Storms in Arkansas in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 306
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $4.6 million
- Episodes
- 49
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 | 223 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hail | 66 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tornado | 17 | 0 | 8 | $4.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1983
March 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 4, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 5, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 26, 1983
April 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 1, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 2, 1983
- Hail in Arkansas, April 5, 1983
- Hail in Arkansas, April 29, 1983
May 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 2, 1983
- Hail in Arkansas, May 7, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 13, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 14, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 18, 1983
- Hail in Arkansas, May 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 23, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 26, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 27, 1983
June 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 3, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 5, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 22, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 28, 1983
- Hail in Arkansas, June 30, 1983
July 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 1, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 2, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 25, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 26, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 31, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 1, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 6, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 8, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 9, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 23, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 24, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 25, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 28, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 29, 1983
September 1983
October 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 4, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 11, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 17, 1983
November 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 3, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 14, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 19, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 23, 1983
December 1983
More
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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.