Logan County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Logan County: 1.
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.

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

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

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. Mar 18, 2008Flash Flood$15.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several roads were impassible across the county. Damage was caused to at least 50 percent of the county's roads. At least three of the county's bridges were damaged. A low spot on Arkansas Highway 109 north of Magazine had water running over it. Arkansas Highway 217 South flooded with water up to the tops of fences around the Petit Jean River. Damage to bridges and roads across the county was estimated at $15 Million.

2. Jan 26, 2009Ice Storm, Logan$10.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   One-half inch of ice was reported at Mount Magazine State Park by 6:00 AM on the 27th. An accident occurred on Arkansas Highway 22 between Midway and New Blaine. The vehicle hit an icy patch of road surface and skidded into a tree.

3. Jun 1, 2008Thunderstorm Wind$2.7 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Six houses suffered major damage, 20 had moderate damage, and 27 had minor damage. Four businesses had major damage, including a car dealership, two shop buildings, and a lumber company. At the car dealership, 37 cars were damaged, primarily due to flying debris and the collapse of three concrete block walls of an adjacent building. Three other businesses suffered moderate damage, and six had minor damage. Many trees were blown down, some of which fell on houses. Arkansas' second-oldest cherry tree was toppled. Many power lines were blown down and about 40 utility poles had to be replaced.

4. Dec 5, 2013Winter Storm, Logan$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Sleet and snow totaled 3.5 inches at Ratcliff (cooperative observer) and 2.2 inches at Booneville (cooperative observer). An ice storm occurred in parts of the county, with trees and power lines knocked down (utility company).

5. Mar 18, 2008Thunderstorm Wind$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   It was reported that 12 to 14 houses and mobile homes were destroyed or rendered unlivable. An outbuilding was blown away on Lowder Road. A home at the intersection of Lowder and Calahan was moved off of its foundation. Most of its roof was removed and the porch was leveled with a portion blown into the road. Trees were blown over at two residences on Arkansas Highway 10. Six hangars, the fuel dispenser, the terminal building and two airplanes at the Booneville Airport were damaged. A roof was blown off a house and a camper trailer was blown into a vehicle. An uninhabited mobile home in a trailer park on Turkey Ridge was also blown over and damaged.

6. Dec 25, 2012Winter Storm, Logan$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Cooperative observers measured 7.1 inches of snow at Booneville, and 6.5 inches at Ratcliff and Subiaco. A CoCoRaHS observer near Scranton measured 4.8 inches.

7. Jan 10, 2020Tornado$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The tornado touched down east of Cove Lake off of Mt. Salem Road where a barn was destroyed. It continued northeast damaging a mobile home along St. Louis Valley Road. After crossing Arkansas Hwy. 109 just west of Midway, the tornado destroyed a mobile home off of Old Military Rd. As it crossed Hwy. 109 again south of Prairie View, chicken houses were destroyed. Homes lost large sections of their roofs along Parks Rd. southeast of Prairie View, but most of their walls remained. Additional outbuildings and chicken houses were damaged or destroyed east of Scranton. Several trees and power lines were blown down along the path. The tornado lifted just north of the Tokalon community.

8. Sep 2, 2008Tropical Depression, Logan$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A few trees and power lines were down. Arkansas Highway 23 was blocked. A golf cart shed in Booneville at the Cherokee Creek Country Club was demolished. A pecan tree on Grove Street in Magazine was toppled.

9. Aug 30, 2012Tropical Depression, Logan$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Although Isaac was a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, it had weakened to a tropical depression by the time it reached Arkansas. Isaac passed through western Arkansas on the evening of the 30th and during the day on the 31st. Positions from the National Hurricane Center and the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center: August 30th at 10 PM (CDT) 95 miles south-southwest of Little Rock, August 31st at 4 AM 95 miles west of Little Rock, August 31st at 10 AM 25 miles northeast of Fort Smith, and August 31st at 4 PM 40 miles east of Joplin, Missouri. Although Isaac had exited Arkansas by the end of the month, some effects, including bands of thunderstorms spiraling in toward its center,…

10. Oct 29, 2009Flash Flood$450,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Arkansas Highway 10 was flooded between Booneville and the Magazine Bridge. Damage to bridges occurred at Marcelle Phillips Park and Veterans Park in Booneville. An aluminum bridge on Earl Prairie Rd. was washed out. Part of Brewer Rd. washed away and a pipe washed out on Goff Rd. Water rose to a depth of more than 3 feet at a feed store in Booneville, causing merchandise to float around in the store. A hardware store also suffered flood damage. Numerous county roads were flooded, especially in the southern half of the county.

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

117°FAug 10, 1936

All-time low

−17°FFeb 12, 1899

Warmest night

90°FJul 10, 1944

Coldest day

9°F2 times, most recently Jan 12, 1918

Wettest day

7.36 inSep 22, 2025

Snowiest day

24.0 inFeb 19, 1921

Hottest year

1927mean 65.8°F

Coldest year

2014mean 57.8°F

Wettest year

201969.51 in

Driest year

196324.17 in

Station Subiaco (USC00036928), 500 ft elevation, 9.1 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1897 to October 27, 2026; 98.7% 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 USC00036928.
• 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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