Storms in Arkansas in 1981
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1981, 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 1981 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
- 101
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $1.3 million
- Episodes
- 24
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 | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 12 | 0 | 10 | $1.3 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1981
- Hail in Arkansas, March 4, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 17, 1981
- Hail in Arkansas, March 21, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 29, 1981
April 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 3, 1981
- Hail in Arkansas, April 19, 1981
- Hail in Arkansas, April 20, 1981
May 1981
- Hail in Arkansas, May 9, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 16, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 18, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 23, 1981
- Hail in Arkansas, May 28, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 29, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 30, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 31, 1981
June 1981
July 1981
- Hail in Arkansas, July 20, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 21, 1981
- Hail in Arkansas, July 23, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 25, 1981
September 1981
October 1981
December 1981
More
Every year in ArkansasEvery state in 1981Tornadoes in Arkansas in 198119801982
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.