Hail, Columbia
- When
- May 8, 11:44 AM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -93.130
Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 8, 1988
9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- May 8, 12:52 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.270, -93.050
Hail, Newton
- When
- May 8, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -93.180
Hail, Columbia
- When
- May 8, 4:48 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.270, -93.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Searcy
- When
- May 8, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Searcy County
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -92.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- May 8, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 36.270, -92.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Baxter
- When
- May 8, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Baxter County
- Coordinates
- 36.270, -92.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- May 8, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 34.100, -93.250
Tornado, Clark
- When
- May 8, 6:56 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.120, -93.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Hot Spring
- When
- May 8, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hot Spring County
- Coordinates
- 34.170, -92.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Independence
- When
- May 8, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Independence County
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -91.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Cleburne
- When
- May 8, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cleburne County
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -92.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- May 8, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -90.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Arkansas
- When
- May 8, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas County
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -91.550
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 Iowa, May 8, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 8, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 8, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 8, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 8, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 8, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 8, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 8, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, May 8, 1988
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1988Warnings in Arkansas, May 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: 9990773, 9990774, 9990775, 9990776, 9990777, 9990778, 9990779, 9990780, 9990781, 9990782, 9990783, 9990784, 9990785, 9990786.