Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, October 18, 1993

Name: Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, October 18, 1993
Start: 1993-10-18T00:50
End: 1993-10-18T23:58
Location: Arkansas

October 18, 1993 · 34 events in 14 counties and zones

17 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 33 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: $193,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 34

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

17 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pike

When: October 18, 12:50 AM CST
Where: Pike County, Murfreesboro
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 34.164, -93.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree onto Highway 301.

Hail, Pike

When: October 18, 1:17 AM CST
Where: Pike County, Murfreesboro
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 34.164, -93.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pike

When: October 18, 1:20 AM CST
Where: Pike County, Murfreesboro
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.164, -93.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Little River

When: October 18, 1:38 AM CST
Where: Little River County, Foreman
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.701, -94.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Miller

When: October 18, 1:40 AM CST
Where: Miller County, Texarkana
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 33.312, -93.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree.

Hail, Miller

When: October 18, 1:47 AM CST
Where: Miller County, Fouke
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 33.312, -93.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas

When: October 18, 2:05 AM CST
Where: Dallas County, Carthage
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 33.970, -92.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cleveland

When: October 18, 2:20 AM CST
Where: Cleveland County to Staves
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.898, -92.185 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hempstead

When: October 18, 2:32 AM CST
Where: Hempstead County, Hope
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 33.735, -93.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A chicken barn was damaged by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln

When: October 18, 2:45 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Star City
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 33.958, -91.733 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew a large tree down across Highway 114.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pope

When: October 18, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Pope County, Scottsville
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 35.448, -93.034 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A few trees were blown down.

Hail, Sharp

When: October 18, 8:35 PM CST
Where: Sharp County, Evening Shade
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.161, -91.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail up to golf ball-size fell for five minutes.

Hail, Little River

When: October 18, 10:10 PM CST
Where: Little River County, Ashdown
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 33.701, -94.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Little River

When: October 18, 10:10 PM CST
Where: Little River County, Ashdown
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 33.701, -94.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Conway

When: October 18, 10:15 PM CST to 10:22 PM CST
Where: Conway County, Plumerville
Rating: F1
Path length: 4 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 35.120, -92.670

A tornado touched down in the river bottoms near Plumerville. The tornado crossed a levee and destroyed a large farm sprinkler and blew down a number of trees. A couple of old cotton picking machines were turned over, some grain bins were destroyed and several barns were blown down.

Hail, Miller

When: October 18, 10:50 PM CST
Where: Miller County, Texarkana
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.312, -93.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Pike

When: October 18, 11:08 PM CST
Where: Pike County, Delight
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.164, -93.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pike

When: October 18, 11:08 PM CST
Where: Pike County, Delight
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 34.164, -93.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette

When: October 18, 11:10 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County, Hope
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.241, -93.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.

Hail, Lafayette

When: October 18, 11:10 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County, Hope
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.241, -93.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.

Hail, Lafayette

When: October 18, 11:15 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County, Trees. to Lewisville
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.241, -93.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette

When: October 18, 11:15 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County, Lewisville
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 33.241, -93.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.

Hail, Howard

When: October 18, 11:18 PM CST
Where: Howard County, Tollette
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 34.089, -93.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Howard

When: October 18, 11:18 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 downed several trees.

Hail, Columbia

When: October 18, 11:22 PM CST
Where: Columbia County, Waldo
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 33.214, -93.227 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lafayette

When: October 18, 11:31 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County, Bluff City
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.241, -93.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lafayette

When: October 18, 11:31 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County, Prescott
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.241, -93.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette

When: October 18, 11:38 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County, Prescott
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.241, -93.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Lafayette

When: October 18, 11:40 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County, Some Trees. to Midway
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.241, -93.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Columbia

When: October 18, 11:42 PM CST
Where: Columbia County, Lamartine
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 33.214, -93.227 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Little River

When: October 18, 11:52 PM CST
Where: Little River County, Red Bluff
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.701, -94.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Little River

When: October 18, 11:52 PM CST
Where: Little River County, Red Bluff
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 33.701, -94.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clark

When: October 18, 11:55 PM CST
Where: Clark County, Whelen Springs
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.051, -93.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.

Hail, Miller

When: October 18, 11:58 PM CST
Where: Miller County, Fouke
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.312, -93.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

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.
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

Every storm in Arkansas in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Arkansas, 1993 Warnings in Arkansas, October 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: 10317200, 10317201, 10317202, 10314972, 10315163, 10315164, 10315509, 10315792, 10314897, 10314939, 10317444, 10317021, 10314973, 10314974, 10316347, 10315165, 10317203, 10317204, 10314865, 10314952, 10314866, 10314867, 10315729, 10315730, 10316343, 10314868, 10314869, 10314870, 10314871, 10316277, 10314975, 10314976, 10315575, 10315166.