Pulaski County, Arkansas: 9 FEMA declarations and the hail record
Since 2014 FEMA has named Pulaski County 9 times, split 5 storm-type, 3 flood, 1 winter, 0 fire. Over the same stretch NOAA counts 45 hail days of 1 in or more, spread over 12 of 12 full years.
- 9declarations
- 5storm-type
- #3 of 33in AR
- 7 of 12hail years undeclared
Counting 9, Pulaski County comes #3 among 33 AR counties; that is above the AR median of 6. Storm, tornado and wind leads with 5.
Between the two furthest apart lie 1,143 days (3.1 years), DR-4174 (April 29, 2014) to DR-4318 (June 15, 2017). The newest, DR-3636, is 234 days old at the file's end.
1 in hail shows up in 12 of 12 full years. Undeclared: 7, among them 2015 and 2024. Peak year 2024: 7 days, 13 reports.
17 tornadoes are on record, the strongest EF3, March 31, 2023, near Martindale. Top gust 96 mph (March 24, 2017). At least one peak falls inside 3 of the 5 storm declarations.
Year by year
| Pulaski County year | Storm-type | Other | Hail days 1 in+, Pulaski | Hail reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | – | 4 | 12 |
| 2015 | – | – | 4 | 19 |
| 2016 | – | – | 2 | 8 |
| 2017 | 1 | – | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | – | – | 4 | 16 |
| 2019 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | – | 3 | 9 |
| 2021 | – | – | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | – | – | 3 | 8 |
| 2023 | 1 | – | 4 | 8 |
| 2024 | – | – | 7 | 13 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 (hail Jan–Jun) | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
All 9 declarations
| Pulaski County # | DR | Declared | Hail days that year, Pulaski | 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 | 248 | – |
| 8 of 9 | 4873 | 2025-05-21 | 4 | 2025-04-02 to 2025-04-22 | Flood DR | 46 | EF1 tornado |
| 7 of 9 | 3627 | 2025-04-05 | 4 | 2025-04-02 to 2025-04-22 | Severe Storm EM | 734 | EF1 tornado |
| 6 of 9 | 4698 | 2023-04-02 | 4 | 2023-03-31 | Severe Storm DR | 948 | EF3 tornado |
| 5 of 9 | 3541 | 2020-08-27 | 3 | 2020-08-26 to 2020-08-28 | Hurricane EM | 446 | – |
| 4 of 9 | 4441 | 2019-06-08 | 1 | 2019-05-21 to 2019-06-14 | Flood DR | 9 | – |
| 3 of 9 | 3414 | 2019-05-30 | 1 | 2019-05-21 to 2019-06-14 | Flood EM | 714 | – |
| 2 of 9 | 4318 | 2017-06-15 | 3 | 2017-04-26 to 2017-05-19 | Severe Storm DR | 1143 | – |
| 1 of 9 | 4174 | 2014-04-29 | 4 | 2014-04-27 | Severe Storm DR | first | EF3 tornado |
Hail reports on the map
Roofers we list: Little Rock.
Pulaski County questions
How many FEMA declarations name Pulaski County?
9 since 2014. First: DR-4174, April 29, 2014. Latest: DR-3636, January 24, 2026. Storm 5, flood 3, winter 1, fire 0.
Which Pulaski County hail years have no storm declaration?
7 of 12; the latest is 2024.
Was the biggest Pulaski County hail day declared?
The biggest stone, 2.75 in hail on February 28, 2017, falls inside none of the 9 declaration windows.
Nearby in AR
- Faulkner County (9)
- Sebastian County (8)
- Craighead County (7)
- Benton County (6)
- Washington County (6)
Method and limits. Sources: OpenFEMA, NOAA Storm Events.