Carroll County, Arkansas tornado history

21 tornadoes recorded in or across Carroll County from 1955 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Carroll County

The Storm Prediction Center records 21 tornadoes whose paths touched Carroll County, Arkansas between 1955 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 4 April 1955. The most recent was on 19 May 2025.

  • 21tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 16injuries
  • 333per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Carroll County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0629%
F1 / EF1838%
F2 / EF2524%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating210%

Carroll County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2020s.1950s11960s21970s41990s12000s42010s42020s5

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s2
1970s4
1990s1
2000s4
2010s4
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Apr.Jan1Feb0Mar4Apr6May5Jun0Jul2Aug0Sep0Oct1Nov1Dec1
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar4
Apr6
May5
Jun0
Jul2
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov1
Dec1

Records for Carroll County

  • Strongest: Arkansas tornado4 April 1955, F2, 10.2 miles long
  • Longest path: Arkansas tornado26 April 2017, EF1, 15.7 miles long
  • Most recent: Arkansas tornado19 May 2025, EF1, 4.2 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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