Storms in Arkansas in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1968, 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 1968 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
- 112
- Deaths
- 65
- Injuries
- 723
- Damage
- $8.4 million
- Episodes
- 25
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 | 59 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 23 | 65 | 723 | $8.4 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1968
March 1968
April 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 3, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 19, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 22, 1968
- Hail in Arkansas, April 26, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 27, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 28, 1968
May 1968
- Hail in Arkansas, May 7, 1968
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 10, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 13, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 16, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 17, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 25, 1968
June 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 1, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 7, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 11, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 12, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 24, 1968
July 1968
September 1968
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 8, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 16, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 17, 1968
December 1968
More
Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in Arkansas in 196819671969
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.