Storms in Arkansas in 1959
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1959, 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 1959 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
- 47
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 39
- Damage
- $1.6 million
- Episodes
- 24
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 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 12 | 3 | 39 | $1.6 million |
| Hail | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1959
March 1959
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 5, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 8, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 14, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, March 31, 1959
April 1959
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 1, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 19, 1959
- Hail in Arkansas, April 20, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 27, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 28, 1959
May 1959
- Hail in Arkansas, May 9, 1959
- Hail in Arkansas, May 10, 1959
- Hail in Arkansas, May 13, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 18, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 22, 1959
June 1959
July 1959
August 1959
September 1959
November 1959
More
Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1959Tornadoes in Arkansas in 195919581960
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.