Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 25, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 25, 1994
Start: 1994-04-25T18:18
End: 1994-04-25T23:26
Location: Arkansas

April 25, 1994 · 42 events in 24 counties and zones

26 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 42 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $823,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 42

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

26 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lafayette

When: April 25, 6:18 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County, Buckner
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.241, -93.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Columbia

When: April 25, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Columbia County, Lumber
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 33.214, -93.227 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed a number of trees.

Hail, Lafayette

When: April 25, 6:25 PM CST
Where: Lafayette County, Stamps
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 33.241, -93.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Nevada

When: April 25, 6:50 PM CST
Where: Nevada County, Willisville
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.664, -93.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed many trees.

Hail, Nevada

When: April 25, 6:55 PM CST
Where: Nevada County, Waterloo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.664, -93.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed many trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Nevada

When: April 25, 6:55 PM CST
Where: Nevada County, Waterloo
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 33.664, -93.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed many trees.

Hail, Ouachita

When: April 25, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Ouachita County, Camden
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.593, -92.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sebastian

When: April 25, 7:01 PM CST
Where: Sebastian County, Fort Smith
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.199, -94.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Sebastian

When: April 25, 7:05 PM CST
Where: Sebastian County, Mansfield
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 35.199, -94.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sebastian

When: April 25, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Sebastian County, Greenwood
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 35.199, -94.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree.

Hail, Crawford

When: April 25, 7:45 PM CST
Where: Crawford County, Mansfield
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.589, -94.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Crawford

When: April 25, 7:46 PM CST
Where: Crawford County, Alma
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.589, -94.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Logan

When: April 25, 7:48 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Booneville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.215, -93.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sebastian

When: April 25, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Sebastian County, Greenwood
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 35.199, -94.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Madison

When: April 25, 8:19 PM CST
Where: Madison County, St. Paul
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 36.011, -93.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Little River

When: April 25, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Little River County, Foreman
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 33.701, -94.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.

Hail, Sevier

When: April 25, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Sevier County, Horatio
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 33.997, -94.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Clark

When: April 25, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Clark County, Alpine
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.051, -93.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Yell

When: April 25, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Yell County, Havana
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.003, -93.411 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.

Hail, Clark

When: April 25, 9:14 PM CST
Where: Clark County, Gum Springs
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.051, -93.176 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Little River

When: April 25, 9:15 PM CST
Where: Little River County, Ashdown
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 33.701, -94.234 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Sevier

When: April 25, 9:20 PM CST
Where: Sevier County, Ben Lomond
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 33.997, -94.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds damaged two barns.

Hail, Garland

When: April 25, 9:28 PM CST
Where: Garland County, Hot Springs
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.577, -93.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Golf ball-size hail broke several car windshields.

Thunderstorm Wind, Howard

When: April 25, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Howard County, Schaal
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 34.089, -93.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds destroyed two chicken houses and blew down numerous trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hempstead

When: April 25, 9:50 PM CST
Where: Hempstead County, Clow
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 33.735, -93.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds damaged a barn and blew down several trees.

Hail, Pike

When: April 25, 9:55 PM CST
Where: Pike County, Roy
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 34.164, -93.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hempstead

When: April 25, 10:10 PM CST
Where: Hempstead County, Blevins
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.735, -93.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Saline

When: April 25, 10:23 PM CST
Where: Saline County, Bauxite
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.647, -92.677 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.

Hail, Cleburne

When: April 25, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Cleburne County, Greers Ferry
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.538, -92.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Nevada

When: April 25, 10:40 PM CST
Where: Nevada County, Prescott
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 33.664, -93.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Saline

When: April 25, 10:42 PM CST
Where: Saline County, Bryant
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 34.647, -92.677 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hot Spring

When: April 25, 10:43 PM CST
Where: Hot Spring County, Malvern
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.318, -92.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.

Hail, Nevada

When: April 25, 10:45 PM CST
Where: Nevada County, Laneburg
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.664, -93.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Nevada

When: April 25, 10:45 PM CST
Where: Nevada County, Laneburg
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 33.664, -93.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.

Hail, Hot Spring

When: April 25, 10:50 PM CST
Where: Hot Spring County, Malvern
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.318, -92.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, White

When: April 25, 10:58 PM CST
Where: White County, Kensett
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.256, -91.745 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When: April 25, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Grant County, Tull
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 34.290, -92.424 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree.

Hail, Saline

When: April 25, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Saline County, Benton
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.647, -92.677 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Saline

When: April 25, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Saline County, Benton
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 34.647, -92.677 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.

Hail, Pulaski

When: April 25, 11:17 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Scott
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Dallas

When: April 25, 11:25 PM CST
Where: Dallas County, Manning
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 33.970, -92.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: April 25, 11:26 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, Newport
Property damage: $500
Coordinates: 35.599, -91.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.

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

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10314879, 10316282, 10314880, 10315195, 10315196, 10315197, 10315389, 10317468, 10317469, 10317470, 10316113, 10316114, 10315010, 10317471, 10315089, 10314985, 10316929, 10315580, 10317051, 10315581, 10314986, 10316930, 10316020, 10315735, 10315448, 10317272, 10315449, 10317212, 10315769, 10315198, 10317213, 10315542, 10315199, 10315234, 10315543, 10316800, 10316238, 10317214, 10317215, 10316897, and more.