Hail, Crawford
- When
- April 19, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -94.400
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 19, 1968
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 hail, 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
- 14
- Injuries
- 270
- Property damage
- $3.0 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
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- April 19, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- April 19, 2:05 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -94.400
Hail, Crawford
- When
- April 19, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -94.400
Tornado, Sebastian
- When
- April 19, 3:12 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Deaths
- 14 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 270 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -94.270
Tornado, Logan
- When
- April 19, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.7 mi
- Path width
- 833 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -93.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Pope
- When
- April 19, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -93.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Pope
- When
- April 19, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -93.080
Tornado, Faulkner
- When
- April 19, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 12.5 mi
- Path width
- 600 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -92.380
Tornado, Cleburne
- When
- April 19, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -92.030
What these are
- 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.
- 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
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1968Every state in 1968This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1968
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: 9982114, 9982115, 9982116, 9982117, 9982118, 9982119, 9982120, 9982121, 9982122, 9982123.