179
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
3
Direct injuries
$854K
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Dallas County, Arkansas: 179 recorded events between 1974 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 78. That places the county #1,224 nationally and #45 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Dallas County, Arkansas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Dallas County is the 2000s, when 62 of the county's 179 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Dallas County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 55.8% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,224 for this hazard and #45 within Arkansas, putting it in the 61.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Dallas County with 39 recorded events, while Feb is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2000 | FORDYCE | 50 | 0 | 2 | $0 |
| Jul 17, 1989 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2025 | IVAN | 52 | $0 |
| Apr 30, 2025 | HOLLY SPGS | 56 | $0 |
| Apr 3, 2025 | FORDYCE | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 9, 2024 | SPARKMAN | 52 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2024 | FORDYCE | 61 | $0 |
| Mar 3, 2023 | IVY | 70 | $0 |
| Mar 3, 2023 | COONEY | 74 | $0 |
| Jul 21, 2022 | FORDYCE | 61 | $0 |
| Dec 11, 2021 | TULIP | 52 | $0 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | TULIP | 52 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Dallas County
- Hail 73
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A bow echo caused a swath of wind damage. Hundreds of trees were snapped off or uprooted and many utility lines were knocked down. A vacant house in Manning was crushed by a falling tree and the roofs of two mobile homes were damaged. Southeast of Tulip, the roof of a house was damaged. In Carthage, a falling tree knocked some windows out of a house and crushed a pickup truck, and a metal building had part of its roof removed. At the Fairview community north of Sparkman, a house caught fire after an accident with candles, which were being used to light the house after power lines were knocked down. The house burned to the ground. Boys 2 and 3 years old were killed in the fire and their father suffered burns while trying to rescue them. Power was knocked out to the entire county.
Dozens of trees were blown down in Dalark, blocking virtually every road in the small town. Several of the trees fell on houses and storage sheds, and one crushed a travel trailer. One mobile home was destroyed by a falling tree and another had its roof blown off.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Dallas County, Arkansas?
179 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Dallas County between 1974 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Dallas County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Dallas County measured 78.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Dallas County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Dallas County, Arkansas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/arkansas/dallas-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.