Storms in Arkansas in 1978

Events

125

Deaths

2

Injuries

34

Damage

$14 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.

January 1978

• Hail in Arkansas, January 6, 19781.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, January 7, 19781 death · 9 injured · $2.8 million · F3 · 24 events

March 1978

• Hail in Arkansas, March 13, 19781.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado in Arkansas, March 23, 19781 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 1 event

April 1978

• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 5, 19781 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 17, 197810 injured · $1.5 million · F2 · 10 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 22, 1978$5,000 · F1 · 7 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 24, 197852 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Arkansas, April 30, 19781.75 in hail · 4 events

May 1978

• Tornado in Arkansas, May 1, 19782 injured · $25,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 7, 1978$28,000 · F2 · 9 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 11, 19781.75 in hail · 3 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 12, 19782 injured · $303,000 · F2 · 10 events
• Hail in Arkansas, May 20, 19781 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 29, 197850 kt wind · 1 event

June 1978

• Hail in Arkansas, June 1, 19780.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 6, 1978$25,000 · F1 · 3 events
• Tornadoes in Arkansas, June 8, 1978$250 · F0 · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 18, 19781.75 in hail · 3 events
• Tornado in Arkansas, June 19, 1978F0 · 1 event
• Tornado in Arkansas, June 22, 1978F0 · 1 event
• Hail in Arkansas, June 23, 19781.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado in Arkansas, June 27, 1978F1 · 1 event

July 1978

• Tornado in Arkansas, July 2, 1978$250 · F1 · 1 event
• Tornado in Arkansas, July 4, 1978$3,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Tornado in Arkansas, July 10, 1978$3,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 13, 19781 event
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 14, 19781 event
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 25, 19781 event
• Tornado in Arkansas, July 27, 1978F0 · 1 event

August 1978

• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 11, 19780.75 in hail · 2 events
• Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, August 13, 19783 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 4 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, August 16, 1978$3,000 · F0 · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 25, 19781.25 in hail · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 26, 19781.25 in hail · 2 events
• Tornado in Arkansas, August 29, 1978$250,000 · F1 · 1 event

November 1978

• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 17, 19781 event

December 1978

• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, December 2, 19781 event
• Tornadoes in Arkansas, December 3, 19781 death · 7 injured · $6.8 million · F3 · 12 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, December 31, 19781 event

Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Arkansas in 197819771979

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.