Friday, Oct 9: Arkansas has no severe risk in the outlook through Sunday.
The Storm Prediction Center's outlook for Arkansas over the next three days, the SevereWX forecast for each Arkansas city we cover, and what a typical severe weather year looks like here.
Arkansas averages 40.8 tornadoes a year (1996–2025), about 8.2 of them rated EF2 or stronger.
55% of them touch down between March and May, and April alone accounts for 21%. The busiest year on record in that span was 1999, with 103.
Storm reports average about 204 for large hail a year (21.2 of them 2 inches or larger) and 342 for damaging wind (2016–2025).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Tornadoes are counted in the state where they began. One storm can produce many reports. spc.noaa.gov