Arkansas, 1972

Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 27, 1972

March 27, 1972 · 7 events in 5 counties and zones

5 hail, 2 tornado, 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
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$3,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pulaski

When
March 27, 7:10 PM CST
Where
Pulaski County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.880, -92.400

Hail, Pulaski

When
March 27, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Pulaski County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
34.500, -92.180

Tornado, Pulaski

When
March 27, 8:12 PM CST
Where
Pulaski County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
50 yd
Property damage
$30
Coordinates
34.620, -92.430

Hail, White

When
March 27, 8:30 PM CST
Where
White County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.080, -91.580

Hail, Greene

When
March 27, 9:20 PM CST
Where
Greene County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
36.080, -90.500

Tornado, Desha

When
March 27, 9:30 PM CST
Where
Desha County
Rating
F1
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
50 yd
Property damage
$3,000
Coordinates
33.750, -91.280

Hail,

When
March 27, 9:30 PM CST
Where
County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
36.080, -90.000

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 9983318, 9983319, 9983320, 9983321, 9983322, 9983323, 9983324.