Arkansas

Storm History: Sevier County, Arkansas

494 episodes, 656 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sevier 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
656
Deaths
2
Injuries
18
Damage
$217 million
Episodes
494

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
Hail20000$335,000
Tornado113015$8.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind11301$2.1 million
Heat5700
Drought5300
Flash Flood4100$205,000
Winter Weather2511$50,000
Excessive Heat1800
Winter Storm1211
Cold/Wind Chill700$125,000
Ice Storm500$205 million
Lightning400$270,000
Flood300$20,000
Heavy Snow200
High Wind100$20,000
Wildfire100$40,000
Strong Wind100$1,000

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 Sevier County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Sevier CountyEvery warning in Sevier 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.