Hail, Sebastian
- When
- April 17, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -94.400
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 17, 1978
7 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 10
- Property damage
- $1.5 million
- 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
7 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleburne
- When
- April 17, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -92.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Garland
- When
- April 17, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -93.050
Tornado, Pulaski
- When
- April 17, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -92.080
Tornado, Lonoke
- When
- April 17, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Lonoke County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 28.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -92.070
Tornado, Prairie
- When
- April 17, 9:12 PM CST
- Where
- Prairie County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 12.8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -91.580
Tornado, Bradley
- When
- April 17, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Bradley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 27 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -92.050
Tornado, Ashley
- When
- April 17, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ashley County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9.1 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.280, -91.970
Tornado, Woodruff
- When
- April 17, 9:42 PM CST
- Where
- Woodruff County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -91.380
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- April 17, 9:54 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -91.280
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 17, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, April 17, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 17, 1978
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 17, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 17, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 17, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 17, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 17, 1978
- Hail in Utah, April 17, 1978
- Hail in Kansas, April 17, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 17, 1978
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: 9980127, 9980128, 9980129, 9980130, 9980131, 9980132, 9980133, 9980134, 9980135, 9980136.