Arkansas

Storm History: White County, Arkansas

726 episodes, 1,047 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in White 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
1,047
Deaths
64
Injuries
456
Damage
$82 million
Episodes
726

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
Hail27800$466,000
Tornado25561445$26 million
Thunderstorm Wind14814$1.0 million
Flash Flood14700$6.2 million
Flood9600$29 million
Winter Storm3000$3.8 million
Winter Weather1912$80,000
Drought1500
Ice Storm1200$16 million
Heat1010
Lightning805
Heavy Snow700
Frost/Freeze600
Strong Wind500$160,000
Funnel Cloud200
Excessive Heat200
Heavy Rain200
Wildfire200
Tropical Storm100
High Wind100$250,000
Cold/Wind Chill100

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 White County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in White CountyEvery warning in White 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.