Tornado, Little River
- When
- May 13, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Little River County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -94.120
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 13, 1957
6 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 21
- Property damage
- $575,000
- 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
6 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Howard
- When
- May 13, 10:35 AM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -93.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Little River
- When
- May 13, 11:10 AM CST
- Where
- Little River County
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- May 13, 11:12 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -94.000
Tornado, Pike
- When
- May 13, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -93.520
Tornado, Hot Spring
- When
- May 13, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Hot Spring County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 14.7 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -93.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- May 13, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -93.080
Tornado, Faulkner
- When
- May 13, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 17.5 mi
- Path width
- 63 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 18 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -92.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Independence
- When
- May 13, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Independence County
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -91.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren
- When
- May 13, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -92.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- May 13, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -92.400
Tornado, Izard
- When
- May 13, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Izard County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -91.920
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Faulkner | 1957-05-13 | Direct |
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 13, 1957
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 13, 1957
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 13, 1957
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 13, 1957
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 13, 1957
- Tornado in Florida, May 13, 1957
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 13, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 13, 1957
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 13, 1957
- Hail in California, May 13, 1957
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1957Every state in 1957This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1957
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: 9984239, 9984240, 9984241, 9984242, 9984243, 9984244, 9984245, 9984246, 9984247, 9984248, 9984249, 9984250.