Hail, Baxter
- When
- May 6, 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- Baxter County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.280, -92.500
Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 6, 1984
14 hail, 1 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
- 8
- Property damage
- $2.5 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
14 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 6, 5:46 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -94.420
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 6, 6:10 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -94.320
Hail, Logan
- When
- May 6, 6:15 AM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -93.650
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 6, 6:20 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -93.770
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- May 6, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -94.270
Hail, Pope
- When
- May 6, 7:20 AM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -93.120
Hail, Logan
- When
- May 6, 8:12 AM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -93.650
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 6, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.270, -90.300
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- May 6, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 433 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -91.120
Hail, Polk
- When
- May 6, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -94.330
Hail, Sevier
- When
- May 6, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sevier County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -94.280
Hail, Howard
- When
- May 6, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -94.130
Hail, Pike
- When
- May 6, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -93.880
Hail, Pike
- When
- May 6, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -93.830
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 Kentucky, May 6, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 6, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 6, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 6, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 6, 1984
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 6, 1984
- Hail in Illinois, May 6, 1984
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1984Every state in 1984This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1984
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: 9992732, 9992733, 9992734, 9992735, 9992736, 9992737, 9992738, 9992739, 9992740, 9992741, 9992742, 9992743, 9992744, 9992745, 9992746.