Sevier storm history
Storm events recorded in Sevier, Arkansas between 1950 and 2025.
641
Total events
22
Tornadoes
188
Hail
35
Floods
2
Deaths
$216.5M
Property damage
Most significant events
Strongest tornadoes, deadliest events, and biggest damage in this county. Up to 50 shown.
Tornado destroyed at least 10 to 12 mobile homes along US-71 just north of De Queen, AR. Numerous trees and powerlines were also uprooted or snapped. There were 7 reported injuries, all in the mobile home park north of Dequeen, Arkansas but none were life threatening. The Arkansa…
Tornado F3 Tornado
Damage path consisted of a few small trees and twigs broken. The tornado rating in the county was only an F0 but the overall intensity was F3 in Bowie County, TX.
A head on collision between 2 vehicles occurred approximately 5 miles north of Dequeen, Arkansas on a snow covered roadway. The collision resulted in one indirect fatality and one indirect injury.
Patchy light freezing rain and freezing drizzle accumulated on area bridges and overpasses across Sevier County during the early morning hours of December 23rd. A few vehicle accidents were reported including one in which a motorists slid off an ice covered bridge near Lockesburg…
After trying to recover from an ice storm two week earlier in the month, another even more devastating ice storm struck all of southwest Arkansas. Freezing rain resulted in ice accumulations ranging from 1/4 inch to as much as 6 inches. After taking a tour of the state, the Gover…
An arctic air mass spilled southward out of the central plains and into the lower Mississippi Valley. This cold, surface air mass was overrun by a warm humid air mass which combined with a strong upper level storm system across west Texas. the result was widespread freezing rain …
Numerous trees and power lines down. Twenty eight (28) homes damaged. A chicken house was destroyed and 30 thousand chickens were contaminated resulting in their destruction.
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A tree was blown down along Highway 71 just south of Gillham.
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An NWS survey team confirmed that a microburst produced a narrow swath of wind damage in the town of Gillham just south of the Kansas City Southern Railway to just east of Highway 71. The damage consisted almost entirely of uprooted hardwood and softwood trees, although a few sof…
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Trees were blown down on East Red Bridge Road just to the southeast of Highway 41.
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Trees were blown down on Johnson Bridge Road just off of Highway 70 W just west of De Queen.
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A large tree limb was blown down across Highway 41 South between De Queen and Horatio.
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Trees downed near U.S. Highway 371 and Liggin Drive east of Lockesburg.
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A tree was blown down on Highway 24 near Wilson Lane.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph touched down just south of of Highway 24 about 2 miles west of Lockesburg, where it caused significant damage to a small shed. The tornado then moved northeast across Highway 24, snapping and uprooting trees and just missin…
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Large branches snapped off of trees in Lockesburg.
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Multiple trees downed on Frog Level Road southeast of Horatio.
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Multiple secondary roads were closed across Sevier County due to flooding.
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Flash flooding reported with high water covering Provo Road.
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Tornado EF1 Tornado
During the early morning hours of May 24th, an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds estimated at 110 mph, first touched down on Beacon Hill Road in rural Central Sevier County, Arkansas between the towns of De Queen and Lockesburg in association with a quasi-linear convective system. …
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A brief landspout tornado was captured on video briefly touching down along Red Colony Road several miles southeast of Lockesburg, where it snapped small branches and tore off a small portion of the roof of a poorly constructed detached exterior carport. A few shingles were also …
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A brief landspout tornado was captured on video briefly touching down along Red Colony Road several miles southeast of Lockesburg, where it snapped small branches and tore off a small portion of the roof of a poorly constructed detached exterior carport. A few shingles were also …
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Hail Hail
Quarter size hail reported along Collin Raye Drive in De Queen.
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Events by year
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | 1 |
| 2024 | 20 | 2 |
| 2023 | 32 | 0 |
| 2022 | 28 | 0 |
| 2021 | 19 | 0 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1 |
| 2019 | 16 | 0 |
| 2018 | 15 | 0 |
| 2017 | 18 | 0 |
| 2016 | 21 | 0 |
| 2015 | 31 | 0 |
| 2014 | 22 | 0 |
| 2013 | 12 | 0 |
| 2012 | 19 | 0 |
| 2011 | 40 | 2 |
| 2010 | 13 | 0 |
| 2009 | 12 | 1 |
| 2008 | 14 | 1 |
| 2007 | 9 | 0 |
| 2006 | 5 | 1 |
| 2005 | 7 | 0 |
| 2004 | 7 | 0 |
| 2003 | 10 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 2 |
| 1999 | 8 | 1 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 34 | 0 |
| 1992 | 17 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 1 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 1 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 2 |
| 1979 | 2 | 1 |
| 1978 | 1 | 1 |
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1975 | 4 | 0 |
| 1974 | 3 | 0 |
| 1973 | 3 | 2 |
| 1971 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | 5 | 0 |
| 1959 | 1 | 0 |
| 1957 | 2 | 0 |
| 1954 | 2 | 2 |