Storms in Arkansas in 2005

821 events in 509 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 2005, 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 2005 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: 821
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 36
Damage: $18 million
Episodes: 509

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	325	0	1	$791,000
Hail	293	0	0	$249,000
Tornado	69	3	33	$7.7 million
Tropical Storm	47	0	0	$10,000
Flash Flood	34	1	1	$383,000
Drought	28	0	0
Lightning	8	0	1	$175,000
Flood	4	0	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	4	0	0	$8.4 million
Heavy Snow	2	0	0
Heat	2	0	0
High Wind	2	0	0	$10,000
Winter Storm	2	0	0
Dense Fog	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2005

Every year in Arkansas Every state in 2005 Tornadoes in Arkansas in 2005 Warnings in Arkansas in 2005 2004 2006

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.