Arkansas Storm History: Every Flood, Storm and Heat Wave Since 1950

The worst in Arkansas on the map

The deadliest and costliest episodes on record here, 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 record

Events: 48,967
Deaths: 668
Injuries: 6,933
Damage: $6.7 billion

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.

Every year

Tap a year for every episode 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.

Deaths each year

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	16,540	39	287	$220 million
Hail	12,515	0	52	$247 million
Flash Flood	3,784	68	45	$389 million
Tornado	2,565	413	5,569	$3.6 billion
Winter Weather	2,176	17	15	$3.5 million
Flood	1,901	24	8	$588 million
Drought	1,837	0	0	$9.7 million
Heat	1,802	33	790
Winter Storm	1,569	10	11	$153 million
Excessive Heat	849	7	1
Heavy Rain	486	7	10	$4.9 million
Heavy Snow	471	0	0	$1.4 million
Ice Storm	451	10	1	$1.3 billion
Strong Wind	389	7	6	$15 million
Lightning	387	22	83	$28 million
Frost/Freeze	281	0	0	$300,000
Funnel Cloud	179	0	0
Wildfire	178	1	17	$9.7 million
Cold/Wind Chill	158	4	0	$2.1 million
Tropical Storm	149	1	4	$35 million
High Wind	125	1	4	$7.9 million
Tropical Depression	118	0	3	$52 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	23	1	0	$750,000
Dust Storm	7	2	20	$300,000
Freezing Fog	6	1	7	$65,000
Sleet	5	0	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	4	0	0	$8.4 million
Dense Fog	3	0	0
Debris Flow	3	0	0	$75,000
Dust Devil	3	0	0	$87,000
Blizzard	2	0	0
Waterspout	1	0	0

The deadliest

The costliest

Counties

Every storm event filed in each county, including the zone-filed ones that covered it.

Counties and zones as filed

The places filed most often, as the offices named them.

County or zone	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Pulaski	1,917	26	508	$600 million
Benton	1,234	14	54	$162 million
Sebastian	1,052	21	344	$174 million
Washington	1,045	13	84	$107 million
White	931	62	454	$61 million
Lonoke	855	21	132	$157 million
Saline	850	15	127	$140 million
Faulkner	829	30	538	$322 million
Garland	822	5	69	$55 million
Crawford	792	1	102	$182 million
Franklin	705	3	28	$13 million
Jefferson	669	7	37	$28 million
Craighead	648	42	654	$346 million
Clark	645	9	127	$140 million
Hot Spring	614	2	69	$41 million
Pope	605	9	46	$33 million
Woodruff	604	32	223	$47 million
Howard	601	12	51	$14 million
Yell	600	3	14	$12 million
Miller	582	1	15	$102 million
Independence	565	9	58	$102 million
Hempstead	559	6	22	$18 million
Baxter	558	6	112	$52 million
Johnson	552	5	150	$32 million
Conway	552	8	54	$49 million
Polk	540	4	73	$191 million
Union	522	3	35	$42 million
Mississippi	510	10	153	$35 million
Jackson	506	8	108	$99 million
Madison	503	9	9	$5.6 million
Chicot	500	2	49	$48 million
Ouachita	497	1	24	$18 million
Ashley	491	6	56	$79 million
Arkansas	483	2	34	$104 million
Sevier	472	0	16	$11 million
Columbia	469	4	25	$141 million
Boone	468	2	71	$19 million
Montgomery	456	20	34	$13 million
Van Buren	451	8	136	$79 million
Pike	442	0	8	$10 million
Little River	439	5	12	$22 million
Lafayette	432	1	7	$17 million
Logan	417	1	21	$25 million
Perry	413	1	0	$11 million
Carroll	412	4	67	$2.8 million
Lawrence	406	2	19	$26 million
Prairie	402	7	50	$87 million
Poinsett	402	11	106	$67 million
Grant	381	1	4	$12 million
Sharp	371	3	32	$91 million
Cleburne	370	5	49	$76 million
Drew	370	1	11	$9.0 million
Newton	359	2	4	$12 million
Izard	356	5	61	$40 million
Monroe	354	0	8	$76 million
Scott	349	8	3	$13 million
Greene	347	3	66	$39 million
Nevada	345	1	12	$5.9 million
Randolph	344	3	7	$34 million
Marion	343	10	48	$40 million
Clay	338	4	1	$26 million
Dallas	326	3	11	$11 million
Crittenden	320	6	135	$45 million
Fulton	309	5	32	$11 million
Searcy	306	0	2	$11 million
Calhoun	280	0	1	$12 million
Stone	275	7	18	$48 million
Desha	271	0	34	$58 million
Cleveland	271	0	3	$6.6 million
Bradley	269	8	60	$34 million
Craighead zone	249	4	4	$5.0 million
Mississippi zone	248	8	0	$617,000
Lincoln	244	5	24	$7.1 million
St. Francis	242	8	145	$36 million
Clay zone	234	1	2	$4.3 million
Poinsett zone	232	5	1	$2.0 million
Greene zone	231	0	3	$9.2 million
Phillips zone	230	1	0	$168,000
Crittenden zone	230	2	3	$229,000
St. Francis zone	230	2	0	$164,000
Cross zone	228	0	5	$1.3 million
Lee zone	228	0	0	$105,000
Cross	199	11	60	$164 million
Sevier zone	184	2	2	$205 million
Howard zone	182	0	3	$41 million
Miller zone	180	1	5	$42 million
Phillips	179	0	9	$9.4 million
Little River zone	175	0	0	$40 million
Union zone	172	0	0	$40 million
Hempstead zone	171	0	1	$41 million
Columbia zone	168	0	0	$41 million
Lafayette zone	167	0	0	$40 million
Sebastian zone	166	3	2	$6.8 million
Nevada zone	164	1	0	$40 million
Crawford zone	160	0	0	$1.1 million
Baxter zone	158	2	3	$56 million
Boone zone	157	2	0	$52 million
Pulaski zone	157	16	11	$59 million
Newton zone	155	0	3	$2.6 million
Searcy zone	149	0	0	$52 million
Lawrence zone	143	2	14	$2.0 million
Sharp zone	141	1	1	$54 million
Polk zone	138	0	0	$9.1 million
Marion zone	136	2	1	$62 million
Randolph zone	133	0	1	$2.3 million
Garland zone	132	2	1	$18 million
Franklin zone	129	0	0	$1.2 million
Izard zone	126	2	1	$53 million
Van Buren zone	126	0	2	$29 million
Saline zone	126	1	2	$18 million
Stone zone	125	0	0	$53 million
Fulton zone	124	0	0	$53 million
Jefferson zone	124	3	2	$5.0 million
Lee	123	1	29	$4.4 million
Independence zone	122	0	0	$54 million
Faulkner zone	122	3	7	$20 million
Lonoke zone	121	5	0	$5.8 million
Logan zone	120	0	0	$15 million
Montgomery zone	119	0	0	$5.3 million
Washington zone	118	6	778	$46 million
Conway zone	117	1	4	$15 million
White zone	116	2	2	$21 million
Perry zone	115	0	0	$15 million
Johnson zone	114	1	0	$28 million
Pope zone	114	1	0	$29 million
Hot Spring zone	114	0	1	$7.4 million
Cleburne zone	112	1	2	$30 million
Scott zone	112	1	0	$15 million
Yell zone	112	0	0	$15 million
Clark zone	111	1	0	$3.9 million
Benton zone	110	4	1	$31 million
Drew zone	110	0	0	$2.4 million
Madison zone	109	0	0	$16 million
Jackson zone	108	1	4	$39 million
Dallas zone	108	0	0	$2.4 million
Grant zone	105	1	4	$3.3 million
Pike zone	104	0	0	$2.8 million
Arkansas zone	104	0	2	$3.0 million
Carroll zone	102	1	0	$18 million
Prairie zone	101	1	1	$2.9 million
Ouachita zone	100	0	0	$2.2 million
Woodruff zone	96	0	0	$13 million
Bradley zone	96	2	0	$2.5 million
Calhoun zone	96	0	0	$1.9 million
Monroe zone	95	0	0	$1.8 million
Cleveland zone	94	0	0	$2.6 million
Lincoln zone	92	0	0	$2.2 million
Desha zone	88	0	0	$2.1 million
Ashley zone	58	0	0	$12 million
Chicot zone	55	0	0	$14 million

Every year

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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.