Tornado, Benton
- When
- March 14, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -94.250
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 14, 1990
10 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 6
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- March 14, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 33.320, -92.670
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- March 14, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.820, -92.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland
- When
- March 14, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -92.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- March 14, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -91.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Arkansas
- When
- March 14, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -91.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Arkansas
- When
- March 14, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -91.370
Tornado, Chicot
- When
- March 14, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chicot County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 33.480, -91.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Arkansas
- When
- March 14, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -91.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleburne
- When
- March 14, 10:37 PM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -92.030
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Francis
- When
- March 14, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County
- Coordinates
- 35.080, -90.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- March 14, 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 34.850, -90.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Crittenden
- When
- March 14, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -90.180
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Dallas | 1990-03-14 | Direct |
What these are
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 14, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 14, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 14, 1990
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 14, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 14, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 14, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 14, 1990
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1990Every state in 1990This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1990Warnings in Arkansas, March 1990
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: 9990989, 9990990, 9990991, 9990992, 9990993, 9990994, 9990995, 9990996, 9990997, 9990998, 9990999, 9991000, 9991001.