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Tornadoes in Arkansas

Arkansas has recorded 2,090 tornadoes from 1950 through 2025, about 40.8 per year over the last 30 years. They killed 415 people and injured 5,554. April is the most active month.

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Tornadoes per year

96: 28962897: 45974598: 35983599: 1039910300: 37003701: 39013902: 33023303: 61036104: 48044805: 69056906: 23062307: 16071608: 80088009: 43094310: 31103111: 72117212: 19121913: 32133214: 20142015: 20152016: 23162317: 37173718: 34183419: 29192920: 42204221: 32213222: 40224023: 29232924: 48244825: 572557
Arkansas tornadoes per year, 1996–2025
50s: 15350s15360s: 16660s16670s: 26170s26180s: 19180s19190s: 30590s30500s: 44900s44910s: 31710s31720s: 24820s248
Tornadoes per decade (the 2020s are partial)

When tornadoes happen in Arkansas

Jan: 149Jan149Feb: 116Feb116Mar: 282Mar282Apr: 481Apr481May: 394May394Jun: 101Jun101Jul: 69Jul69Aug: 29Aug29Sep: 73Sep73Oct: 87Oct87Nov: 171Nov171Dec: 138Dec138
Tornadoes by month, 1950–2025
EF0: 572EF0572EF1: 862EF1862EF2: 456EF2456EF3: 152EF3152EF4: 31EF431EF5: 0EF5
Tornadoes by (E)F rating

Ratings before February 2007 use the original Fujita (F) scale; later tornadoes use the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. How the EF scale works.

Deadliest tornadoes in Arkansas

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
March 21, 1952F4White County14.6 mi1,760 yd50325
May 15, 1968F4Jackson County20.9 mi250 yd35364
March 21, 1952F4Woodruff County13.1 mi880 yd29180
April 27, 2014EF4Pulaski County41.1 mi1,320 yd16193
April 19, 1968F4Sebastian County2 mi300 yd14270
February 5, 2008EF4Yell County121.8 mi1,320 yd13139
March 1, 1997F4Saline County14 mi1,407 yd1040
March 21, 1952F3Lonoke County16.2 mi10 yd99
December 10, 2021EF4Mississippi County81.2 mi1,800 yd814
March 21, 1952F4Howard County13 mi833 yd79

Strongest tornadoes in Arkansas

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
March 21, 1952F4White County14.6 mi1,760 yd50325
May 15, 1968F4Jackson County20.9 mi250 yd35364
March 21, 1952F4Woodruff County13.1 mi880 yd29180
April 27, 2014EF4Pulaski County41.1 mi1,320 yd16193
April 19, 1968F4Sebastian County2 mi300 yd14270
February 5, 2008EF4Yell County121.8 mi1,320 yd13139
March 1, 1997F4Saline County14 mi1,407 yd1040
December 10, 2021EF4Mississippi County81.2 mi1,800 yd814
April 14, 1996F4Stone County44 mi880 yd735
March 21, 1952F4Howard County13 mi833 yd79

Most recent tornadoes

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
October 18, 2025EF1Hot Spring County0.8 mi100 yd00
June 18, 2025EF1Washington County2.3 mi300 yd00
June 18, 2025EF1Benton County1.7 mi300 yd00
June 18, 2025EF1Benton County3.2 mi800 yd00
June 12, 2025?Prairie County0.4 mi20 yd00
June 12, 2025EF0Pulaski County2.3 mi75 yd00
June 7, 2025EF1Washington County8 mi900 yd00
June 6, 2025EF0Crawford County1.1 mi550 yd00
June 6, 2025EF1Crawford County0.8 mi120 yd01
June 6, 2025EF0Sebastian County1.2 mi250 yd00

Counties with the most tornadoes

CountyTornadoes since 1950Per 1,000 sq mi
Pulaski County103351939314
Lonoke County85285168393.8
White County81202891682.8
Jackson County61249195583.6
Faulkner County61244188562.6
Benton County60183254717
Saline County56200331491.7
Craighead County55201485148.5
Mississippi County52149312638.6
Poinsett County47160593667.5
Arkansas County47122711693.5
Independence County43145772251.3
Conway County41192373188.4
Hot Spring County41172666666.7
Garland County40152802359.9
Union County4099711260.8
Ashley County39109200000
Chicot County39158571428.6
Johnson County39152813918.3
Woodruff County38167952218.4

About this data

Tornado records come from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database of confirmed tornadoes, 1950–2025. Tornadoes that crossed state lines are counted in the state where they began. Counts in the early decades are lower partly because many weak tornadoes went unreported before Doppler radar and storm spotter networks.