Storms in Arkansas in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1974, 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 1974 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
- 126
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 114
- Damage
- $26 million
- Episodes
- 43
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 | 65 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 4 | 114 | $26 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1974
February 1974
- Hail in Arkansas, February 13, 1974
- Hail in Arkansas, February 14, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, February 21, 1974
March 1974
April 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 1, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 7, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 21, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 22, 1974
May 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 3, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 4, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 8, 1974
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 9, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 14, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 21, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 25, 1974
June 1974
- Hail in Arkansas, June 5, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, June 6, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 7, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 8, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 9, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 11, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 15, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 22, 1974
July 1974
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 9, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 12, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 15, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 21, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 22, 1974
- Hail in Arkansas, July 29, 1974
August 1974
- Hail in Arkansas, August 1, 1974
- Hail in Arkansas, August 13, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 17, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 26, 1974
September 1974
- Hail in Arkansas, September 1, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 11, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 28, 1974
October 1974
November 1974
More
Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1974Tornadoes in Arkansas in 197419731975
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.