Tornado, Pulaski
- When
- May 19, 3:22 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -92.250
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 19, 1990
13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 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
- 2
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Crittenden
- When
- May 19, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County
- Coordinates
- 35.270, -90.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 19, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -93.670
Tornado, Pike
- When
- May 19, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.180, -93.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Hempstead
- When
- May 19, 6:18 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -93.580
Tornado, Hempstead
- When
- May 19, 6:22 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -93.770
Hail, Garland
- When
- May 19, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -93.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- May 19, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -93.500
Hail, Howard
- When
- May 19, 6:32 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -93.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Hempstead
- When
- May 19, 6:42 PM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -93.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- May 19, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -93.420
Hail, Garland
- When
- May 19, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -93.050
Tornado, Conway
- When
- May 19, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Conway County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.370, -92.570
Hail, Howard
- When
- May 19, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.130, -93.880
Hail, Pike
- When
- May 19, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -93.820
Hail, Pike
- When
- May 19, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -93.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- May 19, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -93.830
Hail, Saline
- When
- May 19, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -92.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- May 19, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -93.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Hot Spring
- When
- May 19, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Hot Spring County
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -92.970
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- May 19, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -92.280
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Francis
- When
- May 19, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -90.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Pike
- When
- May 19, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Coordinates
- 34.070, -93.780
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Francis
- When
- May 19, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -91.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Mississippi
- When
- May 19, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Mississippi County
- Coordinates
- 35.700, -89.970
Hail, Crittenden
- When
- May 19, 10:52 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -90.180
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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: 9990380, 9990381, 9990382, 9990383, 9990384, 9990385, 9990386, 9990387, 9990388, 9990389, 9992090, 9992091, 9992092, 9992093, 9992094, 9992095, 9992096, 9992097, 9992098, 9992099, 9992100, 9992101, 9992102, 9992103, 9992104, 9992105.