Tornado Risk in Arkansas

All Arkansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index tornado score

Tornado risk — violently rotating columns of air capable of catastrophic local damage — is rated for 75 of 75 Arkansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Pulaski County carries the state's highest tornado score at 99.2, with $42M in expected annual tornado losses.

10 Arkansas counties are rated High or Very High for tornado, and expected annual losses from tornado total roughly $288M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Tornado

#CountyTornado ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Pulaski County
99.2
Very High 0.64 / yr $42M
2 Craighead County
97.7
High 0.55 / yr $18M
3 Faulkner County
97.1
High 0.54 / yr $23M
4 Garland County
96.4
High 0.52 / yr $12M
5 St. Francis County
96.2
High 0.45 / yr $9M
6 Washington County
95.4
High 0.81 / yr $14M
7 Pope County
94.6
High 0.58 / yr $11M
8 Sebastian County
94.2
High 0.38 / yr $10M
9 Jefferson County
92.5
High 0.64 / yr $6M
10 White County
91.9
High 0.85 / yr $7M
11 Jackson County
89.6
Medium 0.50 / yr $4M
12 Independence County
89.2
Medium 0.58 / yr $6M
13 Saline County
89.1
Medium 0.56 / yr $7M
14 Cleburne County
88.8
Medium 0.47 / yr $5M
15 Greene County
87.9
Medium 0.45 / yr $5M
16 Baxter County
86.8
Medium 0.34 / yr $4M
17 Lonoke County
86.2
Medium 0.65 / yr $7M
18 Miller County
84.9
Medium 0.49 / yr $4M
19 Poinsett County
83.9
Medium 0.57 / yr $4M
20 Lawrence County
83.5
Medium 0.43 / yr $3M
21 Van Buren County
82.7
Medium 0.53 / yr $3M
22 Conway County
82.4
Medium 0.43 / yr $3M
23 Crawford County
81.4
Medium 0.46 / yr $4M
24 Yell County
81.1
Medium 0.65 / yr $3M
25 Carroll County
80.1
Medium 0.47 / yr $3M
26 Benton County
79.5
Medium 0.79 / yr $5M
27 Johnson County
78.9
Medium 0.44 / yr $3M
28 Boone County
78.6
Medium 0.39 / yr $3M
29 Phillips County
78.2
Medium 0.46 / yr $2M
30 Randolph County
77.8
Medium 0.45 / yr $3M
31 Sharp County
76.3
Medium 0.41 / yr $2M
32 Stone County
75.0
Medium 0.41 / yr $2M
33 Crittenden County
73.3
Medium 0.44 / yr $2M
34 Hempstead County
72.8
Medium 0.48 / yr $2M
35 Ashley County
72.6
Medium 0.69 / yr $2M
36 Clay County
71.1
Medium 0.50 / yr $2M
37 Arkansas County
70.4
Medium 0.70 / yr $2M
38 Ouachita County
70.1
Medium 0.46 / yr $2M
39 Union County
69.8
Medium 0.73 / yr $2M
40 Mississippi County
69.6
Medium 0.74 / yr $2M
41 Clark County
68.4
Medium 0.52 / yr $2M
42 Hot Spring County
68.3
Medium 0.40 / yr $2M
43 Logan County
65.7
Medium 0.48 / yr $2M
44 Woodruff County
65.7
Medium 0.46 / yr $1M
45 Madison County
65.5
Medium 0.60 / yr $2M
46 Prairie County
65.4
Medium 0.51 / yr $1M
47 Fulton County
64.8
Low 0.34 / yr $1M
48 Franklin County
64.8
Low 0.42 / yr $1M
49 Perry County
64.2
Low 0.43 / yr $2M
50 Lee County
63.6
Low 0.40 / yr $1M
51 Monroe County
63.6
Low 0.44 / yr $1M
52 Sevier County
63.5
Low 0.33 / yr $1M
53 Polk County
63.5
Low 0.51 / yr $1M
54 Drew County
63.1
Low 0.57 / yr $1M
55 Columbia County
62.5
Low 0.56 / yr $1M
56 Cross County
61.5
Low 0.45 / yr $1M
57 Izard County
59.6
Low 0.37 / yr $1M
58 Marion County
55.8
Low 0.40 / yr $966K
59 Desha County
55.6
Low 0.54 / yr $930K
60 Searcy County
55.6
Low 0.43 / yr $1M
61 Little River County
55.2
Low 0.36 / yr $982K
62 Grant County
54.4
Low 0.44 / yr $1M
63 Howard County
53.9
Low 0.33 / yr $898K
64 Lincoln County
53.6
Low 0.38 / yr $984K
65 Bradley County
53.3
Low 0.42 / yr $794K
66 Newton County
51.1
Low 0.53 / yr $760K
67 Chicot County
50.0
Low 0.56 / yr $799K
68 Montgomery County
49.7
Low 0.49 / yr $697K
69 Nevada County
47.3
Low 0.39 / yr $646K
70 Pike County
43.1
Low 0.35 / yr $733K
71 Lafayette County
42.7
Low 0.43 / yr $623K
72 Scott County
41.8
Low 0.59 / yr $824K
73 Cleveland County
40.4
Low 0.39 / yr $548K
74 Dallas County
32.8
Low 0.43 / yr $402K
75 Calhoun County
22.8
Very Low 0.40 / yr $385K

75 Arkansas counties with measurable tornado risk. See the national tornado ranking or all Arkansas counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Arkansas county has the highest tornado risk?

Pulaski County has the highest FEMA tornado risk score in Arkansas at 99.2 (Very High), with $42M in expected annual losses and about 0.64 events per year.

How many Arkansas counties face significant tornado risk?

75 Arkansas counties record measurable tornado risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 10 of them are rated High or Very High.

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