Arkansas

Storms in Arkansas in 2017

1,212 events in 167 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 2017, 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 2017 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
1,212
Deaths
9
Injuries
17
Damage
$61 million
Episodes
167

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 Wind42301$871,000
Hail21900$1.2 million
Flash Flood14420$27 million
Drought10100$50,000
Winter Weather7600
Flood6500$24 million
Heat6200
Tornado41613$8.4 million
Heavy Rain3100
Excessive Heat1700
Strong Wind1300$132,000
Heavy Snow700
Lightning500
Wildfire403$85,000
Funnel Cloud300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill110

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.