Hail, Chicot
- When
- January 21, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Chicot County, Eudora
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -91.270
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
3 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $235,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Ashley
- When
- January 21, 7:24 PM CST to 7:39 PM CST
- Where
- Ashley County, Wilmot to 4 mi E of Parkdale
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -91.630
This tornado was a continuation of a tornado that touched down in Morehouse Parish Louisiana and continued into Chicot County Arkansas. There was minor damage to mainly trees and power lines.
Tornado, Chicot
- When
- January 21, 7:39 PM CST to 8:09 PM CST
- Where
- Chicot County, Empire to 1 mi N of Lake Vlg
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 20 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $70,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -91.450
This tornado moved out of Ashley and into to Chicot County and caused minor damage to trees and power lines.
Hail, Chicot
- When
- January 21, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Chicot County, Lake Vlg
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.330, -91.280
Golf ball size hail damaged roofs of houses and damaged automobiles.
Hail, Chicot
- When
- January 21, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chicot County, Lake Vlg
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.330, -91.280
Baseball size hail did serious damage to roofs, automobiles and windows.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
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- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Indiana, January 21 to 23, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, January 21 to 22, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 21, 1999
More
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5681554, 5681555, 5681556, 5681557, 5681558.