# Tornadoes in Arkansas since 1950: 2,090, #14 in the US (Map + Data) | InstaMaps

> Arkansas has 2,090 tornadoes (2.8% of the US), #14 by count and #9 per person. From NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database. Map to embed, CSV download.

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# Tornadoes in Arkansas since 1950

Arkansas has recorded **2,090 tornadoes since 1950**: 2.8% of the US total of 73,424\. That ranks **#14 by count** and **#9 per person** (67.67 per 100,000 residents) of 51.

## Key takeaways

* Arkansas has recorded 2,090 tornadoes since 1950, 2.8% of the US total of 73,424.
* That ranks #14 of 51 by count and #9 per person (67.67 per 100,000 residents).
* Texas has the most, with 9,610.
* Arkansas’s busiest year was 1999, with 103 tornadoes; it averages 27.5 a year.
* 31 were rated F4/EF4 or stronger.
* Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database, 1950–2025.

#9

national rank (per capita)

2,090

tornadoes

67.67

per 100k residents

## The data

Source: [NOAA Storm Prediction Center Severe Weather Database](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/), 1950–2025\. Each tornado at its touchdown point, in the state NOAA records for it. The rating is F-scale before February 2007 and EF-scale after. The 2025 figures can still be revised.

Licence: U.S. government data: no copyright, free to reuse

[Arkansas: 2,090 rows (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/arkansas.csv)[All of the US (CSV)](/downloads/tornadoes/us.csv)

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## Arkansas tornado history, 1950–2025

### By decade

1950s153

1960s166

1970s261

1980s191

1990s305

2000s449

2010s317

2020s248

### By strength

| F0/EF0  | 572 |
| ------- | --- |
| F1/EF1  | 862 |
| F2/EF2  | 456 |
| F3/EF3  | 152 |
| F4/EF4  | 31  |
| F5/EF5  | 0   |
| Unrated | 17  |

F-scale before February 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Busiest year: 1999 (103).

### The strongest: every F4/EF4 and F5/EF5 in Arkansas, newest first

2025-03-14 · EF42025-03-14 · EF42021-12-10 · EF42014-04-27 · EF42011-05-24 · EF42008-02-05 · EF41999-01-21 · F41998-04-16 · F41997-03-01 · F41997-03-01 · F41997-03-01 · F41997-03-01 · F41997-03-01 · F41996-04-14 · F41984-03-15 · F41984-03-15 · F41982-12-24 · F41982-04-02 · F41975-03-28 · F41973-05-26 · F41968-05-15 · F41968-05-15 · F41968-04-19 · F41968-04-03 · F41965-04-10 · F41957-12-19 · F41952-03-21 · F41952-03-21 · F41952-03-21 · F41952-03-21 · F41952-03-21 · F4

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