Arkansas

Storms in Arkansas in 2009

1,961 events in 222 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 2009, 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 2009 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
1,961
Deaths
21
Injuries
84
Damage
$1.1 billion
Episodes
222

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind63405$3.9 million
Flash Flood397617$65 million
Hail38101$74 million
Flood14720$27 million
Winter Weather11211
Heavy Rain7100
Tornado59454$183 million
Ice Storm4551$794 million
Frost/Freeze3900
Lightning3303$148,000
Winter Storm1910
Strong Wind700
Funnel Cloud500
Wildfire300$120,000
Excessive Heat300
High Wind200$200,000
Debris Flow200
Dust Storm112
Heat110

Every episode, month by month

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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.