Tornado, Benton
- When
- April 30, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.470, -94.020
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 30, 1970
6 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $330,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
6 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pope
- When
- April 30, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Coordinates
- 35.200, -93.080
Tornado, Cleburne
- When
- April 30, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.4 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -92.220
Tornado, Faulkner
- When
- April 30, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -92.430
Tornado, Stone
- When
- April 30, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stone County
- Path length
- 7.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -91.970
Tornado, White
- When
- April 30, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -91.880
Tornado, Izard
- When
- April 30, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Izard County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 20.1 mi
- Path width
- 667 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -91.750
Thunderstorm Wind, White
- When
- April 30, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -91.680
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, April 30, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 30, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 30, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 30, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 30, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 30, 1970
- Hail in Pennsylvania, April 30, 1970
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: 9981021, 9981022, 9981023, 9981024, 9981025, 9981026, 9981027, 9981028.