200
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$5.0M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Ouachita County, Arkansas: 200 recorded events between 1955 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 74. That places the county #1,032 nationally and #36 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Ouachita County, Arkansas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Ouachita County is the 2000s, when 62 of the county's 200 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 Ouachita County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 40.2% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,032 for this hazard and #36 within Arkansas, putting it in the 67.0 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
May is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Ouachita County with 39 recorded events, while Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2026 | CAMDEN | 50 | $0 |
| Apr 25, 2026 | CAMDEN | 56 | $0 |
| Apr 3, 2026 | KENT | 52 | $0 |
| Apr 3, 2025 | CAMDEN | 56 | $0 |
| Aug 29, 2024 | CAMDEN ARPT | 61 | $0 |
| Aug 19, 2024 | EAST CAMDEN | 56 | $0 |
| Jul 8, 2024 | EAST CAMDEN | 56 | $0 |
| May 25, 2024 | BARHAM | 56 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2024 | CAMDEN | 56 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2024 | COLLENDALE | 56 | $0 |
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The Camden-Fairview High School had damage at the baseball field, where the bleachers were overturned and the dugouts were destroyed, at the football stadium and weight room, at the band building, and at one of the classroom buildings. Hundreds of trees were blown down. Nine homes were destroyed, nine had major damage, 13 had minor damage, and seven were affected. Many power lines were blown down, including a major transmission line, leaving the entire city without power.
Near the junction of U.S. 79/287 and Arkansas 7, much of the roof of an old motel was blown off, as was part of the back wall of the building. Although the motel was unoccupied, many of the rooms were being used to store furnishings. The roofing material from the motel was blown behind the building, covering Dunning St. with debris, and knocking down power poles and transformers. Some of the debris blew across the street, damaging a vacant house. An occupied motel had some shingles removed from its roof. A number of trees were blown down in the area, including Carnes Park. Trees landed on residences on Mt. Holly Rd., Cherry St., and Cuba Cir. At the sheriff's office, a two-car carport was picked up and thrown, damaging an antique patrol car and some fences. At Camden Fairview High School, the roof was rolled up on an outbuilding.
A cluster of severe thunderstorms moved across northern Ouachita County. The storms tracked from near Chidester to around Bearden, and downed numerous trees along the way. One tree fell on a mobile home at Chidester. The storms also pruduced torrential rainfall, with flooding reported later in the evening.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Ouachita County, Arkansas?
200 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Ouachita County between 1955 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Ouachita County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Ouachita County measured 74.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Ouachita 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 Ouachita County, Arkansas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/arkansas/ouachita-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.