Arkansas, 1998Tornadoes in Arkansas, October 5, 1998
October 5, 1998 · NWS SHV · 2 events in 1 county or zone
2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Tornado, Howard
- When
- October 5, 4:00 PM CST to 4:01 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County, Umpire to 1 mi SW of Umpire
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -94.070
Tornado occurred on Cedar Hill road. An old barn had its roof destroyed. The barn was full of hay which was also lost. Trees and powerlines were knocked down.
Tornado, Howard
- When
- October 5, 4:03 PM CST to 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County, Umpire to 1 mi NE of Umpire
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -94.050
A second weaker tornado occurred just northeast of town pushing over a few diseased and dead trees as well as tearing limbs off of oak trees.
- 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.
- Flooding in Iowa, October 5 to 6, 1998$90,000 · 3 events
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 5, 1998$8,000 · F0 · 17 events
- Tornado in Texas, October 5, 1998$15,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 5, 1998$300 · 57 kt wind · 5 events
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, October 5, 19985 events
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, October 5, 19984 events
- Flooding in Kansas, October 5 to 6, 1998$3,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, October 5 to 6, 19983 events
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, October 5 to 6, 19983 events
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 5, 199850 kt wind · 3 events
- Blizzard in Wyoming, October 5, 19982 events
- High Wind in Colorado, October 5, 199854 kt wind · 2 events
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5673022, 5673023.