Thunderstorm Wind, White
- When
- October 22, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- White County
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -91.830
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 22, 1979
1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Chicot
- When
- October 22, 7:40 AM CST
- Where
- Chicot County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.270, -91.200
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Chicot | 1979-10-22 | Direct |
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.
- 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 in Louisiana, October 22, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 22, 1979
- Tornado in Iowa, October 22, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Illinois, October 22, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 22, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, October 22, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, October 22, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, October 22, 1979
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1979Every state in 1979This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1979
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: 9981289, 9981290.