Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- October 20, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 34.470, -94.220
Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, October 20, 1984
14 thunderstorm wind, 8 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Garland
- When
- October 20, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -93.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Miller
- When
- October 20, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Miller County
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -94.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- October 20, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -93.680
Hail, Little River
- When
- October 20, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Little River County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.670, -94.130
Hail, Howard
- When
- October 20, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -93.920
Hail, Hempstead
- When
- October 20, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.770, -93.700
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- October 20, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.200, -93.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Hempstead
- When
- October 20, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Coordinates
- 33.770, -93.700
Hail, Pike
- When
- October 20, 1:18 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -93.420
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- October 20, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -93.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Hot Spring
- When
- October 20, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hot Spring County
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -92.920
Tornado, Nevada
- When
- October 20, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Nevada County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.570, -93.380
Hail, Columbia
- When
- October 20, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.270, -93.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Hot Spring
- When
- October 20, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hot Spring County
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -92.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- October 20, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 33.270, -93.230
Hail, Nevada
- When
- October 20, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Nevada County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -93.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- October 20, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -92.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia
- When
- October 20, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Coordinates
- 33.270, -93.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- October 20, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 33.220, -92.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- October 20, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -92.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Arkansas
- When
- October 20, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -91.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Prairie
- When
- October 20, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Prairie County
- Coordinates
- 34.780, -91.450
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.
- 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
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: 9990564, 9990565, 9990566, 9990567, 9990568, 9990569, 9990570, 9990571, 9990572, 9990573, 9990574, 9990575, 9990576, 9990577, 9990578, 9990579, 9990580, 9990581, 9990582, 9990583, 9990584, 9990585, 9990586.