Arkansas

Storm History: Sharp County, Arkansas

412 episodes, 512 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sharp 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
512
Deaths
4
Injuries
33
Damage
$146 million
Episodes
412

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
Tornado107127$64 million
Hail10700$1.6 million
Flash Flood7023$1.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind6901$352,000
Winter Storm3601$2.1 million
Winter Weather3300$60,000
Flood2000$25 million
Drought1400
Heavy Snow900
Ice Storm900$50 million
Frost/Freeze900
Heat700
Wildfire700
Strong Wind500$105,000
Lightning301
Cold/Wind Chill110
Tropical Storm100
Funnel Cloud100
High Wind100$250,000
Excessive Heat100
Freezing Fog100
Heavy Rain100

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 Sharp County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Sharp CountyEvery warning in Sharp 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.