Storms in Arkansas in 1956
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1956, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Arkansas in 1956 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 66
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 19
- Damage
- $1.2 million
- Episodes
- 32
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 17 | 1 | 19 | $1.2 million |
| Hail | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1956
February 1956
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, February 14, 1956
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, February 15, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, February 16, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, February 17, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, February 25, 1956
March 1956
April 1956
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 3, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 15, 1956
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 29, 1956
May 1956
- Hail in Arkansas, May 19, 1956
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 25, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 31, 1956
June 1956
July 1956
- Hail in Arkansas, July 6, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 8, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 9, 1956
- Hail in Arkansas, July 17, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 19, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 21, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 31, 1956
August 1956
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 4, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 11, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 15, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 17, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 19, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 30, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 31, 1956
October 1956
November 1956
December 1956
More
Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1956Tornadoes in Arkansas in 195619551957
Sources
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.