Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 16, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 16, 1994
Start: 1994-07-16T14:00
End: 1994-07-16T17:30
Location: Arkansas

July 16, 1994 · 16 events in 10 counties and zones

11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 16 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: $37,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 16

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

11 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski

When: July 16, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Little Rock
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Polk

When: July 16, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Polk County, Mena
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.486, -94.228 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski

When: July 16, 2:40 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Little Rock
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Some trees were blown down in the southwest part of Little Rock.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski

When: July 16, 2:43 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Little Rock
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lonoke

When: July 16, 2:45 PM CST
Where: Lonoke County, Lonoke
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 34.754, -91.889 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski

When: July 16, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Mabelvale
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some phone lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren

When: July 16, 3:04 PM CST
Where: Van Buren County, Clinton
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.581, -92.516 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.

Hail, Jackson

When: July 16, 3:07 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, Tuckerman
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.599, -91.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Benton and Independence

When: July 16, 3:08 PM CST
Where: Benton and Independence County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton and Independence

When: July 16, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Benton and Independence County to Newark
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.

Hail, Jackson

When: July 16, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, Jacksonport
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.599, -91.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Clark

When: July 16, 3:45 PM CST
Where: Clark County, Amity
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.051, -93.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.

Hail, Grant

When: July 16, 4:48 PM CST
Where: Grant County, Palestine
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.290, -92.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lee

When: July 16, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Lee County, Marianna
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 34.781, -90.782 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When: July 16, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Grant County to Prattsville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 34.290, -92.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees.

Hail, Chicot

When: July 16, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Chicot County, Rich Mtn
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.267, -91.294 (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

Every storm in Arkansas in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, July 1994

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: 10316885, 10317419, 10316886, 10316887, 10315057, 10316888, 10317334, 10316043, 10316072, 10316073, 10316044, 10315591, 10316241, 10314929, 10316242, 10315493.