Arkansas

Storm History: Nevada County, Arkansas

397 episodes, 509 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Nevada 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
509
Deaths
2
Injuries
12
Damage
$46 million
Episodes
397

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
Hail14000$911,000
Tornado91012$4.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind6400$424,000
Heat5800
Flash Flood5210$122,000
Drought3300
Winter Weather2000
Excessive Heat1800
Winter Storm1500
Cold/Wind Chill700$100,000
Ice Storm610$40 million
Heavy Snow200
Dense Fog100
Wildfire100
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 Nevada County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Nevada CountyEvery warning in Nevada 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.