Hail, Pike
- When
- April 2, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -93.680
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 2, 1982
19 tornado, 5 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
- 14
- Injuries
- 90
- Property damage
- $34 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 25
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
19 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Garland
- When
- April 2, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -93.050
Tornado, Lonoke
- When
- April 2, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lonoke County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -92.020
Tornado, Prairie
- When
- April 2, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Prairie County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -91.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Lonoke
- When
- April 2, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lonoke County
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -92.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Prairie
- When
- April 2, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Prairie County
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -91.530
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- April 2, 4:49 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -91.180
Tornado, Little River
- When
- April 2, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Little River County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 13 mi
- Path width
- 233 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -94.470
Tornado, St. Francis
- When
- April 2, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.6 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 13 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -90.770
Tornado, Little River
- When
- April 2, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Little River County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 233 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -94.200
Tornado, Sevier
- When
- April 2, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sevier County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 13 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -94.280
Tornado, Boone
- When
- April 2, 5:28 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -93.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- April 2, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -93.000
Tornado, Howard
- When
- April 2, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Deaths
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 23 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.920, -94.070
Tornado, Hempstead
- When
- April 2, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -93.800
Tornado, Hempstead
- When
- April 2, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -93.720
Tornado, Hempstead
- When
- April 2, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Deaths
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.620, -93.670
Tornado, Hempstead
- When
- April 2, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 17 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -93.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Crittenden
- When
- April 2, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -90.380
Tornado, Fulton
- When
- April 2, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 36.430, -92.120
Tornado, Columbia
- When
- April 2, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.270, -93.230
Tornado, Faulkner
- When
- April 2, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3.5 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 37 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -92.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- April 2, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -93.580
Tornado, Clark
- When
- April 2, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -93.120
Tornado, Ashley
- When
- April 2, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ashley County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 19 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -91.970
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, St. Francis | 1982-04-02 | Direct | |||
| Tornado, Little River | 1982-04-02 | Direct |
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 2, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 2, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 2, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 2, 1982
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 2, 1982
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 2, 1982
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 2, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 2, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, April 2, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 2, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 2, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, April 2, 1982
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1982Every state in 1982This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1982
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: 9980171, 9980172, 9980173, 9980174, 9980175, 9980176, 9980177, 9980178, 9980179, 9980180, 9980181, 9980182, 9980183, 9980184, 9980185, 9980186, 9980187, 9980188, 9980189, 9980190, 9980191, 9980192, 9980193, 9980194, 9980195.