Arkansas, 1989Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, September 1, 1989
September 1, 1989 · NWS LIT · 7 events in 7 counties and zones
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- $25,000
- 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
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Izard
- When
- September 1, 2:21 PM CST
- Where
- Izard County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -91.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- September 1, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -90.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Craighead
- When
- September 1, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -90.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- September 1, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -92.880
Hail, Cleburne
- When
- September 1, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -92.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulkner
- When
- September 1, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Coordinates
- 34.980, -92.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- September 1, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -92.180
- 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.
- 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.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 1, 19893 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 1, 19891 injured · 2 in hail · 27 events
- Tornado in Iowa, September 1, 1989$25,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, September 1, 19891 injured · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, September 1, 19893 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, September 1, 19891 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, September 1, 19892 events
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 1, 19891 event
- Damaging Wind in Montana, September 1, 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: 9989883, 9989884, 9989885, 9989886, 9989887, 9989888, 9989889.