Storms in Arkansas in 1999

1,343 events in 941 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 1999, 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 1999 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: 1,343
Deaths: 24
Injuries: 187
Damage: $28 million
Episodes: 941

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	523	1	5	$1.5 million
Hail	469	0	0	$66,000
Tornado	140	8	179	$24 million
Flash Flood	82	0	0	$1.7 million
Ice Storm	34	1	0
Flood	25	0	0	$33,000
Lightning	19	2	0	$7,000
Heavy Snow	18	0	0	$20,000
Heat	14	12	0	$10,000
High Wind	8	0	3	$26,000
Funnel Cloud	5	0	0
Winter Storm	4	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	1	0	0
Waterspout	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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September 1999

October 1999

November 1999

High Wind in Arkansas, November 2, 1999$25,000 · 5 events

December 1999

Every year in Arkansas Every state in 1999 Tornadoes in Arkansas in 1999 Warnings in Arkansas in 1999 1998 2000

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.