Storms in Arkansas in 1996

1,198 events in 1,161 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Arkansas in 1996 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

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The year

Events: 1,198
Deaths: 12
Injuries: 169
Damage: $329 million
Episodes: 1,161

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	535	0	0	$9.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind	510	0	6	$1.8 million
Flash Flood	45	0	0	$10,000
Tornado	33	11	158	$318 million
Heavy Snow	29	0	0
Lightning	19	0	5	$533,000
Funnel Cloud	9	0	0
Ice Storm	7	1	0	$30,000
Drought	6	0	0
Flood	3	0	0
Winter Storm	2	0	0	$200,000

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Arkansas Every state in 1996 Tornadoes in Arkansas in 1996 Warnings in Arkansas in 1996 1995 1997

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.