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Storm events on record through

Arkansas in 1999 Storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims of the year

NCEI has 1,342 storm events on record for Arkansas in 1999.

FEMA has 1 disaster declaration for the state with a date in 1999.

OpenFEMA has 41 NFIP claims with a 1999 year of loss. The NFIP paid $238,914 on these claims.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.

The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on .

This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on . The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.

It is derived from the National Flood Insurance Program system of record, staged in the program's reporting platform and redacted to protect policy holder personally identifiable information.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on . The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

Dates of the data: NCEI storm events through . OpenFEMA disaster declarations through . NFIP claims through .

Storm events of 1999 by hazard

Storm events on record for Arkansas in 1999, by hazard (NCEI)
HazardStorm events in 1999
Hail469
Tornado140
Flood107
Wind531
Winter56
Heat14
Cold1
Lightning19
Other5
All storm events1,342

The counts have the events that NCEI records for a forecast zone.

Counties with a storm event in 1999

Counties of Arkansas with a storm event on record in 1999, in name order
CountyStorm events in 1999
Arkansas County16
Ashley County8
Baxter County12
Benton County35
Boone County16
Bradley County5
Calhoun County5
Carroll County16
Chicot County9
Clark County34
Clay County11
Cleburne County13
Cleveland County14
Columbia County16
Conway County10
Craighead County17
Crawford County53
Crittenden County10
Cross County5
Dallas County18
Desha County1
Drew County8
Faulkner County45
Franklin County22
Fulton County5
Garland County31
Grant County17
Greene County9
Hempstead County19
Hot Spring County41
Howard County23
Independence County25
Izard County6
Jackson County20
Jefferson County20
Johnson County32
Lafayette County11
Lawrence County10
Lee County2
Lincoln County6
Little River County5
Logan County10
Lonoke County33
Madison County19
Marion County8
Miller County20
Mississippi County14
Monroe County17
Montgomery County13
Nevada County12
Newton County9
Ouachita County18
Perry County9
Phillips County6
Pike County22
Poinsett County14
Polk County24
Pope County27
Prairie County15
Pulaski County83
Randolph County7
Saline County36
Scott County17
Searcy County14
Sebastian County67
Sevier County8
Sharp County8
St. Francis County9
Stone County11
Union County8
Van Buren County14
Washington County29
White County38
Woodruff County7
Yell County15

Events of 1999 with a tornado rating, damage, injuries or deaths

Storm events of 1999 in Arkansas with a tornado rating, a damage estimate of $50,000 or more, an injury or a death in the NCEI record, in date order (40 events at most)
DateCountyEvent typeMagnitudeDamage estimateDeathsInjuriesOn record for
BaxterIce Stormnot recordednone10Forecast zone
RandolphThunderstorm Windnot recorded$50 thousand01County
JacksonTornadoF1none01County
PulaskiTornadoF3none372County
WhiteTornadoF3none229County
WhiteTornadoF2none22County
WhiteTornadoF2none12County
St. FrancisTornadoF2$500 thousand09County
FaulknerTornadoF2none07County
PulaskiTornadoF2none06County
JeffersonTornadoF1$2.0 million04County
IndependenceTornadoF2none03County
JacksonTornadoF1none03County
WhiteTornadoF3none02County
LawrenceTornadoF0$10 thousand01County
IndependenceTornadoF2none01County
LonokeTornadoF1none01County
CrossThunderstorm Windnot recorded$75 thousand10County
CrittendenThunderstorm Windnot recorded$15 thousand01County
CrawfordHail4.50 in$800 thousand01County
StoneTornadoF0none02County
FultonTornadoF1none02County
FaulknerHigh Wind40 mphnone03Forecast zone
PopeTornadoF2none02County
CrawfordLightningnot recordednone01County
MississippiLightningnot recordednone10County
WhiteHeatnot recordednone10Forecast zone
JeffersonHeatnot recordednone10Forecast zone
BooneTornadoF1none026County
MississippiHeatnot recordednone20Forecast zone
PulaskiHeatnot recordednone10Forecast zone
FaulknerThunderstorm Wind81 mphnone02County
LonokeHeatnot recordednone10Forecast zone
BradleyHeatnot recordednone10Forecast zone
ClarkHeatnot recordednone10Forecast zone
PulaskiHeatnot recordednone10Forecast zone
MississippiHeatnot recordednone20Forecast zone
MississippiHeatnot recordednone10Forecast zone
ClarkLightningnot recordednone10County
Little RiverThunderstorm Wind81 mph$400 thousand01County

A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record. Deaths and injuries are the direct and indirect counts of NCEI.

FEMA disaster declarations in 1999

Disaster declarations for Arkansas with a date in 1999, with the count of counties that each names
DeclaredNumberTypeIncident typeTitle in the FEMA recordCounties
DR-1266Major disasterSevere StormAR SEVERE WEATHER 1-21-9922

NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026. All years of Arkansas