Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 6, 1960

Name: Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 6, 1960
Start: 1960-05-06T01:00
End: 1960-05-06T16:00
Location: Arkansas

May 6, 1960 · 10 events in 9 counties and zones

9 tornado, 1 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

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 39
Property damage: $7.9 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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

9 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Conway

When: May 6, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Conway County
Rating: F3
Path length: 7.6 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 24 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 35.100, -92.620

Thunderstorm Wind, Miller

When: May 6, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Miller County
Coordinates: 33.500, -94.000

Tornado, Faulkner

When: May 6, 1:10 AM CST
Where: Faulkner County
Rating: F3
Path length: 19.1 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Injuries: 6 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 35.170, -92.520

Tornado, Van Buren

When: May 6, 1:30 AM CST
Where: Van Buren County
Rating: F2
Path length: 8.2 mi
Path width: 333 yd
Injuries: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 35.450, -92.500

Tornado, Pulaski

When: May 6, 1:35 AM CST
Where: Pulaski County
Rating: F1
Path length: 3.3 mi
Path width: 500 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.720, -92.330

Tornado, Pulaski

When: May 6, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Pulaski County
Rating: F2
Path length: 10.3 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.550, -92.330

Tornado, Nevada

When: May 6, 2:15 AM CST
Where: Nevada County
Rating: F2
Path length: 2.6 mi
Path width: 320 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 33.800, -93.450

Tornado, Cleveland

When: May 6, 3:15 AM CST
Where: Cleveland County
Rating: F2
Path length: 19.3 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 33.870, -92.280

Tornado, White

When: May 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: White County
Rating: F2
Path length: 14.6 mi
Path width: 500 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 35.130, -91.920

Tornado, Mississippi

When: May 6, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Mississippi County
Rating: F1
Path length: 14 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.850, -90.100

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, Conway	1960-05-06				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

Every storm in Arkansas in 1960 Every state in 1960 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Arkansas, 1960

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: 9982040, 9982041, 9982042, 9982043, 9982044, 9982045, 9982046, 9982047, 9982048, 9982049.