Arkansas

Storm History: Mississippi County, Arkansas

530 episodes, 758 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mississippi 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
758
Deaths
18
Injuries
153
Damage
$36 million
Episodes
530

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
Hail18101$730,000
Tornado1566151$33 million
Thunderstorm Wind10001$657,000
Excessive Heat8000
Flash Flood6320$287,000
Heat4050
Winter Storm3100$103,000
Drought2900
Flood1510$843,000
Winter Weather1510
High Wind1000$125,000
Ice Storm920$21,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800$250,000
Heavy Snow700$2,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Lightning210$5,000
Frost/Freeze200
Strong Wind200$6,000
Funnel Cloud200
Tropical Storm100$60,000
Blizzard100
Dust 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 Mississippi County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Mississippi CountyEvery warning in Mississippi 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.