Hail, Washington
- When
- May 21, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -94.180
Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 21, 1957
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lonoke
- When
- May 21, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lonoke County
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -92.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Sevier
- When
- May 21, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sevier County
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- May 21, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -92.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski
- When
- May 21, 9:58 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -92.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- May 21, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -90.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Mississippi
- When
- May 21, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mississippi County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -90.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Craighead
- When
- May 21, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -90.680
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 21, 1957
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, May 21, 1957
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 21, 1957
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 21, 1957
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 21, 1957
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 21, 1957
- Hail in Texas, May 21, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 21, 1957
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 21, 1957
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1957Every state in 1957This day in weather history
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: 9984253, 9984254, 9984255, 9984256, 9984257, 9984258, 9984259, 9984260.