Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- June 11, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 36.350, -94.280
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 11, 1989
5 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
- 6
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Van Buren
- When
- June 11, 1:28 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -92.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- June 11, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 34.080, -91.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Desha
- When
- June 11, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Desha County
- Coordinates
- 33.630, -91.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Ashley
- When
- June 11, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ashley County
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -91.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Chicot
- When
- June 11, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Chicot County
- Coordinates
- 33.520, -91.430
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, June 11, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 11, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, June 11, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 11, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 11, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 11, 1989
- Hail in Kansas, June 11, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Nevada, June 11, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 11, 1989
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1989Warnings in Arkansas, June 1989
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: 9993164, 9993165, 9993166, 9993167, 9993168, 9993169.