Hail, Van Buren
- When
- May 18, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -92.400
Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 18, 1983
10 thunderstorm wind, 8 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
- 18
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Van Buren
- When
- May 18, 12:26 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -92.680
Hail, Van Buren
- When
- May 18, 12:46 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.630, -92.680
Hail, Van Buren
- When
- May 18, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -92.280
Hail, Van Buren
- When
- May 18, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -92.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Hot Spring
- When
- May 18, 2:01 PM CST
- Where
- Hot Spring County
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -93.000
Hail, Dallas
- When
- May 18, 2:24 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.050, -92.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- May 18, 2:24 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 33.820, -92.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- May 18, 2:24 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 34.050, -92.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Hot Spring
- When
- May 18, 3:04 PM CST
- Where
- Hot Spring County
- Coordinates
- 34.330, -92.920
Hail, Desha
- When
- May 18, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Desha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -91.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Desha
- When
- May 18, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Desha County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -91.480
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 18, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -92.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Desha
- When
- May 18, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Desha County
- Coordinates
- 33.880, -91.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Lonoke
- When
- May 18, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lonoke County
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -91.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 18, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 34.220, -92.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- May 18, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -91.780
Thunderstorm Wind, St. Francis
- When
- May 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -90.770
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 Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 18, 1983
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1983
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1983Every state in 1983This 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: 9991564, 9991565, 9991566, 9991567, 9991568, 9991569, 9991570, 9991571, 9991572, 9991573, 9991574, 9991575, 9991576, 9991577, 9991578, 9991579, 9991580, 9991581.