Carroll County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Carroll County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jan 26, 2009Ice Storm, Carroll$17.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Upper level disturbances passing through the Southern Plains resulted in precipitation development north of a stationary arctic front located in North Texas. Freezing rain began across the area during the early afternoon hours of the 26th and became more widespread and heavy through the afternoon and evening hours. The heaviest icing and most widespread power outages and tree damage occurred across portions of Washington, Madison, Benton, and Carroll Counties where one to two inch accumulations were reported. At the height of the storm, 75 percent of electric customers were without power in Benton County and nearly 100 percent were without power in Carroll County. Some remote,…

2. Nov 28, 2001Ice Storm, Carroll$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Surface High Pressure built into the region from the north supplying the cold air at the surface. An upper level storm system out of the southwest supplied the lift for the precipitation. Ice accruals of 1/2 to 1 inch were found across the region. The ice also extended across into Adair County Oklahoma. The ice brought down trees and utility lines/poles across the area. The ice track was fairly narrow due to colder air aloft farther north and west that supported frozen precipitation instead of freezing precipitation.

3. Sep 14, 2008High Wind, Carroll$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane Ike made landfall near Galveston, Texas around 2 am cdt on 9/13 and moved northward across northern Texas to near Tyler and then northeastward into Arkansas near Ozark during the early morning hours of the 14th. The combination of a cold front passing into the region and the proximity of the tropical storm to the area resulted in high winds across much of northwest Arkansas. Trees, large tree limbs, and power lines were blown down. Some trees fell onto and blocked roads while some others fell on homes and businesses. Many areas were without power during the passage of the storm. Localized flash flooding occurred in northwest Arkansas as a result of Ike's rainfall.

4. Oct 8, 2009Flash Flood$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous roads were flooded and closed in and around Metalton, Oak Grove, and Carrollton. Some of these were washed out by flood water. Five houses were evacuated due to flood waters.

5. Apr 23, 2008Flash Flood$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain caused numerous county roads to be washed out. The ends of several bridges were also washed out.

6. Nov 4, 2022Tornado$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This tornado developed southwest of Green Forest and moved into town, damaging trees and power poles. Several poultry barns were damaged or destroyed, three grain bins were toppled, and multiple homes were damaged. It continued northeast of town where trees were uprooted, several homes were damaged, and several poultry barns were damaged. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.

7. Apr 23, 2011Flash Flood$125,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A water rescue was necessary at a home near the intersection of County Road 625 and State Highway 103 due to rising flood water. Portions of County Roads 625 and 621 were washed out by flood water.

8. Aug 8, 2013Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   State Line Drive bridge in Holiday Island was under water and nearly washed out.

9. Apr 23, 2011Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Some homes in the Holiday Island area were damaged from rising flood water.

10. Mar 1, 2007Hail$100,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A broad swath of hail up to golfball size occurred across the northeastern portion of the county. The largest hail reportedly damaged homes and automobiles.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

112°FAug 3, 2011

All-time low

−13°FJan 20, 1985

Warmest night

88°FJul 31, 1986

Coldest day

3°FDec 24, 1983

Wettest day

7.83 inNov 4, 2024

Snowiest day

14.3 inFeb 15, 1993

Hottest year

2012mean 61.7°F

Coldest year

1979mean 55.3°F

Wettest year

197373.77 in

Driest year

196326.75 in

Snowiest season

36.8 in1969-70

Station Harrison Boone County Airport (USW00013971), 1,371 ft elevation, 24.4 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1948 to October 26, 2026; 99.9% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00013971.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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