Thunderstorm Wind, Little River
- When
- May 13, 1:49 PM CST
- Where
- Little River County
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -94.380
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 13, 1985
17 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
17 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Howard
- When
- May 13, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -93.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- May 13, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -94.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- May 13, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -94.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- May 13, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -93.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Hempstead
- When
- May 13, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -93.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- May 13, 2:46 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -93.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Garland
- When
- May 13, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -93.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulkner
- When
- May 13, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -92.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- May 13, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -92.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulkner
- When
- May 13, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -92.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- May 13, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -92.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- May 13, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Coordinates
- 34.870, -92.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- May 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -94.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- May 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -94.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 13, 5:23 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -91.270
Thunderstorm Wind, White
- When
- May 13, 5:48 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -91.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodruff
- When
- May 13, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Woodruff County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -91.370
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.
- 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 Texas, May 13, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 13, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 13, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 13, 1985
- Hail in Massachusetts, May 13, 1985
- Hail in Indiana, May 13, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, May 13, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 13, 1985
- Hail in Illinois, May 13, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 13, 1985
- Hail in Maine, May 13, 1985
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: 9992835, 9992836, 9992837, 9992838, 9992839, 9992840, 9992841, 9992842, 9992843, 9992844, 9992845, 9992846, 9992847, 9992848, 9992849, 9992850, 9992851, 9992852.