Thunderstorm Wind, Baxter
- When
- September 23, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Baxter County, Norfork
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.287, -92.337 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, September 23, 1993
8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 12 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $1.1 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Izard
- When
- September 23, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Izard County, Melbourne
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.095, -91.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off the drive-thru at a bank and several metal buildings were damaged. A high school gymnasium roof also sustained damage.
Thunderstorm Wind, Izard
- When
- September 23, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Izard County, Melbourne
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 36.095, -91.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off the drive-thru at a bank and several metal buildings were damaged. A high school gymnasium roof also sustained damage.
Thunderstorm Wind, Izard
- When
- September 23, 11:17 AM CST
- Where
- Izard County, Melbourne
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 36.095, -91.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sharp
- When
- September 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sharp County, Cave City
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 36.161, -91.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off two buildings and knocked down some trees and power lines.
Hail, Cleburne
- When
- September 23, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County, Heber Springs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.538, -92.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulkner
- When
- September 23, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County, Vilonia
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.147, -92.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds knocked down some power lines.
Hail, Van Buren
- When
- September 23, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County, Dennard
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.581, -92.516 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- September 23, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County, Ferndale
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- September 23, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County, Little Rock
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and power lines in the southwest part of Little Rock.
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- September 23, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County, Bryant
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 34.647, -92.677 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines.
Hail, Pope
- When
- September 23, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County, Hector
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.448, -93.034 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 10315662, 10315942, 10315943, 10315944, 10317020, 10315768, 10315709, 10317326, 10316819, 10316890, 10317210, 10317442.