Storms in Arkansas in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 162
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 111
- Damage
- $25 million
- Episodes
- 50
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 | 124 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hail | 36 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tornado | 2 | 6 | 105 | $25 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1987
March 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 16, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 17, 1987
- Hail in Arkansas, March 21, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 23, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 26, 1987
April 1987
May 1987
- Hail in Arkansas, May 2, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 3, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 6, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 15, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 16, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 20, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 23, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 28, 1987
- Hail in Arkansas, May 30, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 31, 1987
June 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 2, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 3, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 14, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 16, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 17, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 19, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 21, 1987
- Hail in Arkansas, June 22, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 23, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 30, 1987
July 1987
- Hail in Arkansas, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 7, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 13, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 29, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 30, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 31, 1987
August 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 1, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 4, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 5, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 12, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 18, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 19, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 27, 1987
September 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 10, 1987
- Hail in Arkansas, September 12, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 13, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 14, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 15, 1987
November 1987
December 1987
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.