Storms in Arkansas in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1976, 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 1976 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
- 111
- Deaths
- 9
- Injuries
- 124
- Damage
- $30 million
- Episodes
- 33
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 33 | 9 | 124 | $30 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1976
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, February 17, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, February 20, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, February 21, 1976
March 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 4, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 5, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 26, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 29, 1976
April 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 11, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 16, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 20, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 24, 1976
May 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 12, 1976
- Hail in Arkansas, May 14, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 26, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 30, 1976
- Hail in Arkansas, May 31, 1976
June 1976
July 1976
- Tornado in Arkansas, July 2, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 3, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 14, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 21, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 25, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 29, 1976
- Hail in Arkansas, July 31, 1976
August 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 1, 1976
- Tornado in Arkansas, August 14, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 15, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 23, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 25, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 28, 1976
September 1976
More
Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in Arkansas in 197619751977
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.