Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 4, 1995

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 4, 1995
Start: 1995-07-04T12:25
End: 1995-07-04T23:40
Location: Arkansas

July 4, 1995 · 58 events in 31 counties and zones

52 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 58 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: $8,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 58

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.

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:24 UTC.

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Event by event

52 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Desha

When: July 4, 12:25 PM CST
Where: Desha County, McGehee
Coordinates: 33.833, -91.254 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of two storage buildings and two homes in McGehee.

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When: July 4, 6:15 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Benton County, Countywide
Coordinates: 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When: July 4, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Benton County, Siloam Springs
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When: July 4, 6:18 PM CST
Where: Benton County, Siloam Springs
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When: July 4, 6:18 PM CST
Where: Benton County, Siloam Springs
Coordinates: 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Benton

When: July 4, 6:18 PM CST
Where: Benton County, Siloam Springs
Coordinates: 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: July 4, 6:35 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Nr Springdale
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 35.979, -94.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: July 4, 6:35 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Springdale
Coordinates: 35.979, -94.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When: July 4, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Benton County, Bentonville
Coordinates: 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When: July 4, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Benton County, Lowell
Property damage: $1,000
Coordinates: 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: July 4, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Madison County, Hindsville
Coordinates: 36.011, -93.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: July 4, 7:15 PM CST to 7:45 PM CST
Where: Carroll County, Countywide
Coordinates: 36.341, -93.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: July 4, 7:18 PM CST
Where: Carroll County, Eureka Springs
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.341, -93.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: July 4, 7:40 PM CST
Where: Carroll County, Berryville
Coordinates: 36.341, -93.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: July 4, 7:40 PM CST
Where: Carroll County, Green Forest
Coordinates: 36.341, -93.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: July 4, 7:40 PM CST
Where: Carroll County, Oak Grove
Coordinates: 36.341, -93.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: July 4, 7:40 PM CST
Where: Carroll County, Urbanette
Coordinates: 36.341, -93.538 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: July 4, 7:45 PM CST
Where: Washington County, West Fork
Coordinates: 35.979, -94.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Boone

When: July 4, 7:59 PM CST
Where: Boone County, Omaha
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Coordinates: 36.309, -93.091 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines.

Hail, Crawford

When: July 4, 8:08 PM CST
Where: Crawford County, Van Buren
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 35.589, -94.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sebastian

When: July 4, 8:12 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, Newton

When: July 4, 8:13 PM CST
Where: Newton County, Ponca
Coordinates: 35.920, -93.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: July 4, 8:20 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Winslow
Coordinates: 35.979, -94.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Marion

When: July 4, 8:25 PM CST
Where: Marion County, Yellville
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 36.268, -92.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sebastian

When: July 4, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Sebastian County, Greenwood
Coordinates: 35.199, -94.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Baxter

When: July 4, 9:05 PM CST
Where: Baxter County, Lakeview
Coordinates: 36.287, -92.337 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew a boat dock into a retaining wall at Lakeview.

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: July 4, 9:12 PM CST
Where: Madison County, Pettigrew
Coordinates: 36.011, -93.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the evening of July 4th. Strong thunderstorm winds flipped an airplane at the Springdale Airport near Springdale, and widespread trees and power lines were blown down throughout Benton and Carroll Counties. Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and several large trees two miles north of Siloam Springs, and numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Bentonville. Power lines were blown down in Urbanette and in Oak Grove, and a tree was blown down and camper shells were blown onto a highway in Lowell. A tree was blown down onto a house by 70 mph winds two miles south of Siloam Springs, and trees were also blown down just west of Springdale, in Hindsville, in Berryville, in Green Forest, two miles southwest of Winslow, and in Pettigrew. Large tree limbs were blown down in West Fork and in Greenwood, and Thunderstorm Wind gusted to 60 mph in Siloam Springs and six miles north of Eureka Springs. Quarter-size hail fell two miles north of Siloam Springs, and dime-size hail fell at Van Buren and at Fort Smith.

Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson

When: July 4, 9:25 PM CST
Where: Johnson County, Clarksville
Coordinates: 35.570, -93.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down a power pole and power line.

Thunderstorm Wind, Logan

When: July 4, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Logan County, Booneville
Coordinates: 35.215, -93.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Polk

When: July 4, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Polk County, Yocana
Coordinates: 34.486, -94.228 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and caused structural damage to several buildings.

Thunderstorm Wind, Searcy

When: July 4, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Searcy County, Marshall
Coordinates: 35.911, -92.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The steel framework of a building under construction was blown down at the county airport in Marshall.

Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson

When: July 4, 9:45 PM CST
Where: Johnson County, Lamar
Coordinates: 35.570, -93.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a large metal building, destroyed a farm shed and knocked down trees around Lamar.

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When: July 4, 9:45 PM CST
Where: Scott County, Waldron
Coordinates: 34.861, -94.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees. ARKANSAS, Central and North Central, Cont'd

Hail, Perry

When: July 4, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Perry County, Mountain View
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.947, -92.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Perry

When: July 4, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Perry County, Casa
Coordinates: 34.947, -92.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Perry

When: July 4, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Perry County, Mountain View
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 34.947, -92.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery

When: July 4, 10:20 PM CST
Where: Montgomery County, Joplin
Coordinates: 34.539, -93.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds damaged some boat docks.

Thunderstorm Wind, Yell

When: July 4, 10:20 PM CST
Where: Yell County, Danville
Coordinates: 35.003, -93.411 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery

When: July 4, 10:25 PM CST
Where: Montgomery County, Pencil Bluff
Coordinates: 34.539, -93.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Some trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Yell

When: July 4, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Yell County, Plainview
Coordinates: 35.003, -93.411 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.

Hail, Pope

When: July 4, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Pope County, Hector
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 35.448, -93.034 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Faulkner

When: July 4, 10:35 PM CST
Where: Faulkner County, Greenbrier
Coordinates: 35.147, -92.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Some trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Conway

When: July 4, 10:35 PM CST
Where: Conway County, Oppelo
Coordinates: 35.262, -92.701 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Garland

When: July 4, 10:35 PM CST
Where: Garland County, Hot Springs
Coordinates: 34.577, -93.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees in the western part of Hot Springs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Perry

When: July 4, 10:35 PM CST
Where: Perry County, Perryville
Coordinates: 34.947, -92.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Some trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Faulkner

When: July 4, 10:45 PM CST
Where: Faulkner County, Greenbrier
Coordinates: 35.147, -92.332 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds damaged several homes which resulted in gas leaks. Numerous trees and power lines were also blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren

When: July 4, 10:50 PM CST
Where: Van Buren County, Clinton
Coordinates: 35.581, -92.516 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees onto power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Garland

When: July 4, 10:55 PM CST
Where: Garland County, Hot Springs
Coordinates: 34.577, -93.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Some trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cleburne

When: July 4, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Cleburne County, Heber Springs
Coordinates: 35.538, -92.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees onto houses.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski

When: July 4, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Morgan
Coordinates: 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A few trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Saline

When: July 4, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Saline County, Benton
Coordinates: 34.647, -92.677 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.

Hail, Pulaski

When: July 4, 11:10 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Macon
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pulaski

When: July 4, 11:10 PM CST
Where: Pulaski County, Little Rock
Coordinates: 34.770, -92.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, White

When: July 4, 11:15 PM CST
Where: White County, Searcy
Coordinates: 35.256, -91.745 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Independence

When: July 4, 11:25 PM CST
Where: Independence County, Oil Trough
Measured: 67 kt (77 mph)
Coordinates: 35.742, -91.570 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning struck the roof of a house which resulted in a fire. The fire was quickly extinguished and damage was confined to the roof and attic area of the house.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lonoke

When: July 4, 11:37 PM CST
Where: Lonoke County, Ward
Coordinates: 34.754, -91.889 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: July 4, 11:40 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, Diaz
Coordinates: 35.599, -91.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: July 4, 11:40 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, Newport
Coordinates: 35.599, -91.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Some trees were knocked down.

What these are

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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: 10315603, 10315970, 10315971, 10315972, 10358473, 10358474, 10317565, 10317566, 10315973, 10315974, 10315201, 10315473, 10315474, 10315475, 10315476, 10315477, 10315478, 10317567, 10316176, 10316219, 10316774, 10315380, 10317568, 10315345, 10316775, 10315672, 10315202, 10314846, 10315024, 10317433, 10317453, 10314847, 10317322, 10316868, 10316869, 10316870, 10315142, 10317109, 10315143, 10317110, and more.