Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, February 22, 1975

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, February 22, 1975
Start: 1975-02-22T00:55
End: 1975-02-22T19:00
Location: Arkansas

February 22, 1975 · 18 events in 14 counties and zones

10 hail, 8 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: 1
Injuries: 27
Property damage: $2.9 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 18

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

10 hail, 8 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Washington

When: February 22, 12:55 AM CST
Where: Washington County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.950, -94.420

Hail, Washington

When: February 22, 1:35 AM CST
Where: Washington County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.070, -94.170

Tornado, Yell

When: February 22, 1:40 PM CST
Where: Yell County
Rating: F2
Path length: 11.9 mi
Path width: 80 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.080, -93.250

Tornado, Pope

When: February 22, 1:55 PM CST
Where: Pope County
Rating: F2
Path length: 14.3 mi
Path width: 80 yd
Injuries: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 35.220, -93.120

Hail,

When: February 22, 2:25 PM CST
Where: County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.430, -94.050

Hail, Hempstead

When: February 22, 2:40 PM CST
Where: Hempstead County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.670, -93.600

Tornado, Faulkner

When: February 22, 3:02 PM CST
Where: Faulkner County
Rating: F2
Path length: 13.4 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 35.270, -92.270

Hail, Pope

When: February 22, 3:25 PM CST
Where: Pope County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.280, -93.130

Hail, Garland

When: February 22, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Garland County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.470, -93.070

Hail, Clark

When: February 22, 3:37 PM CST
Where: Clark County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.920, -93.150

Tornado, Pulaski

When: February 22, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County
Rating: F3
Path length: 14.4 mi
Path width: 80 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 22 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 34.670, -92.380

Hail, Pulaski

When: February 22, 4:18 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County
Measured: 2 in hail
Coordinates: 34.670, -92.300

Tornado, Prairie

When: February 22, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Prairie County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.770, -91.600

Hail, Pulaski

When: February 22, 4:58 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.670, -92.470

Hail, Ouachita

When: February 22, 5:04 PM CST
Where: Ouachita County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.580, -92.830

Tornado, Bradley

When: February 22, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Bradley County
Rating: F1
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 33.550, -92.250

Tornado, Monroe

When: February 22, 6:30 PM CST
Where: Monroe County
Rating: F1
Path length: 21.3 mi
Path width: 60 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.620, -91.370

Tornado, Lee

When: February 22, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Lee County
Rating: F1
Path length: 8.8 mi
Path width: 60 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 34.830, -91.100

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Pulaski	1975-02-22				Direct

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

Every storm in Arkansas in 1975 Every state in 1975 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Arkansas, 1975

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: 9980534, 9980535, 9980536, 9980537, 9980538, 9980539, 9980540, 9980541, 9980542, 9980543, 9980544, 9980545, 9980546, 9980547, 9980548, 9980549, 9980550, 9980551.