Arkansas

Storm History: Poinsett County, Arkansas

448 episodes, 634 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Poinsett 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
634
Deaths
16
Injuries
107
Damage
$69 million
Episodes
448

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
Hail14201$4.0 million
Tornado1398103$61 million
Excessive Heat8200
Thunderstorm Wind6502$1.2 million
Flash Flood5210$571,000
Heat4300$10,000
Winter Storm3111$103,000
Drought2700
Winter Weather1320
Ice Storm710$764,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Flood500$1.2 million
High Wind500$82,000
Heavy Snow500$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Frost/Freeze200
Strong Wind200$6,000
Tropical Storm110$60,000
Blizzard100
Dust Storm100
Heavy Rain120

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 Poinsett County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Poinsett CountyEvery warning in Poinsett 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.