Hail, Washington
- When
- May 13, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -94.130
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 13, 1981
8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 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
- 4
- Property damage
- $278,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Madison
- When
- May 13, 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -93.730
Hail, Newton
- When
- May 13, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -93.220
Tornado, Garland
- When
- May 13, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.450, -93.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Miller
- When
- May 13, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Miller County
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -94.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Hempstead
- When
- May 13, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -93.600
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- May 13, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -92.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- May 13, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -92.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- May 13, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -92.430
Tornado, Columbia
- When
- May 13, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14.6 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.270, -93.380
Tornado, Searcy
- When
- May 13, 9:16 PM CST
- Where
- Searcy County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -92.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Miller
- When
- May 13, 9:27 PM CST
- Where
- Miller County
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -94.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- May 13, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -93.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- May 13, 10:42 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -92.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- May 13, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -92.250
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 9982433, 9982434, 9982435, 9982436, 9982437, 9982438, 9982439, 9982440, 9982441, 9982442, 9982443, 9982444, 9982445, 9982446, 9982447.