Hail, Newton
- When
- April 20, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Newton County, Lurton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -93.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 20, 1995
14 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.
- 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
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
14 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Saline
- When
- April 20, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Saline County, Bryant
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.647, -92.677 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Pulaski
- When
- April 20, 12:58 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County, Little Rock
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dime-sized hail occurred in the western part of Little Rock.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sharp
- When
- April 20, 2:05 AM CST
- Where
- Sharp County, Ash Flat
- Coordinates
- 36.161, -91.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and numerous trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chicot
- When
- April 20, 2:10 AM CST
- Where
- Chicot County, Eudora
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.267, -91.294 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds estimated at 60 to 65 mph blew a car off the road.
Hail, Drew
- When
- April 20, 5:50 AM CST
- Where
- Drew County, Monticello
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.589, -91.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Little River
- When
- April 20, 10:22 AM CST
- Where
- Little River County, Ashdown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.701, -94.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Pike
- When
- April 20, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pike County, Delight
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.164, -93.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 20, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Pine Bluff
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.269, -91.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 20, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Cornerstone
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.269, -91.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 20, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Wabbaseka
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.269, -91.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Arkansas
- When
- April 20, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas County, Stuttgart
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.291, -91.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- April 20, 12:47 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Pine Bluff
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.269, -91.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Cleveland
- When
- April 20, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cleveland County, Woodlawn
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.898, -92.185 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Ashley
- When
- April 20, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ashley County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 33.330, -91.450
This short tornado began in Ashley County, tow miles northeast of Montrose and moved into Chicot County and lifted three miles northwest of Cosgrove. This tornado moved through open field and not damage occurred.
Hail, Chicot
- When
- April 20, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Chicot County, Eudora
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.267, -91.294 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Craighead
- When
- April 20, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County, Jonesboro
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 35.831, -90.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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 Alabama, April 20, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 20, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 20, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 20, 1995
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 20, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 20, 1995
- Hail in Illinois, April 20, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 20, 1995
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1995Warnings in Arkansas, April 1995
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: 10315323, 10317229, 10316978, 10317027, 10315564, 10315615, 10314999, 10317281, 10316313, 10316314, 10316315, 10316424, 10316316, 10315872, 10315654, 10315565, 10315994.