 23 counties
Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Logan County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 40%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 60%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 95%
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 1:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 4 more | 119 min |
| May 5, 4:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Independence and 21 more | 113 min |
| May 5, 6:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River and 5 more | 116 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.