Tornado, Sebastian
- When
- April 19, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -94.420
Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 19, 1959
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Johnson
- When
- April 19, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -93.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- April 19, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -90.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- April 19, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -93.780
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- April 19, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -94.400
Hail,
- When
- April 19, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -90.080
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornado in Georgia, April 19, 1959
- Tornado in West Virginia, April 19, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 19, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 19, 1959
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 19, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 19, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 19, 1959
- Hail in Texas, April 19, 1959
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: 9980916, 9980917, 9980918, 9980919, 9980920, 9980921.