Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas Weather
Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tumbling Shoals, Cleburne County.
Full aviation weather for Tumbling Shoals is published on the Heber Springs Municipal Airport (KHBZ) page, 5 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Tumbling Shoals have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Tumbling Shoals: Batesville Regional Airport (KBVX) 35 km · Mountain View Wilcox Memorial Field (K7M2) 38 km · Holley Mountain Airpark (K2A2) 41 km · Searcy Municipal Airport (KSRC) 42 km · Clinton Municipal Airport (KCCA) 44 km
Conditions reported at KHBZ describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tumbling Shoals specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tumbling Shoals.
About Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas
Tumbling Shoals lies in a landscape of patient hills, their slopes softened by the slow work of water and time, a place where the Arkansas River begins to spread its arms wider, embracing the fertile bottomlands. It lies 39.3 miles north of Cabot, AR (from Cabot, AR: bearing 4°T), and is situated 5.0 miles north-east of Heber Springs. The air here carries a perpetual scent of damp earth and pine, especially after a summer shower, and the light at dusk often settles into a deep, burnished gold that seems to linger on the distant treelines. The terrain itself is a study in gentle transitions, from the higher, wooded ridges that overlook the river to the flatter, more open fields that stretch towards the water's edge, a quiet invitation to settle in and watch the clouds drift by. The history of Tumbling Shoals is deeply entwined with the mighty Arkansas River, a waterway that has shaped its fortunes and its very character. For generations, this was a place of passage, where goods and people moved along the currents, fostering a local economy built on the bounty of the land and the river's generosity. While farming remains a quiet constant, the echoes of earlier industries, perhaps timber or river trade, can still be felt in the weathered barns and the broad, unhurried pace of life. There's a distinct sense of continuity here, a feeling that the past isn't so much buried as it is simply part of the ongoing story of Tumbling Shoals, a story told in the rustling leaves and the steady flow of the water.
Live animated radar for Tumbling Shoals and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Tumbling Shoals, Cleburne County, Arkansas |
| Coordinates | 35.542023°N, 91.96737°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 72581 |
| Area Code | 501 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tumbling Shoals, Arkansas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Tumbling Shoals includes coordinates 35.542023°N, 91.967370°W, situated in Cleburne County. ZIP code 72581. Telephone area code: 501. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
