Tornado, St. Francis
- When
- May 21, 12:28 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -90.520
Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 21, 1982
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $30
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Baxter
- When
- May 21, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Baxter County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -92.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Pope
- When
- May 21, 6:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -93.130
Hail, Independence
- When
- May 21, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Independence County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.720, -91.520
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 21, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 21, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 21, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 21, 1982
- Hail in Indiana, May 21, 1982
- Tornadoes in Iowa, May 21, 1982
- Hail in Ohio, May 21, 1982
- Hail in Tennessee, May 21, 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: 9983612, 9983613, 9983614, 9983615.