Storm History: Baxter County, Arkansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Baxter 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
- 716
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 115
- Damage
- $108 million
- Episodes
- 519
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
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 207 | 0 | 16 | $381,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 131 | 0 | 7 | $219,000 |
| Tornado | 127 | 5 | 87 | $46 million |
| Flash Flood | 91 | 1 | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Winter Weather | 44 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Winter Storm | 43 | 0 | 2 | $3.8 million |
| Drought | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 10 | 1 | 0 | $50 million |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Wildfire | 5 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $5.3 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 2 | 1 | 1 | $250,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Ice Storm, January 26, 2009
- Tornado, November 18, 1985
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Flood, March 18, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2013
- Tornado, March 17, 2008
- Tornado, April 9, 2008
- Flood, May 1, 2011
- Tornado, September 13, 2008
- Tornado, March 30, 1993
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2012
- Tornado, April 24, 2011
- Tornado, December 14, 1971
- High Wind, January 29, 2008
- Flood, April 10, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, March 20, 2012
- Tornado, January 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2014
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 19, 1970
- Hail, June 21, 1990
- Hail, April 2, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2017
- Hail, October 15, 2022
- Hail, April 3, 2014
- Hail, May 12, 1967
- Hail, April 7, 2021
- Hail, September 7, 2012
- Hail, June 30, 2009
- Hail, April 24, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2023
- Hail, May 3, 2020
- Hail, June 3, 2012
- Hail, March 1, 2007
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, December 24, 1982
- Tornado, April 27, 2014
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, December 14, 1971
- Tornado, November 18, 1985
- Tornado, April 30, 2010
- Tornado, April 24, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, April 13, 1967
- Tornado, June 24, 1968
- Tornado, May 7, 1973
- Tornado, May 3, 1979
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, March 15, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Strong Wind, December 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 18, 2025
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2025
- Tornado, January 5, 2025
- Flash Flood, November 4, 2024
- Hail, September 20, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Hail, April 16, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Hail, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, March 1, 2023
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2022
- Tornado, November 4, 2022
- Hail, October 15, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2022
- Tornado, May 2, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2022
- Flash Flood, January 6, 2022
- Hail, October 23, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2021
- Hail, April 7, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2020
- Tornado, November 14, 2020
- Hail, May 3, 2020
- Tornado, March 19, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 11, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2020
- Tornado, January 10, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, November 6, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2018
- Tornado, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2018
- Drought, November 7, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2017
- Hail, July 7, 2017
- Hail, June 30, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2017
- Hail, May 27, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2017
- Tornado, April 29, 2017
- Tornado, April 26, 2017
- Tornado, April 2, 2017
- Tornado, March 29, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2017
- Tornado, March 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, February 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2016
- Hail, July 2, 2016
- Hail, May 9, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2016
- Tornado, December 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2015
- Tornado, April 1, 2015
- Tornado, March 24, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 16, 2014
- Tornado, October 2, 2014
- Tornado, September 17, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2014
- Tornado, June 5, 2014
- Hail, May 15, 2014
- Tornado, April 27, 2014
- Frost/Freeze, April 15, 2014
- Flash Flood, April 13, 2014
- Hail, April 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Wildfire, February 20, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2013
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2013
- Hail, August 5, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2013
- Tornado, May 30, 2013
- Winter Weather, May 3, 2013
- Frost/Freeze, April 25, 2013
- Strong Wind, March 24, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2013
- Ice Storm, February 20, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2012
- Strong Wind, December 20, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 7, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2012
- Heat, August 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 25, 2012
- Drought, June 19, 2012
- Hail, June 3, 2012
- Wildfire, April 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 20, 2012
- Hail, February 29, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2011
- Drought, November 1, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 2011
- Hail, August 2, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Hail, June 28, 2011
- Tornado, June 13, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Tornado, May 20, 2011
- Hail, May 11, 2011
- Tornado, May 1, 2011
- Flood, May 1, 2011
- Tornado, April 24, 2011
- Strong Wind, April 3, 2011
- Hail, March 25, 2011
- Wildfire, March 18, 2011
- Hail, March 4, 2011
- Wildfire, February 13, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2011
- Hail, December 31, 2010
- Strong Wind, December 11, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2010
- Wildfire, August 24, 2010
- Heat, August 19, 2010
- Heat, August 8, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2010
- Tornado, July 11, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2010
- Hail, May 13, 2010
- Tornado, April 30, 2010
- Hail, March 27, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2010
- Tornado, October 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 19, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2009
- Tornado, July 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2009
- Hail, July 13, 2009
- Hail, June 30, 2009
- Hail, June 15, 2009
- Tornado, June 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2009
- Tornado, April 29, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2009
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 26, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 27, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2008
- Tornado, September 13, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2008
- Hail, May 25, 2008
- Hail, April 25, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, April 13, 2008
- Flood, April 10, 2008
- Tornado, April 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, March 31, 2008
- Flood, March 18, 2008
- Tornado, March 17, 2008
- Tornado, March 14, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2008
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2008
- Hail, February 21, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2008
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2008
- High Wind, January 29, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2008
- Strong Wind, December 22, 2007
- Tornado, October 17, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 8, 2007
- Heat, August 7, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2007
- High Wind, April 11, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Hail, March 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, January 13, 2007
- Heavy Rain, December 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, November 14, 2006
- Hail, September 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2006
- Hail, September 22, 2006
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Baxter CountyEvery warning in Baxter 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.