Arkansas

Storms in Arkansas in 2018

1,331 events in 191 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 2018, 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 2018 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
1,331
Deaths
7
Injuries
14
Damage
$20 million
Episodes
191

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 Wind41111$7.5 million
Hail20910$860,000
Flash Flood15004$1.5 million
Winter Weather14442
Flood11400$1.0 million
Heat11400
Excessive Heat5100
Tornado3617$8.9 million
Drought3500
Winter Storm3000
Heavy Snow1400$20,000
Heavy Rain900
Ice Storm500
Funnel Cloud500
Lightning200
Strong Wind200$50,000

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.