Thunderstorm Wind, Sebastian
- When
- February 23, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -94.150
Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, February 23, 1977
10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sebastian
- When
- February 23, 3:03 AM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -94.420
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- February 23, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -94.300
Tornado, Logan
- When
- February 23, 4:25 AM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -93.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Yell
- When
- February 23, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- Yell County
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -93.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Miller
- When
- February 23, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Miller County
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -94.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren
- When
- February 23, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -92.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Conway
- When
- February 23, 6:10 AM CST
- Where
- Conway County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -92.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- February 23, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 36.420, -90.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Craighead
- When
- February 23, 10:03 AM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -90.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Craighead
- When
- February 23, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -90.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Mississippi
- When
- February 23, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Mississippi County
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -89.970
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 23, 1977
- Tornado in Oklahoma, February 23, 1977
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 23, 1977
- Tornado in Iowa, February 23, 1977
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, February 23, 1977
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, February 23, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, February 23, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, February 23, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Texas, February 23, 1977
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1977Every state in 1977This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1977
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: 9982355, 9983206, 9983207, 9983425, 9983426, 9983427, 9983428, 9983429, 9983430, 9983431, 9983432, 9983433.