Thunderstorm Wind, Garland
- When
- May 5, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -93.080
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 5, 1960
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 4
- Property damage
- $325,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- May 5, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -92.180
Tornado, Faulkner
- When
- May 5, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 417 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -92.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Crittenden
- When
- May 5, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -90.180
Tornado, Washington
- When
- May 5, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 16.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -94.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Sebastian
- When
- May 5, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- May 5, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -94.080
Tornado, Madison
- When
- May 5, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 13.2 mi
- Path width
- 167 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.120, -93.920
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- May 5, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -93.330
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 5, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 5, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 5, 1960
- Tornado in Alabama, May 5, 1960
- Hail in Mississippi, May 5, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 5, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 5, 1960
- Hail in Louisiana, May 5, 1960
- Hail in Kansas, May 5, 1960
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: 9982031, 9982032, 9982033, 9982034, 9982035, 9982036, 9982037, 9982038, 9982039.