Hail, Madison
- When
- June 6, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, 5 mi E of St Paul
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -93.680
Hail in Arkansas, June 6, 1996
Severe thunderstorms developed in northwest Arkansas during the afternoon of June 6th. Quarter size hail fell 8 miles south of Green Forest, and dime size hail fell at Elkins, 2 miles south of Huntsville, and 5 miles east of St.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed in northwest Arkansas during the afternoon of June 6th. Quarter size hail fell 8 miles south of Green Forest, and dime size hail fell at Elkins, 2 miles south of Huntsville, and 5 miles east of St. Paul.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
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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: 5565206.