Tornado in Arkansas, May 9, 1998

Name: Tornado in Arkansas, May 9, 1998
Start: 1998-05-09T17:35
End: 1998-05-09T17:42
Location: Arkansas

May 9, 1998 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 Little Rock radar (KLZK), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:34 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Ouachita

When: May 9, 5:35 PM CST to 5:42 PM CST
Where: Ouachita County, Harmony Grove to 2 mi ENE of Harmony Grove
Rating: F0
Path length: 3.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Coordinates: 33.650, -92.800

An F0 tornado touched down about 1.5 miles west northwest of Harmony Grove. The tornado travelled to the east northeast for about 3.5 miles before lifting. Damage along the path of the tornado consisted of a number of trees and power lines being blown down. Some of the trees were twisted and fell in various directions. Several buildings sustained some minor roof damage. A couple of home TV antennas were also bent over.

What these are

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Arkansas, 1998 Warnings in Arkansas, May 1998

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: 5644788.