Thunderstorm Wind, Craighead
- When
- June 6, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -90.700
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, June 6, 1974
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 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
- 4
- Injuries
- 112
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, St. Francis
- When
- June 6, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Deaths
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 112 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -90.780
Hail, Hot Spring
- When
- June 6, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hot Spring County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -92.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Hot Spring
- When
- June 6, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hot Spring County
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -92.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- June 6, 4:51 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -92.620
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- June 6, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -92.500
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- June 6, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -92.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- June 6, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -92.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 6, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -94.130
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- June 6, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 11.7 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.670, -93.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Pope
- When
- June 6, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -93.180
Tornado, Izard
- When
- June 6, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Izard County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -92.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleburne
- When
- June 6, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -92.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Izard
- When
- June 6, 11:58 PM CST
- Where
- Izard County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -91.920
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 6, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, June 6, 1974
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 6, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 6, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 6, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 6, 1974
- Hail in Texas, June 6, 1974
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 6, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 6, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 6, 1974
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 6, 1974
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: 9981173, 9981174, 9981175, 9981176, 9981177, 9981178, 9981179, 9981180, 9981181, 9981182, 9981183, 9981184, 9981185, 9981186.