Hail, Benton
- When
- March 24, 5:32 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -94.530
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 24, 1988
14 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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
14 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- March 24, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -94.450
Hail, Washington
- When
- March 24, 6:08 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -94.170
Hail, Washington
- When
- March 24, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -94.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- March 24, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -93.730
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- March 24, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -94.420
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- March 24, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -94.420
Hail, Crawford
- When
- March 24, 7:13 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -94.350
Hail, Johnson
- When
- March 24, 8:44 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.470, -93.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Newton
- When
- March 24, 8:44 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -93.270
Hail, Polk
- When
- March 24, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.580, -94.400
Hail, Sevier
- When
- March 24, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sevier County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.050, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- March 24, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -93.670
Hail, Pope
- When
- March 24, 9:37 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -93.130
Hail, Howard
- When
- March 24, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -94.020
Hail, Howard
- When
- March 24, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.020, -93.850
Hail, Pike
- When
- March 24, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -93.550
Hail, Little River
- When
- March 24, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Little River County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.770, -94.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Hot Spring
- When
- March 24, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hot Spring County
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -93.150
Tornado, Clark
- When
- March 24, 10:47 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.980, -93.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulkner
- When
- March 24, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Faulkner County
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -92.520
Tornado, Independence
- When
- March 24, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Independence County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 35.580, -91.750
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, March 24, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 24, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 24, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 24, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, March 24, 1988
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1988Warnings in Arkansas, March 1988
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: 9989671, 9989672, 9989673, 9989674, 9989675, 9989676, 9989677, 9989678, 9989679, 9989680, 9989681, 9989682, 9989683, 9989684, 9989685, 9989686, 9989687, 9989688, 9990743, 9990744, 9990745, 9990746.