Arkansas

Storms in Arkansas in 2020

1,138 events in 164 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 2020, 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 2020 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
1,138
Deaths
2
Injuries
33
Damage
$315 million
Episodes
164

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 Wind37900$233,000
Hail18410$1.9 million
Flash Flood14400$1.2 million
Winter Weather11400
Flood11200
Heat4900
Tornado46031$312 million
Tropical Storm3900$92,000
Heavy Rain2600
Excessive Heat1500
Ice Storm1400$125,000
Winter Storm600
Lightning400
Strong Wind200$5,000
Tropical Depression200$80,000
Wildfire112
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.