Arkansas, 1975

Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 28, 1975

March 28, 1975 · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

3 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
7
Injuries
51
Property damage
$25 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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

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

Hail, Craighead

When
March 28, 10:30 AM CST
Where
Craighead County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
35.830, -90.700

Hail, Grant

When
March 28, 4:15 PM CST
Where
Grant County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
34.300, -92.400

Tornado, Union

When
March 28, 5:58 PM CST
Where
Union County
Rating
F1
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
150 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Coordinates
33.150, -92.550

Tornado, Bradley

When
March 28, 7:52 PM CST
Where
Bradley County
Rating
F4
Path length
5.4 mi
Path width
250 yd
Deaths
7 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries
51 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$25 million
Coordinates
33.550, -92.120

Hail, White

When
March 28, 8:02 PM CST
Where
White County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
35.250, -91.750

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.

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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: 9980567, 9981642, 9981643, 9981644, 9981645.