Storms in Arkansas in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1971, 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 1971 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
- 84
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 29
- Damage
- $1.9 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 | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 16 | 0 | 29 | $1.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1971
February 1971
March 1971
April 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 22, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 23, 1971
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 27, 1971
- Hail in Arkansas, April 29, 1971
May 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 6, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 10, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 22, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 23, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 24, 1971
June 1971
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 1, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 2, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 6, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 8, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 18, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 27, 1971
- Hail in Arkansas, June 30, 1971
July 1971
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 4, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 14, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 15, 1971
- Hail in Arkansas, July 16, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 19, 1971
- Tornado in Arkansas, July 26, 1971
August 1971
September 1971
December 1971
More
Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Arkansas in 197119701972
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.