Arkansas

Storms in Arkansas in 2021

982 events in 156 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 2021, 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 2021 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
982
Deaths
3
Injuries
9
Damage
$32 million
Episodes
156

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 Wind20300$213,000
Hail15300$735,000
Heavy Snow11800
Flash Flood11400$968,000
Flood9000$6,000
Heat8100
Winter Weather6600
Winter Storm4100$1.1 million
Tornado4139$29 million
Cold/Wind Chill1900
Excessive Heat1400
Heavy Rain1000
Drought1000
Ice Storm700
Funnel Cloud500
Lightning500
Sleet300
Strong Wind100
Tropical Depression100$1,000

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.