Arkansas

Storm History: Washington County, Arkansas

615 episodes, 1,163 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
1,163
Deaths
19
Injuries
862
Damage
$153 million
Episodes
615

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
Hail46423$62 million
Tornado240974$34 million
Flash Flood20820$9.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind13307$619,000
Drought3900
Winter Storm3320$50,000
Heavy Snow1100$5,000
Ice Storm901$46 million
Heat82775
High Wind500$120,000
Flood400$5,000
Excessive Heat410
Wildfire212$50,000
Winter Weather100
Frost/Freeze100
Lightning100$100,000

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 Washington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.