Hail, Sevier
- When
- April 8, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sevier County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -94.170
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 8, 1979
13 tornado, 7 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
- 34
- Property damage
- $33 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
13 tornado, 7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Howard
- When
- April 8, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -93.920
Tornado, Hempstead
- When
- April 8, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -93.580
Hail, Nevada
- When
- April 8, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Nevada County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.800, -93.380
Tornado, Nevada
- When
- April 8, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nevada County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.820, -93.380
Hail, Clark
- When
- April 8, 4:33 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -93.450
Hail, Garland
- When
- April 8, 4:49 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -93.050
Hail, Garland
- When
- April 8, 4:54 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -92.920
Tornado, Ouachita
- When
- April 8, 5:16 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 22.2 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Injuries
- 17 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -93.080
Hail, Ouachita
- When
- April 8, 5:31 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -92.830
Tornado, Calhoun
- When
- April 8, 5:46 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 26.2 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -92.770
Tornado, Bradley
- When
- April 8, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bradley County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 14 mi
- Path width
- 1,320 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.420, -92.330
Tornado, Ouachita
- When
- April 8, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -92.620
Tornado, Union
- When
- April 8, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.370, -92.770
Tornado, Bradley
- When
- April 8, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bradley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -92.350
Tornado, Ashley
- When
- April 8, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ashley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -91.870
Tornado, Ashley
- When
- April 8, 7:34 PM CST
- Where
- Ashley County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 17.7 mi
- Path width
- 1,320 yd
- Injuries
- 13 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 33.250, -91.880
Tornado, Phillips
- When
- April 8, 8:03 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -90.620
Hail, Crittenden
- When
- April 8, 8:21 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -90.180
Tornado, Chicot
- When
- April 8, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chicot County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5.9 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -91.350
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
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: 9982378, 9982379, 9982380, 9982381, 9982382, 9982383, 9982384, 9982385, 9982386, 9982387, 9982388, 9982389, 9982390, 9982391, 9982392, 9982393, 9982394, 9982395, 9982396, 9982397.