Faulkner County, Arkansas: 9 FEMA declarations and the hail record
Since 2014 FEMA has named Faulkner County 9 times, split 6 storm-type, 2 flood, 1 winter, 0 fire. Over the same stretch NOAA counts 28 hail days of 1 in or more, spread over 11 of 12 full years.
- 9declarations
- 6storm-type
- #1 of 33in AR
- 6 of 11hail years undeclared
Counting 9, Faulkner County comes #1 among 33 AR counties; that is above the AR median of 6. Storm, tornado and wind leads with 6.
Widest gap: 1,174 days (3.2 years), DR-3541 (August 27, 2020) to DR-4748 (November 14, 2023). The newest, DR-3636, is 234 days old at the file's end.
11 full years carry hail of 1 in or more. Undeclared: 6, among them 2016 and 2024. The most days, 4, came in 2025. The other way round, 2014 has a storm declaration and no 1 in hail day: wind, rain or flood water.
Tornadoes on file: 8; strongest EF4, April 27, 2014, near Palarm. Top gust 85 mph (March 1, 2017). At least one peak falls inside 2 of the 6 storm declarations.
Year by year
| Faulkner County year | Storm-type | Other | Hail days 1 in+, Faulkner | Hail reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | – | 3 | 14 |
| 2016 | – | – | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 1 | – | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | – | – | 2 | 8 |
| 2019 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | – | – | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | – | – | 4 | 13 |
| 2023 | 1 | – | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | – | – | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | – | 4 | 6 |
| 2026 (hail Jan–Jun) | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
All 9 declarations
| Faulkner County # | DR | Declared | Hail days that year, Faulkner | Incident | Kind | Days after prior | NOAA inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 of 9 | 3636 | 2026-01-24 | 1 | 2026-01-23 to 2026-01-27 | Winter Storm EM | 294 | – |
| 8 of 9 | 3627 | 2025-04-05 | 4 | 2025-04-02 to 2025-04-22 | Severe Storm EM | 508 | EF0 tornado |
| 7 of 9 | 4748 | 2023-11-14 | 2 | 2023-06-25 to 2023-06-26 | Severe Storm DR | 1174 | – |
| 6 of 9 | 3541 | 2020-08-27 | 1 | 2020-08-26 to 2020-08-28 | Hurricane EM | 446 | – |
| 5 of 9 | 4441 | 2019-06-08 | 1 | 2019-05-21 to 2019-06-14 | Flood DR | 9 | – |
| 4 of 9 | 3414 | 2019-05-30 | 1 | 2019-05-21 to 2019-06-14 | Flood EM | 714 | – |
| 3 of 9 | 4318 | 2017-06-15 | 2 | 2017-04-26 to 2017-05-19 | Severe Storm DR | 496 | – |
| 2 of 9 | 4254 | 2016-02-05 | 3 | 2015-12-26 to 2016-01-22 | Severe Storm DR | 647 | – |
| 1 of 9 | 4174 | 2014-04-29 | 0 | 2014-04-27 | Severe Storm DR | first | EF4 tornado |
Hail reports on the map
Roofers we list: Conway.
Faulkner County questions
How many FEMA declarations name Faulkner County?
9 since 2014. First: DR-4174, April 29, 2014. Latest: DR-3636, January 24, 2026. Storm 6, flood 2, winter 1, fire 0.
Which Faulkner County hail years have no storm declaration?
6 of 11; the latest is 2024.
Was the biggest Faulkner County hail day declared?
The biggest stone, 2.75 in hail on April 11, 2022, falls inside none of the 9 declaration windows.
Nearby in AR
- Pulaski County (9)
- Sebastian County (8)
- Craighead County (7)
- Benton County (6)
- Washington County (6)
Method and limits. Sources: OpenFEMA, NOAA Storm Events.