Thunderstorm Wind, Little River
- When
- November 23, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Little River County
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -94.050
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, November 23, 1973
4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $528,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Calhoun
- When
- November 23, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -93.600
Tornado, Saline
- When
- November 23, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -92.580
Hail, Arkansas
- When
- November 23, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -91.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Arkansas
- When
- November 23, 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas County
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -91.530
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- November 23, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 15.8 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -91.280
Tornado, Lee
- When
- November 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -91.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulkner
- When
- November 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -92.500
Hail, Logan
- When
- November 23, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -93.920
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.
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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: 9983419, 9983420, 9983421, 9983422, 9983423, 9983424, 9979997, 9979998, 9979999.