Arkansas

Storm History: Izard County, Arkansas

395 episodes, 482 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Izard 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
482
Deaths
7
Injuries
62
Damage
$93 million
Episodes
395

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
Hail13900$857,000
Thunderstorm Wind8600$35,000
Tornado71561$26 million
Flash Flood5110$642,000
Winter Storm3500$1.4 million
Winter Weather2411
Flood1400$14 million
Drought1200
Ice Storm1000$50 million
Heavy Snow900
Frost/Freeze900
Heat700
Strong Wind600$105,000
Wildfire400
Heavy Rain200
Tropical Storm100
High Wind100$250,000
Excessive Heat100

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 Izard County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Izard CountyEvery warning in Izard 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.