NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lake Village, AR
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
13 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Lake Village, Arkansas since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Delta in 2020. Since 1950, 86 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 13
- Tornadoes
- 86
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
10 deaths in all
What the records show for Lake Village
None of the 13 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Lake Village; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1888, a tropical storm with 69 mph winds when its centre passed 29 miles away. The record near Lake Village begins with an unnamed storm in 1860; the most recent system was Delta in 2020, a tropical storm 59 miles away. Of the 13 systems, one has come since 2000. Lake Village has more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than 97% of the 213 Arkansas cities on this site. The highest rating among the 86 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on November 24, 2001, came within 13 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on November 24, 2001, killed 3 people. Of the 86, 9 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 47 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 18. The most recent tornado was on May 20, 2025. Of the 213 Arkansas cities, 64% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Lake Village. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 59 times since 1985, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 213 Arkansas cities, 75% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Lake Village.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Lake Village
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | DeltaOct 10 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1969 | CamilleAug 18 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1965 | BetsySep 11 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1957 | AudreyJun 28 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 17 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 20 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1923 | Unnamed 1923 stormOct 16 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 7 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormSep 21 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1905 | Unnamed 1905 stormSep 30 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1891 | Unnamed 1891 stormJul 7 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 20 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1860 | Unnamed 1860 stormOct 3 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 2 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Lake Village: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lake Village
By decade
- 2020s12
- 2010s10
- 2000s25(3 EF3+)
- 1990s10
- 1980s5
- 1970s16(3 EF3+)
- 1960s4
- 1950s4
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 2001 | F4 | 13 mi | 30.3 mi | 0 / 48 |
| Apr 17, 1978 | F4 | 18 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Nov 24, 2001 | F3 | 21 mi | 30 mi | 3 / 11 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | F3 | 24 mi | 42 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 1979 | F3 | 21 mi | 17.7 mi | 0 / 13 |
| Mar 20, 1976 | F3 | 24 mi | 4.6 mi | 0 / 32 |
| Feb 17, 1976 | F2 | 2 mi | 29.5 mi | 3 / 46 |
| Mar 22, 1953 | F2 | 11 mi | 234.7 mi | 2 / 22 |
| Jan 2, 2023 | EF2 | 10 mi | 42.77 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 11, 2020 | EF2 | 25 mi | 23.38 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jan 11, 2020 | EF2 | in town | 17.66 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jan 11, 2020 | EF2 | 9 mi | 20.51 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 86, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Lake Village
The Storm Prediction Center has 59 hail reports within 10 miles of Lake Village since 1985, made on 46 separate days. Of these, 34 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on January 21, 1999. The most recent report is from May 4, 2024. March and May have the most reports, 14 each.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Lake Village
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Portland, AR, 15 miles southwest of Lake Village at 128 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 53°F and 33°F. February is the wettest at 6.0 inches of precipitation on average and June and September the driest at 3.4 inches; the year adds up to 56.4 inches over 72 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 41% of the year's precipitation (23.4 of 56.4 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 13 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (4); a normal September there has highs of 87°F and 3.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 88 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 52 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.0 inches a year, most of it in January. That 56.4 inches is more than at 79 of the 95 Arkansas stations used on this site (83%). Greenville, MS, 14 miles east, has its own station (Greenville Asos, MS): 48.9 inches a year, 7.5 less than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 53 | 33 | 5.7 | 7 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 57 | 36 | 6.0 | 7 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 65 | 44 | 5.1 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 74 | 52 | 5.7 | 7 | 0.0 |
| May | 82 | 62 | 4.9 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 88 | 69 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 91 | 72 | 4.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 91 | 71 | 3.6 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 87 | 64 | 3.4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 77 | 52 | 4.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 65 | 41 | 4.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 55 | 35 | 5.6 | 6 | 0.1 |
| Year | 74 | 53 | 56.4 | 72 | 1.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Portland, AR (128 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Lake Village
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 93 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lake Village: 77 thunderstorm wind reports, 12 flash floods, 3 floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $18.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on January 11, 2020. Of the 212 Arkansas cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 50 have had fewer than Lake Village.
April 25, 2007: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Lake Village — 1 killed.
NWS: “One fatality occurred on Lake Chicot as 60 MPH winds capsized a boat.”
September 3, 2008: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Lake Village — $16.0 million damage.
NWS: “Persistent heavy rains occurred from weakening Hurricane Gustav and dumped 8 to 12 inches of rain across the county. Agriculture was especially hard hit as all of the farmland was flooded.”
February 24, 2007: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Lake Village — $300,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Lake Village's ZIP code 71653 have filed 106 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $2.5 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Mid-spring storms in 2011: 28 claims (26% of all) and $1.4 million, then Late winter severe storms in 2016 with 19. 52% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 103 Arkansas cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 78 have fewer than Lake Village.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-spring storms2011 | 28 | $1.4 million |
| Late winter severe storms2016 | 19 | $383,000 |
Chicot County, which includes Lake Village, has been named in 18 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1973, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 severe storms, 4 floods, 3 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 3, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Chicot County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.9 million a year, the 55th highest of 75 Arkansas counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.2 million (47%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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Cities near Lake Village
- Greenville, MS14 mi
- Eudora, AR16 mi
- Dermott, AR17 mi
- Mc Gehee, AR20 mi
- Leland, MS23 mi
- Hollandale, MS28 mi
- Hamburg, AR31 mi
- Oak Grove, LA33 mi
- Shaw, MS34 mi
- Monticello, AR34 mi
- Indianola, MS36 mi
- Lake Providence, LA38 mi
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