Hail, Faulkner
- When
- March 22, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -92.400
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 22, 1991
16 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $500,000
- 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
16 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Yell
- When
- March 22, 5:28 AM CST
- Where
- Yell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.170, -93.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Yell
- When
- March 22, 6:10 AM CST
- Where
- Yell County
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -93.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Conway
- When
- March 22, 6:20 AM CST
- Where
- Conway County
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -92.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Conway
- When
- March 22, 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Conway County
- Coordinates
- 35.330, -92.500
Hail, Cleburne
- When
- March 22, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -92.030
Tornado, Cleburne
- When
- March 22, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.620, -91.950
Tornado, Independence
- When
- March 22, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Independence County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -91.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Independence
- When
- March 22, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Independence County
- Coordinates
- 35.770, -91.650
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- March 22, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -90.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Independence
- When
- March 22, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Independence County
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -91.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- March 22, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Randolph County
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -90.970
Hail, Greene
- When
- March 22, 8:05 AM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -90.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- March 22, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -90.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- March 22, 8:35 AM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -90.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- March 22, 8:35 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 36.270, -90.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- March 22, 8:40 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 36.380, -90.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Independence
- When
- March 22, 8:40 AM CST
- Where
- Independence County
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -91.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- March 22, 8:50 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -94.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- March 22, 8:50 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -91.080
Tornado, Polk
- When
- March 22, 8:58 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -94.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- March 22, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -90.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- March 22, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -93.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Desha
- When
- March 22, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Desha County
- Coordinates
- 33.530, -91.330
Hail, Ashley
- When
- March 22, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ashley County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.050, -91.580
Hail, Chicot
- When
- March 22, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Chicot County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.330, -91.280
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, March 22, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, March 22, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 22, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, March 22, 1991
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 22, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 22, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, March 22, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 22, 1991
- Hail in Missouri, March 22, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 22, 1991
- Hail in Louisiana, March 22, 1991
- Hail in Michigan, March 22, 1991
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: 9991042, 9991043, 9991044, 9991045, 9991046, 9991047, 9991048, 9991049, 9991050, 9991051, 9991052, 9991053, 9991054, 9991055, 9991056, 9991057, 9991058, 9991059, 9991060, 9991061, 9991062, 9991063, 9991064, 9991065, 9991066, 9991067.