Tornado, Crawford
- When
- October 16, 3:23 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -94.400
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, October 16, 1984
10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- $7.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Washington
- When
- October 16, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -94.480
Tornado, Crawford
- When
- October 16, 3:35 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -94.370
Hail, Washington
- When
- October 16, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- October 16, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 36.350, -94.280
Tornado, Washington
- When
- October 16, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -94.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- October 16, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 36.150, -93.680
Hail, Sevier
- When
- October 16, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sevier County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -94.470
Hail, Howard
- When
- October 16, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -94.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren
- When
- October 16, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -92.520
Hail, Craighead
- When
- October 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -90.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Craighead
- When
- October 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -90.700
Hail, Craighead
- When
- October 16, 3:18 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -90.650
Hail, Cross
- When
- October 16, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cross County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -90.800
Hail, St. Francis
- When
- October 16, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -90.650
Hail, Monroe
- When
- October 16, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -91.300
Hail, Craighead
- When
- October 16, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -90.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Arkansas
- When
- October 16, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -91.550
Hail, St. Francis
- When
- October 16, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -90.770
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
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, October 16, 1984
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, October 16, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, October 16, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, October 16, 1984
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, October 16, 1984
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, October 16, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 16, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, October 16, 1984
- Tornado in Kansas, October 16, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, October 16, 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: 9989467, 9989468, 9989469, 9989470, 9989471, 9989472, 9989473, 9989474, 9989475, 9989476, 9990531, 9990532, 9990533, 9990534, 9990535, 9990536, 9990537, 9990538, 9990539.