Tornado, Ouachita
- When
- December 3, 8:10 AM CST
- Where
- Ouachita County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Injuries
- 7 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 33.550, -92.800
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, December 3, 1982
8 tornado, 7 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 8
- Property damage
- $2.9 million
- 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 tornado, 7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Izard
- When
- December 3, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- Izard County
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -92.080
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- December 3, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -92.420
Tornado, Grant
- When
- December 3, 9:10 AM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -92.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- December 3, 9:32 AM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -92.400
Tornado, Pulaski
- When
- December 3, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.6 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -92.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- December 3, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.830, -92.270
Tornado, Pulaski
- When
- December 3, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 160 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -92.170
Tornado, Lonoke
- When
- December 3, 10:28 AM CST
- Where
- Lonoke County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 160 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -92.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- December 3, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -91.230
Tornado, Lee
- When
- December 3, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 34.720, -90.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Poinsett
- When
- December 3, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Poinsett County
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -90.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Craighead
- When
- December 3, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -90.320
Tornado, Randolph
- When
- December 3, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 140 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.270, -90.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Crittenden
- When
- December 3, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -90.180
What these are
- 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.
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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: 9990422, 9990423, 9990424, 9990425, 9990426, 9990427, 9990428, 9990429, 9990430, 9990431, 9990432, 9990433, 9990434, 9990435, 9990436.