Arkansas

Storm History: Jefferson County, Arkansas

582 episodes, 793 events since 1954

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.

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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
Hail20410$336,000
Tornado201130$10 million
Thunderstorm Wind14424$29,000
Flash Flood10522$5.3 million
Winter Storm2800$295,000
Winter Weather2200
Drought2000
Ice Storm1400$300,000
Flood1300$17 million
Heat1121
Strong Wind700$182,000
Heavy Snow600
Lightning312
Heavy Rain300
Frost/Freeze300
High Wind200
Excessive Heat200
Wildfire200
Funnel Cloud100
Cold/Wind Chill110
Tropical Storm100

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 Jefferson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.