Hail, Benton
- When
- May 13, 6:18 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Maysville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 13, 1995
13 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 14 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 13, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Nr Gravette
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Benton
- When
- May 13, 6:58 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Gentry
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.320, -94.550
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 13, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Nr Bentonville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Benton
- When
- May 13, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Rogers
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -94.150
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 13, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Nr Bentonville
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 13, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Nr Bentonville
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 13, 8:13 PM CST to 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Monte Ne to Nr Lowell
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 13, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Lowell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.339, -94.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 13, 9:11 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Spring Valley
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.979, -94.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Madison
- When
- May 13, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Hindsville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.011, -93.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Madison
- When
- May 13, 9:57 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Huntsville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 36.020, -93.920
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 13, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Springdale
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.979, -94.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 13, 10:51 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Spring Valley
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.979, -94.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 13, 11:02 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Goshen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.979, -94.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 13, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Huntsville
- Coordinates
- 36.011, -93.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Clay
- When
- May 13, 11:43 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Rector
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 36.368, -90.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 13, 1995
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in California, May 13, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 13, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 13, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 13, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 13, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 13, 1995
More
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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: 10315956, 10315957, 10315958, 10315959, 10315960, 10315961, 10315962, 10315963, 10315964, 10317501, 10315113, 10315114, 10317502, 10317503, 10317504, 10315115, 10315694.