Winter storm watches are in effect from New Mexico and Texas to Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, from Friday morning through late Saturday night, January 23–24, 2026, with some extending into Sunday afternoon, January 25. Heavy snow, sleet, and ice accumulations are forecast, along with dangerously cold temperatures that will persist into Monday morning, January 26.
A major winter storm will bring widespread snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Plains to the Mid-Atlantic between Friday, January 23, and Sunday, January 25, 2026.
The southern Plains and Ozarks face a severe weather outbreak on September 23, 2025, with the Storm Prediction Center warning of supercells capable of producing tornadoes, very large hail, and damaging winds from eastern Oklahoma and northeast Texas into western Arkansas. Storms are expected to intensify this afternoon and evening (local time), with tornado potential maximized across northeastern Oklahoma into western Arkansas.
Severe thunderstorms swept across northwest Arkansas on August 28, 2025, causing over a dozen crashes along the I-49 near Fayetteville and two crashes in the River Valley.
An EF-1 tornado touched down in Van Buren, Arkansas, on June 6, 2025. The brief but intense storm caused significant structural damage and one injury.
Over a dozen tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Nebraska on Monday, May 19, 2025, destroying multiple homes and leaving over 100 000 customers without power as it downed trees and power lines in the affected areas.
A tornado touched down in Lonoke County, Arkansas, on Sunday, April 20, 2025, causing significant damage and leaving over 1 000 customers without power. At least six tornadoes were reported across five states, downing trees and power lines across the region.
At least 16 people have died as a multi-hazard weather system brought widespread flooding from Texas to Ohio, with the heaviest impacts reported in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas since Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
At least 7 people have been reported dead across the eastern and southern U.S. as a multi-hazard storm spawned over 40 tornadoes from Oklahoma to Ohio on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Life-threatening, catastrophic, and potentially historic flash flood event continues across the Lower Ohio Valley and Mid-South, with rain totals of up to 380 mm (15 inches) forecast for some regions through this week. High Risks of Excessive Rainfall (level 4/4) remain in effect through Saturday.
A powerful tornado barreled through Lake City, Arkansas, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, as severe thunderstorms swept over central and eastern U.S. At least four people were injured in Craighead County, while over 25 000 customers remained without power on Thursday morning.
