Storms in Arkansas in 1955

Events

65

Deaths

2

Injuries

33

Damage

$3.0 million

Episodes

21

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

February 1955

• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, February 1, 19551 event
• Tornado in Arkansas, February 19, 1955$3,000 · F1 · 1 event

March 1955

• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 20, 19551 injured · $75,000 · F2 · 6 events

April 1955

• Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 4, 1955$25,000 · F2 · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 5, 19551.5 in hail · 7 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 6, 19552 in hail · 4 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 12, 19552 events
• Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 21, 19551 death · 2 injured · $25,000 · F2 · 3 events
• Tornado in Arkansas, April 22, 1955$25,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 23, 19551.5 in hail · 7 events

May 1955

• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 10, 1955$250,000 · F2 · 3 events
• Tornado in Arkansas, May 20, 1955$3,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 23, 19551 event
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 26, 195510 injured · $1.0 million · F3 · 8 events

June 1955

• Tornado in Arkansas, June 10, 1955$250 · F1 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 27, 195560 kt wind · 1 event

July 1955

• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 24, 19551 event

October 1955

• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 12, 19551 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, October 28, 19551 injured · $28,000 · F3 · 3 events

November 1955

• Tornado in Arkansas, November 2, 19555 injured · $25,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Tornadoes in Arkansas, November 15, 19551 death · 14 injured · $1.5 million · F3 · 9 events

Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1955Tornadoes in Arkansas in 195519541956

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.