Tornado, Nevada
- When
- April 30, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nevada County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 43.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.170, -94.050
Tornadoes in Arkansas, April 30, 1954
12 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $1.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
12 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Little River
- When
- April 30, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Little River County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 27.5 mi
- Path width
- 1,760 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -94.380
Tornado, Sebastian
- When
- April 30, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -94.420
Tornado, Howard
- When
- April 30, 11:31 AM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 13.3 mi
- Path width
- 1,760 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -93.980
Tornado, Crawford
- When
- April 30, 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9.2 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -94.400
Tornado, Pope
- When
- April 30, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -92.930
Tornado, Hempstead
- When
- April 30, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 51.6 mi
- Path width
- 1,760 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -93.820
Tornado, Washington
- When
- April 30, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 19.2 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -94.320
Tornado, Washington
- When
- April 30, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -94.170
Tornado, Washington
- When
- April 30, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -94.050
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- April 30, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.9 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -93.580
Tornado, Lawrence
- When
- April 30, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 38.8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -91.270
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9983060, 9983061, 9983062, 9983063, 9983064, 9983065, 9984138, 9984139, 9984140, 9984141, 9984142, 9984143.