Tornadoes in Arkansas, January 28, 1956

Name: Tornadoes in Arkansas, January 28, 1956
Start: 1956-01-28T21:30
End: 1956-01-28T21:55
Location: Arkansas

January 28, 1956 · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

3 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
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 12
Property damage: $75,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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

3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Faulkner

When: January 28, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Faulkner County
Rating: F3
Path length: 13.7 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Injuries: 12 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.200, -92.450

Tornado, Faulkner

When: January 28, 9:50 PM CST
Where: Faulkner County
Rating: F3
Path length: 7.4 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.250, -92.220

Tornado, White

When: January 28, 9:55 PM CST
Where: White County
Rating: F3
Path length: 1.9 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.320, -92.120

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.

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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: 9983076, 9983077, 9983078.