Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- May 28, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -94.170
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 28, 1982
9 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $280,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
9 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 28, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 35.680, -93.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 28, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -93.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- May 28, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -94.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Conway
- When
- May 28, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Conway County
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -92.830
Tornado, Conway
- When
- May 28, 4:25 AM CST
- Where
- Conway County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -92.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Conway
- When
- May 28, 4:35 AM CST
- Where
- Conway County
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -92.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulkner
- When
- May 28, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -92.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren
- When
- May 28, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -92.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren
- When
- May 28, 5:10 AM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Coordinates
- 35.450, -92.400
Tornado, Madison
- When
- May 28, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -93.920
Tornado, Boone
- When
- May 28, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -93.170
Tornado, Boone
- When
- May 28, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -93.120
Hail, Polk
- When
- May 28, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -94.230
Hail, Boone
- When
- May 28, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -93.000
Tornado, Baxter
- When
- May 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Baxter County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 36.480, -92.380
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, Conway | 1982-05-28 | 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 28, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 28, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 28, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 28, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 28, 1982
- Hail in Colorado, May 28, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 28, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 28, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 28, 1982
- Hail in North Carolina, May 28, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 28, 1982
More
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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: 9983631, 9983632, 9983633, 9983634, 9983635, 9983636, 9983637, 9983638, 9985133, 9992370, 9992584, 9992585, 9992586, 9992587, 9992588, 9992589.