Headline:
Tornado Watch issued May 5 at 6:16PM CDT until May 6 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Little Rock AR
Event:
Tornado Watch
Urgency:
Future
Effective:
May 5, 2026 - 4:16pm
Expires:
May 5, 2026 - 10:00pm
Description:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 184 IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS
CONWAY FAULKNER PERRY
POPE WHITE YELL
IN EASTERN ARKANSAS
JACKSON LAWRENCE WOODRUFF
IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
CLEBURNE INDEPENDENCE IZARD
NEWTON SEARCY SHARP
STONE VAN BUREN
IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
PIKE
IN WESTERN ARKANSAS
JOHNSON LOGAN MONTGOMERY
POLK SCOTT
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ASH FLAT, AUGUSTA, BATESVILLE, BEEBE,
BOONEVILLE, CALICO ROCK, CAVE CITY, CLARKSVILLE, CLINTON, CONWAY,
COTTON PLANT, DANVILLE, DARDANELLE, FAIRFIELD BAY, GLENWOOD,
HARDY, HEBER SPRINGS, HORSESHOE BEND, HOXIE, JASPER, LESLIE,
MARSHALL, MCCRORY, MELBOURNE, MENA, MORRILTON, MOUNT IDA,
MOUNTAIN VIEW, MURFREESBORO, NEWPORT, NORMAN, OLA, OXFORD, PARIS,
PERRYVILLE, RUSSELLVILLE, SEARCY, WALDRON, WALNUT RIDGE,
AND WESTERN GROVE.
Area Description:
Cleburne, AR; Conway, AR; Faulkner, AR; Independence, AR; Izard, AR; Jackson, AR; Johnson, AR; Lawrence, AR; Logan, AR; Montgomery, AR; Newton, AR; Perry, AR; Pike, AR; Polk, AR; Pope, AR; Scott, AR; Searcy, AR; Sharp, AR; Stone, AR; Van Buren, AR; White, AR; Woodruff, AR; Yell, AR
Forcast Office:
NWS Little Rock AR