Storms in Arkansas in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1973, 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 1973 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
- 159
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 396
- Damage
- $9.9 million
- Episodes
- 40
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 | 72 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 54 | 5 | 396 | $9.9 million |
| Hail | 33 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1973
March 1973
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 6, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 9, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, March 10, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 14, 1973
- Hail in Arkansas, March 30, 1973
April 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 19, 1973
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, April 20, 1973
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, April 22, 1973
- Hail in Arkansas, April 23, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 24, 1973
- Hail in Arkansas, April 25, 1973
May 1973
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 1, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 7, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 11, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 19, 1973
- Hail in Arkansas, May 23, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 24, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 25, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 26, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 27, 1973
June 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 2, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 14, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 16, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 19, 1973
July 1973
August 1973
September 1973
October 1973
November 1973
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 20, 1973
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 21, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, November 23, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, November 24, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 26, 1973
December 1973
More
Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1973Tornadoes in Arkansas in 197319721974
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.