Hail, Logan
- When
- March 28, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -93.680
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 28, 1972
13 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
13 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Logan
- When
- March 28, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -93.680
Hail, Pope
- When
- March 28, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -93.080
Hail, Scott
- When
- March 28, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -93.680
Hail, Conway
- When
- March 28, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Conway County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -92.500
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- March 28, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.080, -93.680
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- March 28, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.380, -93.500
Hail, Columbia
- When
- March 28, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -93.280
Hail, Union
- When
- March 28, 5:21 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -92.900
Tornado, Union
- When
- March 28, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -92.800
Hail, Union
- When
- March 28, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -92.780
Tornado, Union
- When
- March 28, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10.4 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -92.470
Hail, White
- When
- March 28, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -91.580
Hail, Lonoke
- When
- March 28, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lonoke County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -92.000
Hail,
- When
- March 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -91.500
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 9983325, 9983326, 9983327, 9983328, 9983329, 9983330, 9983331, 9983332, 9983333, 9983334, 9983335, 9983336, 9983337, 9983338, 9983339.