Montgomery County, Arkansas tornado history

19 tornadoes recorded in or across Montgomery County from 1960 to 2018, 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 Montgomery County

The Storm Prediction Center records 19 tornadoes whose paths touched Montgomery County, Arkansas between 1960 and 2018. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 23 December 1982. The most recent was on 13 April 2018.

  • 19tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 36injuries
  • 243per 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 Montgomery County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0421%
F1 / EF11053%
F2 / EF2421%
F3 / EF315%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Montgomery County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 2010s.1960s21970s11980s31990s12000s52010s7

The 2010s only run to 2018, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s1
1980s3
1990s1
2000s5
2010s7
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Apr.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr7May5Jun0Jul0Aug0Sep1Oct1Nov2Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr7
May5
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep1
Oct1
Nov2
Dec1

Records for Montgomery County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Arkansas tornado23 December 1982, F3, 29 injuries, 20 miles long
  • Most recent: Arkansas tornado13 April 2018, EF0, 0.7 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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