Arkansas

Storm History: Arkansas County, Arkansas

429 episodes, 587 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Arkansas County, Arkansas: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
587
Deaths
2
Injuries
36
Damage
$107 million
Episodes
429

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado191233$89 million
Hail13700$375,000
Thunderstorm Wind7403$12,000
Flash Flood7200$821,000
Winter Storm2500$195,000
Drought1700
Winter Weather1700
Flood1300$16 million
Ice Storm1000$175,000
Heat900
Heavy Snow500
Strong Wind500$115,000
Heavy Rain300
Funnel Cloud200
High Wind200$250,000
Frost/Freeze200
Excessive Heat200
Tropical Storm100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Arkansas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Arkansas CountyEvery warning in Arkansas County since 1986Every county in Arkansas

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.