Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- December 16, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -94.230
Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, December 16, 1977
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Perry
- When
- December 16, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -92.800
Hail, Garland
- When
- December 16, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -93.100
Hail, Garland
- When
- December 16, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -93.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Garland
- When
- December 16, 8:43 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -93.050
Tornado, Cleburne
- When
- December 16, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -92.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- December 16, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -92.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- December 16, 10:06 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -92.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Independence
- When
- December 16, 10:08 PM CST
- Where
- Independence County
- Coordinates
- 35.770, -91.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Desha
- When
- December 16, 11:58 PM CST
- Where
- Desha County
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -91.370
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.
- 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
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: 9980089, 9980090, 9980091, 9980092, 9980093, 9980094, 9980095, 9980096, 9980097, 9980098.