Storms in Arkansas in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 281
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 35
- Damage
- $250,000
- Episodes
- 57
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 | 169 | 2 | 3 | |
| Hail | 109 | 1 | 32 | |
| Tornado | 3 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1986
March 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 10, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 11, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 12, 1986
- Hail in Arkansas, March 13, 1986
- Hail in Arkansas, March 15, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 18, 1986
April 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 3, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 4, 1986
- Hail in Arkansas, April 6, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 7, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 8, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 11, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 14, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 19, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 27, 1986
May 1986
- Tornado in Arkansas, May 1, 1986
- Hail in Arkansas, May 5, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 10, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 12, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 13, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 14, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 15, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 17, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 18, 1986
- Hail in Arkansas, May 23, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 24, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 25, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 28, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 31, 1986
June 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 10, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 17, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 23, 1986
- Hail in Arkansas, June 24, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 27, 1986
July 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 1, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 20, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 21, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 25, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 26, 1986
- Hail in Arkansas, July 27, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 31, 1986
August 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 1, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 2, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 5, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 6, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 7, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 27, 1986
September 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 4, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 11, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 20, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 26, 1986
October 1986
November 1986
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.