Arkansas

Storm History: Jackson County, Arkansas

466 episodes, 614 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jackson 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
614
Deaths
9
Injuries
112
Damage
$138 million
Episodes
466

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
Tornado1665110$72 million
Hail13801$737,000
Thunderstorm Wind8801$52,000
Flash Flood8100$1.7 million
Flood3510$26 million
Winter Storm3100$2.2 million
Winter Weather2000$60,000
Ice Storm1400$35 million
Drought1100
Heat710
Heavy Snow600
Strong Wind500$100,000
Frost/Freeze300
Excessive Heat200
Tropical Storm100
Lightning120$150,000
High Wind100$250,000
Wildfire100$60,000
Heavy Rain100
Funnel Cloud100
Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Jackson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jackson CountyEvery warning in Jackson 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.