Storms in Arkansas in 2020
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 379 | 0 | 0 | $233,000 |
| Hail | 184 | 1 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 144 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Winter Weather | 114 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 112 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 46 | 0 | 31 | $312 million |
| Tropical Storm | 39 | 0 | 0 | $92,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $125,000 |
| Winter Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Tropical Depression | 2 | 0 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| High Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, January 1 to 31, 2020
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 10 to 11, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 10 to 11, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, January 11, 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, January 11, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, January 11 to 31, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, January 16 to 31, 2020
- Winter Weather in Arkansas, January 16 to 17, 2020
- Winter Weather in Arkansas, January 22, 2020
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, January 22 to 24, 2020
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, January 22 to 23, 2020
February 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, February 1 to 29, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, February 4 to 29, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, February 5, 2020
- Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 5 to 6, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, February 9 to 28, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, February 9, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, February 9 to 12, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Arkansas, February 12, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, February 18, 2020
- Flood in Arkansas, February 18 to 19, 2020
- Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 20, 2020
- Flood in Arkansas, February 27 to 29, 2020
March 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, March 1 to 31, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, March 1, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, March 2, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, March 3, 2020
- Wildfire in Arkansas, March 7, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 11, 2020
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, March 11 to 14, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, March 12, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, March 14 to 31, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, March 19 to 31, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, March 19, 2020
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 19, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 19, 2020
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, March 24, 2020
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 28, 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 28, 2020
- Flood in Arkansas, March 31, 2020
April 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, April 1 to 30, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, April 8, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 8 to 12, 2020
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 8, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 12, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 12, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 12, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 12, 2020
- Flood in Arkansas, April 13 to 23, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 19 to 22, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, April 20, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 20, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, April 21 to 30, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 22, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, April 22, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 24, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, April 24, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 24 to 25, 2020
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 28, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 28, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 28, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 28, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, April 29 to 30, 2020
May 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, May 1 to 31, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 3 to 4, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 3, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, May 4, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 4, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 8, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 8, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, May 8 to 31, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 15, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, May 15 to 17, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 15, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 16, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, May 17 to 20, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, May 18 to 31, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, May 21, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, May 21 to 25, 2020
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, May 22 to 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 22, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, May 23 to 31, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 25, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 25, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, May 27, 2020
June 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, June 1 to 30, 2020
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, June 3 to 5, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, June 3, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, June 4, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 5, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 5, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 5, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, June 8, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, June 9, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, June 21 to 23, 2020
- Hail in Arkansas, June 21, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 21, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, June 21 to 22, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 23, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, June 29 to 30, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, June 29, 2020
July 2020
- Flood in Arkansas, July 1 to 21, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 1 to 3, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 1, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arkansas, July 2, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 2, 2020
- Heat in Arkansas, July 3, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 5, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, July 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 9, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 9, 2020
- Heat in Arkansas, July 10 to 16, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arkansas, July 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 11, 2020
- Heat in Arkansas, July 15, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 16, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 30, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 31, 2020
August 2020
- Heavy Rain in Arkansas, August 7, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 11 to 14, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, August 12, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 14, 2020
- Heat in Arkansas, August 16, 2020
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Arkansas, August 26 to 28, 2020
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flood in Arkansas, August 27, 2020
- Tropical Storm in Arkansas, August 27, 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 27, 2020
- Heat in Arkansas, August 28 to 29, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, August 28 to 31, 2020
- Heat in Arkansas, August 29, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arkansas, August 29, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Arkansas, August 29, 2020
- Heat in Arkansas, August 29, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, August 29 to 31, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 29, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 29, 2020
September 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, September 1 to 19, 2020
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, September 1 to 2, 2020
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, September 1, 2020
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, September 1, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 12, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Arkansas, September 23, 2020
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, September 23, 2020
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Arkansas, September 23, 2020
- Flood in Arkansas, September 25 to 27, 2020
October 2020
- Tropical Depression in Arkansas, October 10, 2020
- Tropical Storm in Arkansas, October 10, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 23, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Arkansas, October 28, 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, October 29 to 31, 2020
November 2020
- Flooding in Arkansas, November 1 to 12, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 14, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 14 to 15, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, November 15, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, November 24, 2020
- Flood in Arkansas, November 30, 2020
December 2020
- Flood in Arkansas, December 1 to 2, 2020
- Winter Weather in Arkansas, December 2 to 3, 2020
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, December 13, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, December 13 to 15, 2020
- Strong Wind in Arkansas, December 23, 2020
- Winter Weather in Arkansas, December 30 to 31, 2020
- Flood in Arkansas, December 31, 2020
- Winter Weather in Arkansas, December 31, 2020
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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.