Arkansas

Storms in Arkansas in 2015

1,243 events in 188 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 2015, 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 2015 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
1,243
Deaths
10
Injuries
339
Damage
$46 million
Episodes
188

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 Wind24200$293,000
Hail21902$227,000
Flash Flood21612$1.9 million
Flood18610$34 million
Winter Storm14300$850,000
Winter Weather9900$780,000
Excessive Heat3320
Drought2800$402,000
Tornado21410$5.3 million
Heat190325
Ice Storm1200$1.4 million
Cold/Wind Chill700
Funnel Cloud500
Heavy Rain500
Heavy Snow200
Sleet200
Lightning210
Strong Wind110
High Wind100

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.