Storm History: Benton County, Arkansas

Events

1,346

Deaths

18

Injuries

55

Damage

$193 million

Episodes

624

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.

Open the live radar over Benton County

• Flash Flood, May 23, 20114 deaths · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Heat, July 20, 19982 deaths · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 25, 20112 deaths · 0.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 29, 20222 deaths · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 26, 20242 deaths · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 26, 20241 death · 2 injured · $110 million · EF3 · 22 events here
• Tornado, October 20, 20191 death · 1 injured · $6.2 million · EF2 · 8 events here
• Hail, May 2, 20081 death · 1 injured · $200,000 · 61 kt wind · 4 events here
• Heat, August 13, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20121 death · 1 event here
• Lightning, June 13, 20151 death · 1 event here

• Tornado, May 26, 20241 death · 2 injured · $110 million · EF3 · 22 events here
• Ice Storm, January 26, 2009$30 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 12, 200612 injured · $18 million · F3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, October 20, 20191 death · 1 injured · $6.2 million · EF2 · 8 events here
• Flash Flood, August 7, 2013$5.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 30, 19951 injured · $3.5 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 11, 1970$2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 2000$1.2 million · 1 event here
• Hail, April 15, 2001$1.0 million · 86 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 20, 1997$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 2, 2004$1.0 million · 61 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, November 4, 2024$990,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2003$975,000 · 70 kt wind · 6 events here
• Tornado, October 8, 1993$565,000 · F2 · 5 events here
• Hail, April 28, 2026$565,000 · 4 in hail · 18 events here
• Wildfire, August 5, 20111 injured · $500,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 2025$500,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 13, 2008$400,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 4, 2020$400,000 · 5 in hail · 8 events here
• Tornado, December 30, 20102 injured · $275,000 · EF3 · 2 events here

• Hail, May 4, 2020$400,000 · 5 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, June 21, 19904.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 28, 2026$565,000 · 4 in hail · 18 events here
• Flash Flood, March 14, 2024$175,000 · 4 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, June 12, 2009$1,000 · 4 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, November 29, 19913.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 25, 19673.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20113 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 1, 2009$75,000 · 3 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, July 20, 2018$65,000 · 2.75 in hail · 11 events here
• Hail, April 21, 20112.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 13, 20032.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 30, 19942.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 8, 19892.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 21, 19892.75 in hail · 5 events here

• Tornado, May 26, 1973$250,000 · F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 26, 20241 death · 2 injured · $110 million · EF3 · 22 events here
• Tornado, March 24, 19544 injured · $3,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 12, 1961$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 11, 1970$2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 8, 19704 injured · $250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 19, 1970$25,000 · F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 29, 1976F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 15, 1988F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 4, 19991 injured · $25,000 · F3 · 7 events here
• Tornado, March 12, 200612 injured · $18 million · F3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, December 30, 20102 injured · $275,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, October 20, 20191 death · 1 injured · $6.2 million · EF2 · 8 events here
• Tornado, March 20, 1962F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 1, 1968$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Benton County, with its track

• Hail, June 13, 2026$2,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 11, 2026$50,000 · 1.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 8, 20263 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 202652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 5, 20260.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 28, 2026$565,000 · 4 in hail · 18 events here
• Hail, April 27, 20260.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 14, 2026$10,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Hail, March 4, 2026$50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, January 23, 20261 event here
• Drought, January 6, 20261 event here
• Hail, September 20, 2025$20,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, September 17, 202557 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 19, 2025$47,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 20254 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 202565 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 28, 20250.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 2025$500,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 19, 2025EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 18, 2025$75,000 · 1.75 in hail · 11 events here
• Tornado, April 29, 2025$200,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 20, 2025$5,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 18, 2025$70,000 · 1.5 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, April 4, 20252 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, March 14, 2025$30,000 · 1.25 in hail · 15 events here
• Winter Storm, February 18, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, January 9, 20251 event here
• Tornado, November 4, 2024$990,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, September 17, 20241 event here
• Hail, August 18, 20241.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2024$60,000 · 74 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, May 26, 20242 deaths · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 26, 20241 death · 2 injured · $110 million · EF3 · 22 events here
• Hail, May 26, 20241.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 24, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 202465 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 8, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 28, 202465 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 1, 2024$100,000 · EF1 · 8 events here
• Flash Flood, March 14, 2024$175,000 · 4 in hail · 8 events here
• Winter Storm, February 12, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20241 event here
• Hail, January 11, 2024$187,000 · 1 in hail · 8 events here
• High Wind, January 8, 202453 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2023$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 19, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 202361 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 202361 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 14, 2023$27,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 202356 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20232 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 15, 2023$130,000 · 2.5 in hail · 13 events here
• Tornado, April 5, 2023EF0 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, March 23, 20230.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 26, 202352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, February 15, 2023$50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events here
• Winter Storm, January 30, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 2023$25,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Hail, October 12, 20221 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, August 29, 20222 deaths · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, July 19, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 202256 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 20, 20220.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 14, 20221.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, May 5, 202270 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 2, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 13, 20220.88 in hail · 5 events here
• Winter Storm, March 11, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, February 23, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, February 2, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 15, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, December 17, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 21, 202165 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 13, 20211 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, May 27, 2021$75,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 9, 2021$20,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, April 28, 2021$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, March 17, 2021$30,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 14, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, December 13, 20201 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 14, 2020$40,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 202061 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 202065 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 4, 2020$400,000 · 5 in hail · 8 events here
• Tornado, April 24, 2020EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 20, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 19, 20201 event here
• Hail, March 11, 2020$50,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 10, 2020$25,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• High Wind, November 26, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, November 7, 20191 event here
• Tornado, October 20, 20191 death · 1 injured · $6.2 million · EF2 · 8 events here
• Flash Flood, October 6, 2019$85,000 · 12 events here
• Flash Flood, September 26, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, September 24, 20191 event here
• Hail, August 26, 2019$85,000 · 65 kt wind · 8 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2019$25,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 201952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 201970 kt wind · 7 events here
• Hail, June 2, 2019$2,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 29, 2019$2,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, May 20, 2019$25,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 18, 2019$125,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 30, 20191 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, November 30, 2018EF2 · 2 events here
• Hail, October 7, 20181 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 16, 20181 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 9, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 2018$65,000 · 2.75 in hail · 11 events here
• Hail, July 19, 201865 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 201861 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2018$1,000 · 61 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, May 16, 20180.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 3, 2018EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 27, 2018EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, February 24, 20181 event here
• Hail, August 18, 20171.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 201765 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2017$25,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 2, 2017$1,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 1, 2017$2,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 31, 2017$5,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 27, 2017$2,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 18, 2017$45,000 · EF0 · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 28, 2017$61,000 · EF1 · 14 events here
• Tornado, April 25, 2017$6,000 · EF1 · 9 events here
• Hail, April 4, 20171.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20171 event here
• Hail, March 9, 20171.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, March 6, 2017$7,000 · EF1 · 6 events here
• Hail, March 1, 201761 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20171 event here
• Hail, September 16, 2016$5,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 8, 20163 events here
• Hail, July 31, 20161 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 201661 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, July 8, 20161 event here
• Tornado, April 26, 2016$110,000 · EF1 · 7 events here
• Flash Flood, December 26, 20151 in hail · 10 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, December 12, 2015$3,000 · 65 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, November 17, 20151 event here
• Tornado, July 9, 2015$150,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 7, 20154 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 201565 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 20151 event here
• Lightning, June 13, 20151 death · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 201556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 29, 201570 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 28, 2015$35,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 24, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, May 17, 2015$20,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 9, 201570 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 17, 2015$10,000 · 1.25 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, March 25, 2015$130,000 · EF1 · 10 events here
• Hail, March 24, 2015$45,000 · 2 in hail · 6 events here
• Winter Storm, March 4, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, February 27, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, February 15, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, October 9, 20141 injured · 53 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, October 8, 20141.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, October 2, 20141.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, September 17, 2014$2,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 20141 injured · $30,000 · 1 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, June 5, 20142 injured · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 24, 2014$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 13, 2014$1,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 3, 2014$15,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, March 2, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, February 2, 20141 event here
• Winter Storm, January 5, 20141 event here
• Ice Storm, December 20, 20131 event here
• Ice Storm, December 5, 20131 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 12, 2013$5,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 7, 2013$5.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, July 23, 2013$200,000 · 65 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, May 30, 20132 injured · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 20, 2013$140,000 · EF1 · 7 events here
• Flash Flood, May 10, 2013$20,000 · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, April 18, 20136 events here
• Hail, March 30, 20131.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, February 20, 20131 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20131 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20131 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20121 event here
• Tornado, October 13, 20122 injured · $125,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Drought, October 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, September 26, 2012$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2012$41,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2012$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, August 16, 20121 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 12, 20122.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2012$40,000 · 70 kt wind · 8 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20121 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20121 death · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 28, 20121 event here
• Hail, July 26, 20121.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2012$25,000 · 75 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 201270 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, June 19, 20121 event here
• Hail, May 29, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, February 29, 20122.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, October 1, 20111 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20111 event here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 201156 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 8, 20111 in hail · 2 events here
• Wildfire, August 5, 20111 injured · $500,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20111 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 1, 20111 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 201171 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2011$5,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 24, 20111.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20110.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2011$15,000 · 61 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, May 23, 20114 deaths · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 22, 2011$150,000 · EF1 · 12 events here
• Tornado, May 20, 20112 injured · $10,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2011$5,000 · 69 kt wind · 5 events here
• Hail, May 7, 2011$5,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 26, 2011EF0 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, April 25, 20112 deaths · 0.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 22, 2011$50,000 · EF1 · 8 events here
• Hail, April 21, 20112.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 19, 20113 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, February 8, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, February 4, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20111 event here
• Winter Storm, January 20, 20111 event here
• Tornado, December 30, 20102 injured · $275,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 25, 201052 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 201056 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, August 13, 20101 death · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2010$25,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 25, 20101.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Lightning, May 14, 2010$150,000 · 1 event here

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

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.