< Arkansas Tornado Watch | Effective 05/05/2026 18:45

Arkansas Tornado Watch | Effective 05/05/2026 18:45

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued May 5 at 8:45PM CDT until May 6 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Little Rock AR
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 5, 2026 - 6:45pm
Expires: 
May 5, 2026 - 10:00pm
Description: 
TORNADO WATCH 184 REMAINS VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS CONWAY FAULKNER PERRY POPE WHITE YELL IN EASTERN ARKANSAS JACKSON WOODRUFF IN NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS CLEBURNE INDEPENDENCE VAN BUREN IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS PIKE IN WESTERN ARKANSAS LOGAN MONTGOMERY POLK SCOTT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUGUSTA, BATESVILLE, BEEBE, BOONEVILLE, CLINTON, CONWAY, COTTON PLANT, DANVILLE, DARDANELLE, FAIRFIELD BAY, GLENWOOD, HEBER SPRINGS, MCCRORY, MENA, MORRILTON, MOUNT IDA, MURFREESBORO, NEWPORT, NORMAN, OLA, PARIS, PERRYVILLE, RUSSELLVILLE, SEARCY, AND WALDRON.
Area Description: 
Cleburne, AR; Conway, AR; Faulkner, AR; Independence, AR; Jackson, AR; Logan, AR; Montgomery, AR; Perry, AR; Pike, AR; Polk, AR; Pope, AR; Scott, AR; Van Buren, AR; White, AR; Woodruff, AR; Yell, AR
Forcast Office: 
NWS Little Rock AR