Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- August 23, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -92.580
Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 23, 1988
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hot Spring
- When
- August 23, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hot Spring County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -93.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- August 23, 6:08 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -93.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Hempstead
- When
- August 23, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -93.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Hempstead
- When
- August 23, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Coordinates
- 33.700, -93.600
Hail, Howard
- When
- August 23, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -93.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Sevier
- When
- August 23, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sevier County
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -94.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Little River
- When
- August 23, 7:42 PM CST
- Where
- Little River County
- Coordinates
- 33.770, -94.400
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Saline | 1988-08-23 | Direct |
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.
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: 9993021, 9993022, 9993023, 9993024, 9993025, 9993026, 9993027, 9993028.