Arkansas, 1989Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, March 30, 1989
March 30, 1989 · NWS LIT · 16 events in 9 counties and zones
8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- 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
8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulkner
- When
- March 30, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -92.450
Hail, Faulkner
- When
- March 30, 4:18 PM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -92.320
Hail, Lonoke
- When
- March 30, 4:46 PM CST
- Where
- Lonoke County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.030, -91.970
Hail, White
- When
- March 30, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- White County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -91.900
Tornado, Prairie
- When
- March 30, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Prairie County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.970, -91.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- March 30, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -90.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- March 30, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -90.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodruff
- When
- March 30, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Woodruff County
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -91.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Prairie
- When
- March 30, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Prairie County
- Coordinates
- 35.000, -91.370
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Francis
- When
- March 30, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -91.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodruff
- When
- March 30, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Woodruff County
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -91.120
Hail, St. Francis
- When
- March 30, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -90.770
Hail, St. Francis
- When
- March 30, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -90.770
Hail, Lee
- When
- March 30, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -90.750
Hail, Lee
- When
- March 30, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -90.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Phillips
- When
- March 30, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Phillips County
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -90.580
- 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.
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, March 30, 198911 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 3 events
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, March 30, 1989$250,000 · F1 · 3 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 30, 1989$50,000 · F1 · 5 events
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 30, 19891 in hail · 12 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 30, 19891.75 in hail · 10 events
- Hail in Alabama, March 30, 19891 in hail · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 30, 19891.75 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 30, 198956 kt wind · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 30, 19891 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 30, 198970 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Maine, March 30, 19891 event
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: 9990840, 9990841, 9990842, 9990843, 9990844, 9990845, 9990846, 9990847, 9990848, 9990849, 9990850, 9990851, 9990852, 9990853, 9990854, 9990855.