145
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.2M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Greene County, Arkansas: 145 recorded events between 1957 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 74. That places the county #1,594 nationally and #56 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Greene County, Arkansas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Greene County is the 2000s, when 35 of the county's 145 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 Greene County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 41.8% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,594 for this hazard and #56 within Arkansas, putting it in the 49.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Greene County with 23 recorded events, while Oct 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2026 | PARAGOULD | 70 | $30K |
| Mar 15, 2026 | CENTER HILL | 50 | $2K |
| Mar 15, 2026 | LAFE | 70 | $5K |
| Mar 15, 2026 | BEECH GROVE | 65 | $5K |
| Mar 7, 2026 | PARAGOULD | 50 | $12K |
| Mar 15, 2025 | CLARKS CHAPEL | 65 | $15K |
| Jun 26, 2024 | FINCH | 43 | $5K |
| May 27, 2024 | DELAPLAINE | 52 | $45K |
| May 9, 2024 | MARMADUKE | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 7, 2023 | PARAGOULD | 50 | $2K |
Other hazards here
More from Greene County
- Hail 113
- Flash Flood 40
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A tractor shed was destroyed and a grain elevator was damaged. Pieces of awning at the Oak Grove Middle School were blown off. One house was damaged when a trampoline was blown into in. Several large tree limbs were blown down.
Straight line winds knocked down several large trees in the southern part of Paragould. A very large tree fell on a car near Highway 49 in Paragould about two miles south of Highway 412. Large trees were knocked down city wide.
Straight line winds knocked down trees all across Greene County. The most concentrated area stretched from near Stanford to Center Hill. Two shop buildings were blown over on County Road 217. A barn was damaged on County Road 615 and a tree fell onto a house on County Road 626.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Greene County, Arkansas?
145 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Greene County between 1957 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Greene County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Greene County measured 74.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Greene 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 Greene County, Arkansas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/arkansas/greene-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.