98
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
$2.4M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Phillips County, Arkansas: 98 recorded events between 1961 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 100. That places the county #2,239 nationally and #72 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Phillips County, Arkansas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Phillips County is the 2020s, when 25 of the county's 98 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 Phillips County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 55.1% of all recorded severe weather across 5 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,239 for this hazard and #72 within Arkansas, putting it in the 28.9 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Phillips County with 30 recorded events, while Sep 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 9, 1989 | 0 | 0 | 2 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2025 | HELENA – WEST HELENA | 50 | $10K |
| May 25, 2025 | HELENA – WEST HELENA | 52 | $4K |
| May 25, 2025 | BARTON | 52 | $20K |
| May 17, 2025 | MIDWAY | 52 | $15K |
| May 17, 2025 | MARVELL | 52 | $1K |
| May 1, 2025 | BARTON | 50 | $2K |
| May 1, 2025 | SOUTHLAND | 52 | $0 |
| Apr 3, 2025 | HELENA – WEST HELENA | 52 | $5K |
| Apr 3, 2025 | PRESTON PLACE | 52 | $0 |
| May 22, 2024 | CYPERT | 52 | $0 |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Straight line winds created a thirty mile damage path across Phillips County beginning near County Road 146 northwest of Noy eventually ending in Coahoma County, Mississippi. Near Noy, several trees were blown down and uprooted. A mobile home was also destroyed in this area and several homes sustained damaged. The damage path continued to near Cypert, where several sheds and barns were either heavily destroyed or damaged. Dozens of large trees and power lines were downed or snapped. The damage path then continued east affecting the Gobell, Trenton, and Oneida areas. Rail cars were overturned and crops were damaged in the area. Three miles east of Lakeview, an airport hangar was heavily damaged and dozens of power poles were downed along Highway 44. Dozens of power lines were downed on Highway 20, 8 miles east of Lakeview. The damaging winds then crossed the Mississippi River.
Several mobile homes were destroyed on the west side of West Helena. One mobile home was flipped on the southwest side of a neighborhood on the outskirts of town. The bottom frame of the home struck a tree behind the home 15 feet in the air. The mobile home landed on its roof and was completely destroyed. Cars were damaged by flying debris and trees were also blown down. Another neighborhood southwest of town was damaged as well. In this neighborhood, two mobile homes were flipped. One was blown into another mobile home and a wood house. Power lines and irrigation systems were blown down in the fields between the two neighborhoods. In West Helena, only minor damage was noted to the Junior High School roof and the roof and siding of a few motels. A few storage sheds were blown over but had not been secured to the ground.
Thunderstorm winds caused significant damage to some metal buildings, a house, and some very large trees. The hardwood trees were approximately 3 feet wide. One metal building had a portion of the roof peeled up as well as 2 garage doors blown in. The grain bins behind the metal building sustained dents near the top due to the winds. The house was damaged by one of the large trees falling on top of it. Two mobile homes were damaged as well with their roofs blown off. Additional smaller trees were snapped in the vicinity.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Phillips County, Arkansas?
98 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Phillips County between 1961 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Phillips County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Phillips County measured 100.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Phillips 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 Phillips County, Arkansas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/arkansas/phillips-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.