Storm History: Jefferson County, Arkansas
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jefferson 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
- 793
- Deaths
- 10
- Injuries
- 39
- Damage
- $34 million
- Episodes
- 582
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 | 204 | 1 | 0 | $336,000 |
| Tornado | 201 | 1 | 30 | $10 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 144 | 2 | 4 | $29,000 |
| Flash Flood | 105 | 2 | 2 | $5.3 million |
| Winter Storm | 28 | 0 | 0 | $295,000 |
| Winter Weather | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $300,000 |
| Flood | 13 | 0 | 0 | $17 million |
| Heat | 11 | 2 | 1 | |
| Strong Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | $182,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Heavy Rain | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, May 1, 2011
- Flood, May 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2012
- Tornado, May 14, 1983
- Tornado, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flood, December 23, 2009
- Flood, May 24, 2019
- Flood, March 21, 2008
- Tornado, September 2, 2008
- Tornado, January 22, 2012
- Tornado, September 13, 2008
- Tornado, October 29, 2009
- Tornado, March 17, 2008
- Tornado, May 5, 2009
- Flood, April 10, 2008
- Tornado, December 3, 1978
- Tornado, May 8, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 4, 2014
- Tornado, December 19, 2012
- Tornado, December 20, 2013
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, December 19, 1957
- Tornado, April 3, 1968
- Tornado, December 24, 1982
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- Tornado, November 26, 1965
- Tornado, April 12, 1966
- Tornado, November 19, 1970
- Tornado, January 7, 1978
- Tornado, December 3, 1978
- Tornado, April 25, 1982
- Tornado, May 14, 1983
- Tornado, April 23, 1985
- Tornado, April 24, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Tornado, April 21, 1955
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2026
- Tornado, March 15, 2026
- Tornado, March 7, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2026
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 30, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 18, 2025
- Ice Storm, January 9, 2025
- Hail, August 14, 2024
- Tornado, July 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Hail, May 21, 2024
- Hail, March 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 22, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2024
- Hail, January 11, 2024
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Tornado, June 25, 2023
- Tornado, June 18, 2023
- Hail, June 13, 2023
- Tornado, May 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, March 24, 2023
- Tornado, March 1, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2023
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2022
- Tornado, May 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2022
- Tornado, May 2, 2022
- Tornado, April 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Flash Flood, December 10, 2021
- Hail, September 21, 2021
- Tornado, June 6, 2021
- Tornado, March 24, 2021
- Flash Flood, February 28, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2020
- Hail, April 28, 2020
- Hail, April 8, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2020
- Tornado, January 10, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2019
- Hail, October 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, May 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2019
- Tornado, May 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2018
- Hail, July 11, 2018
- Tornado, April 13, 2018
- Hail, March 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, March 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 28, 2018
- Flash Flood, February 20, 2018
- Tornado, January 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2018
- Flash Flood, December 22, 2017
- Drought, November 14, 2017
- Hail, November 3, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 3, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2017
- Tornado, December 17, 2016
- Hail, July 14, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2016
- Hail, April 11, 2016
- Tornado, March 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, March 9, 2016
- Flash Flood, March 8, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2016
- Flood, January 1, 2016
- Flood, December 26, 2015
- Tornado, December 25, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2015
- Flood, June 1, 2015
- Flood, May 26, 2015
- Tornado, May 24, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2015
- Flood, May 10, 2015
- Tornado, April 19, 2015
- Hail, March 31, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 15, 2015
- Hail, October 10, 2014
- Tornado, October 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2014
- Tornado, June 5, 2014
- Hail, April 24, 2014
- Hail, April 3, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2014
- Tornado, December 20, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 7, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2013
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 2, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Heavy Rain, September 20, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 20, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 30, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2013
- Hail, April 26, 2013
- Tornado, April 10, 2013
- Hail, March 31, 2013
- Strong Wind, March 24, 2013
- Ice Storm, February 20, 2013
- Tornado, January 29, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2012
- Strong Wind, December 20, 2012
- Tornado, December 19, 2012
- Flood, December 4, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 7, 2012
- Heat, September 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2012
- Hail, August 17, 2012
- Heat, August 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 6, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Heat, June 25, 2012
- Drought, June 19, 2012
- Hail, April 30, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2012
- Hail, February 1, 2012
- Tornado, January 22, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2011
- Tornado, September 25, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Tornado, June 13, 2011
- Tornado, May 24, 2011
- Tornado, May 20, 2011
- Flood, May 1, 2011
- Tornado, April 24, 2011
- Flood, April 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2011
- Tornado, April 14, 2011
- Tornado, April 4, 2011
- Wildfire, April 3, 2011
- Strong Wind, April 3, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Drought, March 1, 2011
- Tornado, February 24, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Drought, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Strong Wind, December 11, 2010
- Drought, December 1, 2010
- Drought, November 1, 2010
- Tornado, October 24, 2010
- Drought, October 12, 2010
- Wildfire, October 10, 2010
- Heat, August 19, 2010
- Heat, August 8, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2010
- Heat, July 30, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2010
- Tornado, May 1, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 23, 2009
- Tornado, October 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, October 13, 2009
- Flash Flood, October 8, 2009
- Heavy Rain, October 1, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2009
- Tornado, July 21, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2009
- Tornado, June 12, 2009
- Tornado, May 5, 2009
- Flood, May 4, 2009
- Hail, April 12, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2009
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 26, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2009
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2008
- Tornado, September 13, 2008
- Tornado, September 2, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2008
- Hail, July 4, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 22, 2008
- Flood, April 10, 2008
- Flash Flood, March 31, 2008
- Flood, March 21, 2008
- Tornado, March 17, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2008
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2008
- Tornado, February 5, 2008
- High Wind, January 29, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2008
- Strong Wind, December 22, 2007
- Strong Wind, October 24, 2007
- Tornado, October 17, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2007
- Heat, August 7, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2007
- Hail, May 7, 2007
- Hail, April 13, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2007
- Flash Flood, April 3, 2007
- Tornado, November 10, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2006
- Hail, May 10, 2006
- Hail, May 10, 2006
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Jefferson CountyEvery warning in Jefferson 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.