Hail, Yell
- When
- April 3, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Yell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -93.300
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 3, 1984
8 hail, 5 tornado, 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $50 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 hail, 5 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Van Buren
- When
- April 3, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -92.680
Hail, Conway
- When
- April 3, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Conway County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -92.750
Hail, Van Buren
- When
- April 3, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -92.420
Hail, Cleburne
- When
- April 3, 3:12 PM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.550, -92.020
Tornado, Fulton
- When
- April 3, 3:28 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -91.820
Hail, Independence
- When
- April 3, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Independence County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -91.470
Tornado, Independence
- When
- April 3, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Independence County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -91.500
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 3, 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -91.200
Tornado, Poinsett
- When
- April 3, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Poinsett County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -90.970
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- April 3, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.200, -91.170
Tornado, Craighead
- When
- April 3, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 33 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 35.730, -90.870
Tornado, Mississippi
- When
- April 3, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Mississippi County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 16 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -90.280
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 3, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 3, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 3, 1984
- Hail in Kentucky, April 3, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 3, 1984
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 3, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 3, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 1984
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: 9990511, 9990512, 9990513, 9990514, 9990515, 9990516, 9990517, 9990518, 9990519, 9990520, 9990521, 9990522, 9990523.