Hail, Crawford
- When
- May 20, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -94.350
Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 20, 1989
3 hail, 3 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Crawford
- When
- May 20, 4:22 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.400, -94.230
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- May 20, 5:20 AM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -94.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Conway
- When
- May 20, 6:55 AM CST
- Where
- Conway County
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -92.750
Tornado, Cross
- When
- May 20, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Cross County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -90.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Cross
- When
- May 20, 10:05 AM CST
- Where
- Cross County
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -90.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Crittenden
- When
- May 20, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -90.470
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 20, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 20, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, May 20, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 20, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 20, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 20, 1989
- Hail in New Mexico, May 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, May 20, 1989
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1989Warnings in Arkansas, May 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: 9993142, 9993143, 9993144, 9993145, 9993146, 9993147, 9993148.