Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- May 15, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 36.500, -91.500
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 15, 1968
7 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 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
- 45
- Injuries
- 413
- Property damage
- $2.6 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Baxter
- When
- May 15, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Baxter County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 7.3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Deaths
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 25 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -92.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- May 15, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -91.900
Hail, Johnson
- When
- May 15, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -93.580
Tornado, Fulton
- When
- May 15, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -91.970
Thunderstorm Wind, White
- When
- May 15, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -91.500
Tornado, Independence
- When
- May 15, 8:36 PM CST
- Where
- Independence County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Deaths
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 24 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -91.470
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 15, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 11 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -91.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Craighead
- When
- May 15, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -90.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Craighead
- When
- May 15, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -90.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Garland
- When
- May 15, 9:33 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -93.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- May 15, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -90.500
Tornado, Craighead
- When
- May 15, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 12.6 mi
- Path width
- 167 yd
- Deaths
- 34 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 350 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -90.730
Tornado, Mississippi
- When
- May 15, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mississippi County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.880, -90.300
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, Jackson | 1968-05-15 | Direct |
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 15, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 15, 1968
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 15, 1968
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 15, 1968
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: 9983227, 9983228, 9983229, 9983230, 9983231, 9983232, 9983233, 9983234, 9983235, 9983236, 9983237, 9983238, 9983239, 9983240.