Tornado, Washington
- When
- November 19, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 20.3 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -94.480
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, November 19, 1970
5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 30
- Property damage
- $350,000
- 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
5 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Benton
- When
- November 19, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -94.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- November 19, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- November 19, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -94.500
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- November 19, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -91.750
Tornado, Arkansas
- When
- November 19, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 11.9 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -91.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulkner
- When
- November 19, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -92.180
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- November 19, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -91.900
Tornado, Lee
- When
- November 19, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 27 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -90.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Arkansas
- When
- November 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas County
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -91.400
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.
- 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
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, November 19, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, November 19, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, November 19, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 19, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, November 19, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, November 19, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, November 19, 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: 9982148, 9982149, 9982150, 9982151, 9982152, 9982153, 9982154, 9982155, 9982156, 9982157.