165
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
$1.1M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Prairie County, Arkansas: 165 recorded events between 1957 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 87. That places the county #1,377 nationally and #48 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Prairie County, Arkansas: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Prairie County is the 1990s, when 56 of the county's 165 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 Prairie County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 41.3% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,377 for this hazard and #48 within Arkansas, putting it in the 56.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Prairie County with 45 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.
Significant events
Deadliest on record
| Date | Location | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 1996 | DES ARC | 50 | 0 | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 12, 1986 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $0 |
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2025 | THURMAN | 52 | $0 |
| May 24, 2024 | (SGT)STUTTGART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT | 55 | $0 |
| Jan 12, 2024 | (SGT)STUTTGART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT | 63 | $0 |
| Jun 25, 2023 | ULM | 55 | $0 |
| May 15, 2022 | HAZEN | 52 | $0 |
| May 15, 2022 | HAZEN | 61 | $50K |
| May 15, 2022 | DES ARC | 61 | $0 |
| Apr 29, 2020 | ENARC | 61 | $0 |
| Apr 13, 2020 | (SGT)STUTTGART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT | 52 | $0 |
| Apr 13, 2020 | DE VALLS BLUFF | 52 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Prairie County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The roof of the high school was damaged. Part of the roof and the smokestack on a riverboat restaurant were blown off. A large tree and some power lines were blown down. Downtown Des Arc was without power for most of the day.
A wind gust to 82 mph was measured by AWOS at the Stuttgart Municipal Airport. An anemometer atop the terminal building measured a gust to 86 mph. Minor damage occurred at three hangars. The hangar doors were strengthened after a tornado in 2004 and thus did not blow in with this storm. A window was blown out of an SUV parked at the terminal. Near the airport, sheds were destroyed, tin was peeled off a barn, a vehicle was damaged by flying tin, a power pole was broken off, and power lines were blown down.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Prairie County, Arkansas?
165 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Prairie County between 1957 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Prairie County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Prairie County measured 87.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Prairie 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 Prairie County, Arkansas.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/arkansas/prairie-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.