Hail, Washington
- When
- April 28, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, West Fork
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.930, -94.180
Severe thunderstorms developed in northwest Arkansas during the late afternoon and early evening of April 28th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Bloomer, and dime size hail fell at Van Buren and at West Fork.
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The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed in northwest Arkansas during the late afternoon and early evening of April 28th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Bloomer, and dime size hail fell at Van Buren and at West Fork.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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