Arkansas storm events
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Arkansas between 1950 and 2025, sourced from NOAA's Storm Events Database.
47,951
Storm events
2,503
Tornadoes
4
Hurricanes
646
Deaths
Significant recent events in Arkansas
Events with deaths, multiple injuries, $1M+ property damage, or EF3+ tornadoes.
This is the second segment of a two segment tornado. The tornado moved into Sebastian County west of Bonanza and moved northeast toward White Bluff. It was weak between Highway 112, across the north side of Bonanza, to just west of Highway 71, with mostly small trees uprooted and…
A tree fell on a mobile home at this location of southwestern Little Rock leading to one fatality.
The tornado moved into Craighead county and intensified as it crossed I-555, snapping utility poles along Highway 463 and derailing a train on Main Street just southeast of Bay, AR. The tornado snapped additional wooden utility poles along Highway 158 east of Bay and gained stren…
A tornado crossed from northern Craighead County into Greene County and continued northeast where additional tree damage was noted. Some of the gaps in damage indicators over areas that were difficult to access were filled in using Sentinel satellite data. As the tornado approach…
The Boone-Marion County tornado began just to the west of Bellefonte Road, near the intersection of Maxie Camp Road in Boone County, damaging trees and a few power poles as it crossed the road. A few homes sustained some damage, mainly to their roofs and the southern and southeas…
The Boone-Marion County tornado continued into Marion County from Boone County, paralleling just south of US Highway 62, near Pyatt. Marion County EM reported three fatalities from this tornado. Extensive tree damage was observed across several county roads, and a few mobile home…
The Briarcliff Tornado continued in Baxter County from Marion County and moved through a small residential area along the White River, pulling siding and shingles off houses in addition to causing significant tree damage. The tornado continued eastward, further expanding in width…
This is the second segment of a two-segment tornado. The tornado intensified and widened as it moved into Benton County, across Coon Hollow Road and Carlton Drive, where homes and outbuildings were destroyed and tree damage was extensive. Several homes were destroyed and trees we…
This was an anticyclonic tornado that was occurring simultaneously with another strong tornado northwest of Decatur. This tornado developed just west of WPA Road, south of Falling Springs Road. It moved southeast destroying outbuildings, snapping numerous trees and power poles, a…
This tornado developed along SE Walton Blvd, west of SE Dodson Road. It quickly widened as it crossed I-49 moving to the southeast. The tornado continued to widen as it turned east, then east-northeast, crossing S Dixieland Road and Highway 94 at over 1.5 miles wide. It moved nor…
A kayaker launched into Little Sugar Creek in Bella Vista, and was drowned in the dangerously high and fast water flow. Search and rescue efforts recovered his body on the 28th, when the water flow became safe enough to deploy boats to aid in the search, which up until then had o…
A swimmer went into Little Sugar Creek in Bella Vista, and was drowned in the dangerously high and fast water flow. Search and rescue efforts recovered her body on the 28th, when the water flow became safe enough to deploy boats to aid in the search, which up until then had only …
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees, one of which fell through a manufactured home, killing one of its occupants.
Strong thunderstorm wind damaged hundreds of homes, blew down numerous power poles, and uprooted many trees in a broad swath from northwest of Bentonville, across much of Bentonville, to near Little Flock.
One to two inches of rain fell across Poinsett County. Patchy dense fog was also reported.
Counties and zones
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Arkansas (581)
Ashley (538)
Baxter (706)
Benton (1,301)
Benton and Independence (2)
Boone (618)
Boone County Except Southwest (12)
Bradley (359)
Calhoun (374)
Carroll (503)
Central and Eastern Montgomery County (6)
Central and Southern Scott County (6)
Chicot (538)
Clark (743)
Clay (542)
Cleburne (471)
Cleveland (358)
Columbia (620)
Conway (662)
Craighead (861)
Craighead Se (1)
Crawford (931)
Crittenden (534)
Cross (409)
Dallas (426)
Desha (354)
Drew (474)
Eastern, Central and Southern Searcy County Higher Elevations (8)
Faulkner (941)
Franklin (823)
Fulton (422)
Garland (946)
Grant (479)
Greene (552)
Hempstead (705)
Hot Spring (717)
Howard (751)
Independence (674)
Izard (480)
Jackson (600)
Jefferson (777)
Johnson (656)
Johnson County Higher Elevations (4)
Lafayette (579)
Lawrence (538)
Lawrence Srn (1)
Lee (336)
Lincoln (332)
Little River (602)
Logan (536)
Lonoke (960)
Madison (599)
Marion (471)
Miller (750)
Mississippi (739)
Monroe (446)
Montgomery (565)
Nevada (500)
Newton (505)
Newton County Higher Elevations (9)
Newton County Lower Elevations (10)
Northern Montgomery County Higher Elevations (3)
Northern Polk County Higher Elevations (8)
Northern Scott County (2)
Northwest Searcy County Higher Elevations (5)
Northwest Yell County (3)
Ouachita (589)
Perry (526)
Phillips (392)
Pike (536)
Poinsett (610)
Polk (671)
Polk County Lower Elevations (9)
Pope (709)
Pope County Higher Elevations (6)
Prairie (498)
Pulaski (2,056)
Randolph (473)
Saline (958)
Scott (450)
Searcy (451)
Searcy County Lower Elevations (8)
Sebastian (1,175)
Sevier (641)
Sharp (499)
Southeast Polk County Higher Elevations (6)
Southeast Van Buren County (5)
Southern Johnson County (5)
Southern Pope County (9)
Southern and Eastern Logan County (4)
St. Francis (454)
Stone (395)
Union (672)
Van Buren (568)
Van Buren County Higher Elevations (11)
Washington (1,130)
Western and Northern Logan County (5)
White (1,034)
Woodruff (689)
Yell (707)
Yell County Excluding Northwest (5)