Arkansas

Storm History: Perry County, Arkansas

421 episodes, 528 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Perry 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
528
Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Damage
$26 million
Episodes
421

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
Hail11000$352,000
Tornado10110$7.8 million
Flood7700$3.4 million
Flash Flood6700$1.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind6100
Winter Storm2700$2.2 million
Winter Weather2200$20,000
Drought1500
Ice Storm1100$10 million
Heat900
Heavy Snow600
Frost/Freeze500
Strong Wind500$100,000
Wildfire400
Heavy Rain300
Excessive Heat300
Tropical Storm100
High Wind100$250,000

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 Perry County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Perry CountyEvery warning in Perry 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.