Arkansas

Storms in Arkansas in 2022

1,533 events in 201 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Arkansas in 2022, 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 2022 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

Open the live radar over Arkansas

The year

Events
1,533
Deaths
5
Injuries
14
Damage
$26 million
Episodes
201

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 Wind33900$980,000
Hail25100$757,000
Heat17510
Winter Weather15600
Winter Storm13500
Drought10700
Flood8600
Flash Flood7642$256,000
Excessive Heat7300
Tornado46012$24 million
Heavy Rain2300
Cold/Wind Chill1900
Heavy Snow1600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Ice Storm700
Strong Wind500$5,000
Lightning500$15,000
Funnel Cloud400

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.