Thunderstorm Wind, Desha
- When
- March 5, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Desha County
- Coordinates
- 33.820, -91.280
Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 5, 1983
10 hail, 2 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
10 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Garland
- When
- March 5, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -92.800
Hail, Saline
- When
- March 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -92.580
Hail, Saline
- When
- March 5, 6:32 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -92.580
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- March 5, 6:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.750, -92.320
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- March 5, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -92.280
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- March 5, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -92.280
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- March 5, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -92.150
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- March 5, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -92.280
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- March 5, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -92.150
Hail, Jackson
- When
- March 5, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -91.230
Hail, White
- When
- March 5, 9:19 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -91.750
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.
- 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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 5, 1983
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 5, 1983
- Tornadoes in Florida, March 5, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 5, 1983
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather history
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: 9989828, 9990671, 9990885, 9990886, 9990887, 9990888, 9990889, 9990890, 9990891, 9990892, 9990893, 9990894.