Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, January 23, 1993

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, January 23, 1993
Start: 1993-01-23T20:00
End: 1993-01-23T23:10
Location: Arkansas

January 23, 1993 · 27 events in 16 counties and zones

20 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 27 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $215,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 27

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

20 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Little River

When: January 23, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Little River County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 33.701, -94.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hot Spring

When: January 23, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Hot Spring County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.318, -92.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Sevier

When: January 23, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Sevier County, Central
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 33.997, -94.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and damaged a chicken barn.

Hail, Miller

When: January 23, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Miller County, Doddridge
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.312, -93.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Miller

When: January 23, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Miller County, Doddridge
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.312, -93.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.

Hail, Howard

When: January 23, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Howard County, Tollette
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.089, -93.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Howard

When: January 23, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Howard County, Tollette
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.089, -93.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.

Hail, Saline

When: January 23, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Saline County, Tull
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.647, -92.677 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Miller

When: January 23, 8:50 PM CST
Where: Miller County, Doddridge
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.312, -93.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hot Spring

When: January 23, 8:55 PM CST
Where: Hot Spring County, Malvern
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.318, -92.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pulaski

When: January 23, 9:06 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Sheridan
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pulaski

When: January 23, 9:15 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County to Woodson
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pulaski

When: January 23, 9:17 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Sheridan
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Clark

When: January 23, 9:25 PM CST
Where: Clark County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.051, -93.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hot Spring

When: January 23, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Hot Spring County
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 34.318, -92.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Jefferson

When: January 23, 9:36 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, Sherrill
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.269, -91.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Jefferson

When: January 23, 9:40 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, Jefferson
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.269, -91.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Jefferson

When: January 23, 9:45 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, Wright
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.269, -91.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Hempstead

When: January 23, 9:50 PM CST
Where: Hempstead County, Blevins
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 33.735, -93.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees.

Hail, Columbia

When: January 23, 10:06 PM CST
Where: Columbia County, Magnolia
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 33.214, -93.227 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lonoke

When: January 23, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Lonoke County, Humnoke
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.754, -91.889 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Arkansas

When: January 23, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Arkansas County, Stuttgart
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 34.291, -91.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and power lines.

Hail, Prairie

When: January 23, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Prairie County, Ulm
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.830, -91.553 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Monroe

When: January 23, 10:40 PM CST
Where: Monroe County, Clarendon
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.678, -91.204 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe

When: January 23, 10:40 PM CST
Where: Monroe County, Clarendon
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.678, -91.204 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.

Hail, Crittenden

When: January 23, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Crittenden County, West Memphis
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.208, -90.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Arkansas

When: January 23, 11:10 PM CST
Where: Arkansas County, Dewitt
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 34.291, -91.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Some trees and power lines were blown down.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, January 1993

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: 10315042, 10315532, 10316778, 10315350, 10315351, 10315626, 10315627, 10317148, 10315352, 10315533, 10316751, 10316752, 10316753, 10315572, 10315534, 10316057, 10316149, 10316150, 10314808, 10315875, 10315027, 10316392, 10317588, 10315354, 10315355, 10314777, 10316393.