Thunderstorm Wind, Newton
- When
- April 13, 10:25 AM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -93.180
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 13, 1987
15 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
15 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Sebastian
- When
- April 13, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -94.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Yell
- When
- April 13, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Yell County
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -93.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- April 13, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 35.300, -93.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- April 13, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -94.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- April 13, 12:19 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Coordinates
- 35.280, -93.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- April 13, 12:19 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -93.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- April 13, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 33.830, -93.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- April 13, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -93.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Pope
- When
- April 13, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -93.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- April 13, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -93.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- April 13, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -92.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- April 13, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -93.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- April 13, 2:04 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 36.230, -92.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Baxter
- When
- April 13, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Baxter County
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -92.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Chicot
- When
- April 13, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Chicot County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.330, -91.150
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
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1987Warnings in Arkansas, April 1987
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: 9991841, 9991842, 9991843, 9991844, 9991845, 9991846, 9991847, 9991848, 9991849, 9991850, 9991851, 9991852, 9991853, 9991854, 9991855, 9991856.