Arkansas Strong and Violent Tornadoes
1970-2006
Arkansas Strong and Violent
Tornadoes
1970-2006
| Date | Time | Arkansas
Counties Damage Path Location |
PL (total) |
PW (yards) |
Injuries Fatalities |
Reference |
| 4/2/06 | 629pm | Woodruff/Cross/Crittenden
F3 (Fitzgerald Crossing) 4 SE Morton - 4 W-NW Crawfordsville |
39 | 300y | 5/0 | |
| 4/2/06 | 537pm | Randolph/Greene
F4*
(Lafe/Marmaduke) 3 S Pocahontas - 1 SE Caruthersville MO Moved into Dunklin Co. MO |
45 (67) |
500y | 47/0 | |
| 3/12/06 | 909pm | Benton
F3 (Gentry/Centerton) 1 N Peggs OK - 4 SW Bentonville Moved into AR from Delaware Co. OK |
27 (48) |
500y | 12/0 | |
| 11/27/05 | 609pm | Conway
F3 (Plumerville) 3 SE Morrilton - 1 E Springfield |
15 | 500y | 8/1 | |
| 11/27/05 | 541pm | Perry/Conway
F3 (Cherry Hill) 11 SW Thornburg - 2 SE Oppelo |
21 | 500y | 0/0 | |
| 1/12/05 | 1130pm | Union
F3 (Junction City/Lawson) Junction City - 3 NE Lawson |
24 | 600y | 11/2 | |
| 5/4/03 | 929pm | Faulkner/Lonoke/White/ Woodruff/Cross F3 (Tilton/Pumpkin Bend) 3 SW Saltillo - 2 E-SE Vanndale |
78 | 400y | 9/0 | |
| 12/18/02 | 335pm | Faulkner
F3 1 N Hamlet - 1 E-SE Enola |
10 | 150y | 13/1 | |
| 11/24/01 | 1240am | Ashley
F3 (Wilmot/Parkdale) 2 NE Bastrop LA - 3 E-NE Parkdale Moved into AR from Morehouse Parish LA |
13 (30) |
800y | 11/3 | |
| 2/24/01 | 601pm | DeSha/Arkansas
F3 1 S-SW Reed - 5 NE Snow Lake |
42 | 300y | 0/0 | |
| 5/4/99 | 643pm | Columbia
F3 1 SE Magnolia - 1 NW Village |
9 | 100y | 0/0 | |
| 5/4/99 | 204pm | Little
River/Sevier F3 4 E Mount Vernon TX - 2 S-SW Falls Chapel Moved into AR from Bowie Co. TX |
23 (72) |
200y | 0/0 | |
| 5/4/99 | 1256pm | Crawford/Washington
F3 4 W Short OK - 7 SW Fayetteville Moved into AR from Adair Co. OK |
27 (36) |
400y | 0/0 | |
| 3/5/99 | 716pm | Clark/Pike
F3 (Alpine) 2 SW Kirby - 5 SE Alpine |
23 | 300y | 0/0 | |
| 3/5/99 | 702pm | Van
Buren F3 (Culpepper/Choctaw) 2 S Scotland - Choctaw |
10 | 350y | 0/0 | |
| 1/21/99 | 725pm | White
F3 (Beebe/McRae) 1 SW Beebe - 1 NE McRae |
8 | 1000y | 29/2 | |
| 1/21/99 | 624pm | Saline/Pulaski
F3 (Little Rock/North Little Rock/Sherwood) 4 S Vimy Ridge - Sherwood |
22 | 500y | 72/3 | |
| 1/21/99 | 620pm | White/Independence
F3 3 N Sunnydale - 5 NE Pleasant Plains |
11 | 200y | 3/1 | |
| 1/21/99 | 618pm | Hot
Spring/Grant F3 7 SE Malvern - 3 NW Poyen |
11 | 500y | 0/0 | |
| 1/21/99 | 613pm | Prairie
F3 4 SW Hazen - 3 NW Hazen |
7 | 400y | 0/0 | |
| 1/21/99 | 605pm | Independence/Jackson/Lawrence
F3 2 NE Oil Trough - 1 SW Clover Bend |
31 | 400y | 0/0 | |
| 1/21/99 | 505pm | Clay
F4
4 SE Knobel - 3 SE McDougal |
16 | 400y | 0/0 | |
| 1/21/99 | 502pm | Monroe/St.Francis
F3 (Wheatley) 2 E Clarendon - 4 W Hawkins |
36 | 500y | 9/0 | |
| 1/21/99 | 455pm | Independence
F3 (Oil Trough) 7 SW Oil Trough - 2 SE Cord |
20 | 500y | 3/0 | |
| 1/21/99 | 438pm | White/Independence
F3 (Holly Springs) 2 SW Sunnydale - 3 SE Rosie |
19 | 600y | 2/0 | |
| 1/21/99 | 429pm | Dallas
F3 5 S Princeton - 1 E-SE Bunn |
11 | 500y | 0/0 | |
| 4/16/98 | 250am | Mississippi
F4 (Manila) 1 SW Manila - 3 NE Manila |
5 | 400y | 12/2 | |
| 3/1/97 | 620pm | Mississippi
F4
1 N Lennie - 2 E-SE Rutherford TN Moved into Dyer Co. TN |
20 (45) |
200y | 0/0 | |
| 3/1/97 | 454pm | Woodruff/Cross/Poinsett
F3 (Hickory Ridge) 2 W Patterson - 3 SW Fisher |
16 | 400y | 0/0 | |
| 3/1/97 | 325pm | Saline/Pulaski
F4 (Vimy Ridge/Shannon Hills/ Little Rock(S)/College Station) 5 SE Benton - 3 E-NE Little Rock |
25 | 1500y | 380/16 | |
| 3/1/97 | 323pm | White/Jackson/Independence/Lawrence Craighead/Greene F3 (Jacksonport/Marmaduke) 4 W-SW Velvet Ridge - 2 NE Marmaduke |
69 | 200y | 9/3 | |
| 3/1/97 | 239pm | White
F3 5 SE El Paso - 3 SW Center Hill |
13 | 100y | 5/0 | |
| 3/1/97 | 237pm | Lonoke/White
F3 6 NW Cabot - 3 S Center Hill |
16 | 100y | 0/0 | |
| 3/1/97 | 207pm | Hempstead/Nevada/Clark/Hot
Spring F4 (Arkadelphia/Donaldson) 2 N Hope - 7 E Malvern |
69 | 800y | 100/6 | |
| 5/27/96 | 225pm | Clark/Dallas
F3 (Manning) 3 S-SW Okolona - 2 SE Tulip |
41 | 400y | 0/0 | |
| 4/22/96 | 1215pm | Madison
F3 3 S St.Paul - 2 NE Venus |
15 | 1000y | 6/2 | |
| 4/21/96 | 1118pm | Sebastian/Crawford
F3 (Fort Smith/Van Buren) Fort Smith - 1 S Rudy |
10 | 1000y | 89/4 | |
| 4/14/96 | 710pm | Izard/Stone
F4 (Allison/Sylamore/Melbourne) 4 NW Fox - 3 SE Horseshoe Bend |
44 | 800y | 35/7 | |
| 3/5/96 | 745pm | Izard/Sharp
F3 (Mt.Pleasant/Sidney) 7 SW Melbourne - 3 E-NE Calamine |
36 | 150y | 2/0 | |
| 11/13/93 | 450pm | Polk
F3 (Cove/Hatfield/Mena) 3 W Cove - 3 NE Mena |
20 | 100y | 11/0 | |
| 3/21/91 | 630pm | Boone
F3 (Valley Springs) 1 SW Valley Springs - 3 NE Valley Springs |
4 | 100y | 12/0 | |
| 3/14/90 | 740pm | Dallas
F3 (Fordyce) Fordyce - 2 NE Fordyce |
2 | 200y | 6/1 | |
| 11/15/88 | 936pm | Saline/Pulaski/Lonoke/Prairie
F3 (Scott/Lonoke) 2 S Bingham - 6 S Hayley |
49 | 300y | 60/5 | |
| 11/15/88 | 745pm | Stone
F3 3 SW Fox - 4 E-NE Newnata |
13 | 400y | 4/0 | |
| 11/15/88 | 741pm | Conway/Faulkner/Van
Buren/ Cleburne F3 (Southside/Morgantown) 2 E Cypress Valley - 3 SW Higden |
29 | 400y | 10/1 | |
| 11/15/88 | 628pm | Johnson
F3 (Mt. Olive) 3 SE Clarksville - 9 N Hagarville |
16 | 150y | 9/0 | |
| 1/19/88 | 620am | Ashley
F3 1 E Crossett - 4 N Hamburg |
15 | 600y | 12/0 | |
| 12/14/87 | 940pm | Crittenden
F3 (West Memphis) 4 SW West Memphis - 1 NE Northaven TN Moved into Shelby Co. TN |
21 (25) |
200y | 100/6 | |
| 11/18/85 | 912pm | Marion/Baxter
F3 (Ralph/Rea Valley/Mountain Home) 1 W Ralph - 8 NE Mountain Home |
34 | 400y | 16/3 | |
| 4/23/85 | 310pm | Lafayette
F3 4 E Ida LA - 4 NE Arkana Moved into AR from Bossier Parish LA |
11 (18) |
200y | 0/0 | |
| 11/9/84 | 520pm | Nevada/Ouachita
F3 1 NW Bluff City - 5 NW Red Hill |
6 | 800y | 0/0 | |
| 4/3/84 | 438pm | Craighead/Mississippi
F3 (Hergett) 2 E Otwell - 3 SW Gosnell |
49 | 200y | 2/0 | |
| 3/15/84 | 717pm | Jackson/Poinsett
F4 (Fisher) 1 N Shoffner - 1 NE Fisher |
16 | 400y | 12/5 | |
| 3/15/84 | 540pm | Van
Buren/Cleburne/Independence F4 4 SE Clinton - 1 NE Huff |
48 | 400y | 13/2 | |
| 5/14/83 | 840pm | Arkansas
F3 (Stuttgart) Stuttgart City Limits |
1 | 300y | 0/0 | |
| 5/14/83 | 650pm | Jefferson
F3 1 N White Hall - 4 SW Sherrill |
5 | 100y | 2/0 | |
| 12/24/82 | 612pm | Jackson/Woodruff
F3 5 W-NW McCrory - 5 NE Tupelo |
15 | 300y | 0/1 | |
| 12/24/82 | 600pm | Sharp/Randolph
F3 5 NE Hardy - 7 SE Van Buren MO Moved into Oregon Co. MO |
14 (48) |
400y | 0/0 | |
| 12/24/82 | 528pm | Fulton
AR F3 10 S-SE Mammoth Spring - Van Buren MO Moved into Oregon Co. MO |
12 (55) |
300y | 3/0 | |
| 12/23/82 | 535pm | Saline
F3 (Avilla) 3 W Benton - 3 S Ferndale |
14 | 500y | 0/0 | |
| 12/23/82 | 445pm | Hot
Spring F3 (Central/Malvern) 5 S-SE Donaldson - Near Glen Rose |
23 | 200y | 29/0 | |
| 12/23/82 | 430pm | Faulkner
F3 (Mount Vernon) 4 S-SE Vilonia - Mount Vernon |
17 | 150y | 7/1 | |
| 12/3/82 | 810am | Ouachita/Calhoun
F3 (East Camden) 5 E Camden - Near Eagle Mills |
10 | 300y | 7/0 | |
| 12/2/82 | 830pm | Van
Buren/Stone F3 (Timbo) 4 N Crabtree - Timbo |
23 | 400y | 0/0 | |
| 12/2/82 | 645pm | Sharp
F3 (Highland) 2 E-NE Ash Flat - 1 S Hardy |
9 | 300y | 3/0 | |
| 12/2/82 | 510pm | Faulkner/White/Cleburne
F4 (Rose Bud/Hopewell) 4 S Saltillo - 5 E Heber Springs |
32 | 300y | 7/0 | |
| 12/2/82 | 250pm | Saline/Pulaski
F3 (Alexander) 2 SE Bryant - 3 W-SW Little Rock |
18 | 300y | 53/2 | |
| 12/2/82 | 1236pm | Crawford
F3 3 E Alma - 4 E-NE Alma |
1 | 500y | 0/0 | |
| 4/25/82 | 635pm | Hot
Spring F3 4 S Friendship - 2 E Donaldson |
9 | 800y | 0/0 | |
| 4/2/82 | 700pm | Faulkner
F3 (Conway) Conway - 4 NE Conway |
4 | 400y | 37/2 | |
| 4/2/82 | 620pm | Fulton
F3 5 N Vidette - 7 N-NE Vidette |
2 | 800y | 2/2 | |
| 4/2/82 | 555pm | Hempstead
F3 (Hope) 1 S McNab - 2 E Hope |
18 | 300y | 23/5 | |
| 4/2/82 | 528pm | Boone
F3 (Bergman) Bergman City Limits |
1 | 100y | 5/0 | |
| 4/2/82 | 520pm | Sevier/Howard/Hempstead
F4 (Frog Level) 3 E Horatio - 3 E Blevins |
45 | 200y | 27/3 | |
| 4/2/82 | 440pm | Little
River F3 4 E-NE Clarksville TX - 5 SE Ashdown Moved into AR from McCurtain Co. OK |
30 (55) |
400y | 2/1 | |
| 5/13/81 | 1015pm | Columbia
F3 8 W-SW Magnolia - 7 SE Magnolia |
14 | 400y | 4/0 | |
| 10/17/80 | 1220pm | Drew
F3 2 N Lacey - 5NE Lacey |
2 | 80y | 2/1 | |
| 4/7/80 | 718pm | Johnson
F3 (Clarksville) 2 SW Clarksville - Clarksville |
3 | 1500y | 76/0 | |
| 4/7/80 | 630pm | Faulkner/Pulaski/Lonoke/White
F3 3 S Mayflower - 2 SE McRae |
32 | 800y | 15/0 | |
| 4/11/79 | 1115am | Sevier/Polk/Howard
F3 (Grannis) 1 N Eagletown OK - 10 SE Mena Moved into AR from McCurtain Co. OK |
32 (41) |
400y | 17/0 | |
| 4/8/79 | 735pm | Ashley
F3 (Hamburg) 5 W-NW Hamburg - 12 SE Hamburg |
18 | 1000y | 25/0 | |
| 4/8/79 | 515pm | Ouachita/Calhoun/Bradley
F3 (Camden) 2 W Chidester - 7 SE Hermitage |
62 | 400y | 27/0 | |
| 12/3/78 | 315pm | Union
F3 14 SW El Dorado - 7 W El Dorado |
7 | 50y | 7/1 | |
| 4/17/78 | 810pm | Pulaski/Lonoke/Prairie/Woodruff/ Monroe F3 (Walker's Corner/Lonoke) 1 N Scott - 5 N Brinkley |
55 | 300y | 7/0 | |
| 1/7/78 | 332pm | Woodruff/St.Francis/Cross
F3 (Wynne) 5 W-SW Hunter - 1 W Parkin |
37 | 150y | 9/1 | |
| 3/29/76 | 325pm | Cleburne
F3 (Drasco/Concord) 3 E Greers Ferry - Concord |
17 | 50y | 6/1 | |
| 3/29/76 | 305pm | Pulaski/Lonoke
F3 (Cabot) 3 NW Jacksonville - Cabot |
17 | 100y | 64/5 | |
| 3/26/76 | 650pm | Woodruff
F3 (Dixie/Wiville) Dixie - Wiville |
9 | 70y | 2/0 | |
| 3/26/76 | 540pm | Yell
F3 (Centerville) Near Danville - 4 E-NE Centerville |
17 | 100y | 4/0 | |
| 2/17/76 | 800pm | Ashley/Chicot
F3 4 SE Wilmot - 3 N Lake Village |
25 | 200y | 46/3 | |
| 3/28/75 | 652pm | Bradley
F4 (Warren) 3 SW Warren - Warren |
4 | 300y | 51/7 | |
| 2/22/75 | 410pm | Pulaski
F3 (Little Rock/North Little Rock) Little Rock - North Little Rock |
14 | 70y | 28/1 | |
| 6/6/74 | 510pm | St.Francis
F3 (Forrest City) Forrest City Limits |
4 | 150y | 112/4 | |
| 5/26/73 | 1130pm | Woodruff/Jackson/Poinsett/Craighead
F4 (Tupelo/Balch/Weiner/Otwell/Jonesboro) 2 NE Augusta - 3 NE Jonesboro |
55 | 200y | 289/3 | |
| 4/20/73 | 945am | Newton/Boone
F3 (Gaither) 3 NE Murray - 4 E Harrison |
9 | 500y | 19/1 | |
| 6/20/72 | 1045pm | Bradley
F3 5 E Ingalls - 4 W-NW Smearny |
3 | 150y | 0/0 | |
| 4/7/72 | 410pm | Craighead
F3 2 N Caraway - 3 NW Milligan Ridge |
2 | 100y | 0/0 | |
| 3/28/72 | 555pm | Union
F3 1 W Urbana - 3 NW New London |
10 | 200y | 4/0 | |
| 12/14/71 | 1130pm | Marion/Baxter
F3 (Cotter/Henderson) 2 W Flippin - Henderson |
13 | 800y | 10/0 | |
| 5/23/71 | 1000pm | Conway
F3 (Plumerville/Hill Creek) 2 SW Plumerville - Hill Creek |
7 | 400y | 4/0 | |
| 11/19/70 | 538pm | Lee
F3 (Oak Forest) 2 SE Moro - Oak Forest |
8 | 400y | 27/0 | |
| 10/8/70 | 200pm | Benton
F3 Damage path info n/a |
7 | 200y | 4/0 | |
| 6/11/70 | 419pm | Washington/Benton
F3 (Springdale) 5 SW Summers - 4 N Springdale |
34 | 300y | 43/1 |
| Year | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total | Arkansas' Strong/Violent Tornado Days |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | March 12, April 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | January 12, November 27 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | May 4 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | December 18 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | February 24, November 24 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1999 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 16 | January 21, March 5, May 4 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | April 16 |
| 1997 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | March 1 |
| 1996 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | March 5, April 14, April 21, April 22, May 27 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | November 13 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | March 21 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | March 14 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | January 19, November 15 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | December 14 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | April 23, November 18 |
| 1984 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | March 15, April 3, November 9 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | May 14 |
| 1982 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 19 | April 2, April
25, December 2, December 23, December 24 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | May 13 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | April 7, October 18 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | April 8, April 11 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | January 7, April 17, December 3 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1976 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | February 17, March 26, March 29 |
| 1975 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | April 23, April 24 |
| 1974 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | June 6 |
| 1973 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | April 20, May 26 |
| 1972 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | March 28, April 7, June 20 |
| 1971 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | May 23, December 14 |
| 1970 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | June 11, October 8, November 19 |
| Total | 90 | 13 | 0 | 103 | Arkansas 1970-2006 |
| Arkansas County 1970-2006 | County Seat | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
| White Co. | Searcy | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Pulaski Co. | Little Rock | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Woodruff Co. | Augusta | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Faulkner Co. | Conway | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Independence Co. | Batesville | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Lonoke Co. | Lonoke | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jackson Co. | Newport | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Saline Co. | Benton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Cleburne Co. | Heber Springs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
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