Storms in Arkansas in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 139
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 59
- Damage
- $49 million
- Episodes
- 26
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 | 67 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 47 | 1 | 59 | $49 million |
| Hail | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1979
March 1979
April 1979
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, April 1, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 8, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 11, 1979
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 23, 1979
May 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 2, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 3, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 11, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 20, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 27, 1979
June 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 20, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 28, 1979
- Hail in Arkansas, June 30, 1979
July 1979
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 1, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, July 9, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 16, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 31, 1979
August 1979
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 19, 1979
- Tornado in Arkansas, August 20, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 21, 1979
September 1979
October 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 3, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 22, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 30, 1979
December 1979
More
Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in Arkansas in 197919781980
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.