Storms in Arkansas in 2023

Events

1,510

Deaths

8

Injuries

90

Damage

$263 million

Episodes

202

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.

January 2023

• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 2 to 3, 2023$25,000 · EF1 · 7 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 2 to 3, 20232 injured · $5.0 million · EF1 · 24 events
• Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Arkansas, January 2 to 3, 2023$40,000 · 5 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 2 to 3, 2023$967,000 · EF2 · 15 events
• Flooding in Arkansas, January 3 to 31, 20236 events
• Hail in Arkansas, January 11, 20232 in hail · 3 events
• Hail in Arkansas, January 11, 20230.88 in hail · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, January 18, 2023$165,000 · EF1 · 3 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, January 24 to 25, 202338 events
• Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 24 to 25, 2023$315,000 · 7 events
• Flooding in Arkansas, January 27 to 31, 20233 events
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 29 to 31, 202339 events
• Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 30 to 31, 20236 events
• Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 30 to 31, 202310 events
• Winter Weather in Arkansas, January 30 to 31, 20237 events
• Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 30 to 31, 20232 events

February 2023

• Winter Storm in Arkansas, February 1 to 2, 20232 events
• Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 1 to 2, 20235 events
• Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 1 to 2, 20232 events
• Flooding in Arkansas, February 1 to 28, 20235 events
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Arkansas, February 1 to 2, 202325 events
• Winter Storm in Arkansas, February 1 to 2, 202310 events
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Arkansas, February 8, 202315 events
• Flooding in Arkansas, February 8 to 28, 202313 events
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Arkansas, February 8, 20239 events
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, February 8, 2023$220,000 · 56 kt wind · 3 events
• Flooding in Arkansas, February 8, 20232 events
• Flooding in Arkansas, February 13 to 28, 20232 events
• Hail in Arkansas, February 15, 2023$1,000 · 2 in hail · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, February 15 to 16, 2023$95,000 · 1.75 in hail · 23 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, February 16, 20232 injured · $710,000 · EF2 · 12 events
• Hail in Arkansas, February 16, 20230.88 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Arkansas, February 22, 2023$36,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
• Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Arkansas, February 24, 20233 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, February 26 to 27, 2023$4,000 · 52 kt wind · 6 events

March 2023

• Flooding in Arkansas, March 1 to 31, 202318 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, March 1 to 3, 20231 death · 5 injured · $6.1 million · EF2 · 47 events
• Hail in Arkansas, March 2, 20230.75 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 2, 2023$25,000 · EF1 · 5 events
• Flash Flood and High Wind in Arkansas, March 3, 202352 kt wind · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 11, 20231 in hail · 10 events
• Hail in Arkansas, March 11, 20231.75 in hail · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 12, 2023$303,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
• Flash Flood in Arkansas, March 16, 20231 event
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, March 23 to 24, 20230.75 in hail · 4 events
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 24, 202352 kt wind · 24 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 24, 2023$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
• Flooding in Arkansas, March 24 to 31, 202311 events
• Hail in Arkansas, March 26, 20231 in hail · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 31, 20231 death · 54 injured · $90 million · EF3 · 8 events
• Hail in Arkansas, March 31, 20232 in hail · 5 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 31, 20234 deaths · 26 injured · $150 million · EF3 · 10 events

April 2023

• Flooding in Arkansas, April 1 to 30, 20238 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 5, 20232.5 in hail · 7 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 5, 2023$50,000 · EF0 · 12 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 5, 202352 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 5, 2023$52,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
• Flood in Arkansas, April 6 to 10, 20231 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 15, 2023$803,000 · 2.5 in hail · 31 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 15, 2023$35,000 · 2.5 in hail · 39 events
• Hail in Arkansas, April 15, 20232.75 in hail · 9 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 15, 2023$47,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events
• Hail in Arkansas, April 20, 2023$20,000 · 1.25 in hail · 6 events
• Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, April 20 to 21, 20231.75 in hail · 12 events
• Flooding in Arkansas, April 21 to 27, 20233 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 27, 20231.25 in hail · 5 events

May 2023

• Flooding in Arkansas, May 1 to 8, 20234 events
• Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 7 to 10, 202350 kt wind · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 8, 2023$50,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events
• Hail in Arkansas, May 8 to 9, 20231 in hail · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 10, 2023$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 11 to 12, 202355 kt wind · 9 events
• Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 11, 20231 event
• Tornado in Arkansas, May 11, 2023$40,000 · EF1 · 1 event
• Flooding in Arkansas, May 11 to 27, 20236 events
• Flash Flooding in Arkansas, May 12, 20236 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 14, 202352 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 19, 202361 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 19, 202355 kt wind · 4 events
• Hail in Arkansas, May 27, 20231 in hail · 2 events

June 2023

• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 3, 2023$7,000 · 56 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 3, 2023$30,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 5, 202355 kt wind · 5 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 5, 2023$6,000 · 1.5 in hail · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 5, 2023$20,000 · 1.25 in hail · 4 events
• Hail in Arkansas, June 6, 20230.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 7, 202352 kt wind · 1 event
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, June 8 to 10, 20231 in hail · 6 events
• Hail in Arkansas, June 9, 20230.88 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in Arkansas, June 9, 20230.88 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 10, 202352 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Arkansas, June 11, 20232.75 in hail · 10 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 11, 2023$110,000 · 1.5 in hail · 8 events
• Hail in Arkansas, June 13, 20232.75 in hail · 15 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 13 to 16, 20234 in hail · 83 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 14, 2023$155,000 · 2 in hail · 11 events
• Hail in Arkansas, June 14, 2023$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 14, 20231 in hail · 11 events
• Hail in Arkansas, June 14, 20231.5 in hail · 9 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 14, 2023$1,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 16, 2023$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 17 to 18, 2023$282,000 · 70 kt wind · 7 events
• Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 17 to 18, 2023$2.0 million · EF2 · 14 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 18, 2023$200,000 · EF2 · 33 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 18, 2023$1.5 million · 85 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 18, 2023$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Arkansas, June 18, 20231.75 in hail · 2 events
• Excessive Heat in Arkansas, June 24 to 30, 20239 events
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Arkansas, June 25 to 30, 202322 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, June 25 to 27, 20232 deaths · 1 injured · EF1 · 56 events
• Hail in Arkansas, June 25, 2023$15,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 25, 2023$654,000 · 70 kt wind · 14 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 25, 2023$20,000 · 60 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 26, 20231.5 in hail · 3 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 27, 2023$50,000 · 65 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 27, 2023$5,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
• Excessive Heat in Arkansas, June 28 to 29, 20233 events

July 2023

• Heat in Arkansas, July 1, 20234 events
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Arkansas, July 1 to 2, 202315 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 1 to 5, 20231.75 in hail · 7 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 1, 2023$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Arkansas, July 2, 20231 in hail · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 5, 202356 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 5, 2023$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
• Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 6 to 7, 2023$40,000 · 5 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 6, 2023$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
• Flood in Arkansas, July 8 to 17, 20231 event
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, July 12, 2023$15,000 · EF1 · 21 events
• Flash Flooding in Arkansas, July 12, 2023$14,000 · 2 events
• Heat in Arkansas, July 12 to 13, 20233 events
• Excessive Heat in Arkansas, July 12 to 13, 20233 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 13, 202356 kt wind · 3 events
• Heat in Arkansas, July 13, 20232 events
• Excessive Heat in Arkansas, July 13, 20233 events
• Heat in Arkansas, July 13 to 16, 20236 events
• Heat in Arkansas, July 13 to 18, 20235 events
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Arkansas, July 14, 2023$267,000 · EF1 · 20 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 14 to 18, 202361 kt wind · 12 events
• Heat in Arkansas, July 15, 20234 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 15, 202352 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 15, 2023$78,000 · 58 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 16, 202361 kt wind · 7 events
• Heat in Arkansas, July 17 to 18, 20234 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 17, 2023$10,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event
• Excessive Heat in Arkansas, July 18 to 19, 20239 events
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Arkansas, July 18 to 20, 202325 events
• Excessive Heat in Arkansas, July 18 to 20, 20233 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 18, 2023$25,000 · 56 kt wind · 7 events
• Heat in Arkansas, July 19 to 21, 20239 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 21, 202356 kt wind · 5 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 21, 202361 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 21, 2023$43,000 · 65 kt wind · 3 events
• Flood in Arkansas, July 23 to 24, 20231 event
• Heat in Arkansas, July 27 to 29, 202330 events
• Heat in Arkansas, July 29 to 31, 20235 events
• Heat in Arkansas, July 29 to 31, 20234 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 29 to 31, 2023$125,000 · 61 kt wind · 8 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 30, 202361 kt wind · 1 event
• Excessive Heat in Arkansas, July 31, 20234 events

August 2023

• Excessive Heat in Arkansas, August 1 to 5, 20239 events
• Excessive Heat in Arkansas, August 1 to 4, 20233 events
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Arkansas, August 2 to 5, 202322 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 5, 202365 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 5, 2023$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
• Heat in Arkansas, August 6, 20239 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, August 7 to 11, 20232.5 in hail · 29 events
• Excessive Heat in Arkansas, August 9 to 14, 20239 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 9, 2023$10,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Arkansas, August 11 to 14, 202315 events
• Excessive Heat in Arkansas, August 11 to 13, 20236 events
• Flood in Arkansas, August 11 to 21, 20231 event
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 11, 2023$4,000 · 69 kt wind · 5 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 13, 202361 kt wind · 2 events
• Excessive Heat in Arkansas, August 18 to 27, 20239 events
• Excessive Heat in Arkansas, August 19 to 26, 20237 events
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Arkansas, August 20 to 26, 202321 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 24, 2023$20,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 26, 202356 kt wind · 5 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 27, 202352 kt wind · 1 event

September 2023

• Heat in Arkansas, September 5 to 7, 20239 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 5, 2023$12,000 · 65 kt wind · 5 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 6 to 8, 20231 in hail · 19 events
• Heat in Arkansas, September 6, 20235 events
• Hail in Arkansas, September 6, 20231 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 6, 2023$15,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 8, 2023$2,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 8, 202352 kt wind · 3 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 24, 202361 kt wind · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 24, 202352 kt wind · 1 event

October 2023

• Drought in Arkansas, October 1 to 31, 2023$2.0 million · 2 events
• Drought in Arkansas, October 3 to 31, 20231 event
• Flash Flooding in Arkansas, October 4, 20232 events
• Drought in Arkansas, October 17 to 31, 20232 events

November 2023

• Drought in Arkansas, November 1 to 30, 20232 events
• Drought in Arkansas, November 1 to 30, 20233 events
• Flood in Arkansas, November 3 to 9, 20231 event

December 2023

• Drought in Arkansas, December 1 to 31, 20233 events
• Damaging Wind in Arkansas, December 8, 202361 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail in Arkansas, December 8 to 9, 20231.5 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in Arkansas, December 9, 2023$20,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event
• Drought in Arkansas, December 14 to 31, 20231 event
• Drought in Arkansas, December 21 to 31, 20231 event

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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.