Hail, Madison
- When
- August 14, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Clifty
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.230, -93.800
Hail in Arkansas, August 14, 1997
4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
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
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Madison
- When
- August 14, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Clifty
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.230, -93.800
Hail, Carroll
- When
- August 14, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, 3 mi N of Metalton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.270, -93.530
Hail, Carroll
- When
- August 14, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, Rudd
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -93.480
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed in extreme northwest Arkansas during the afternoon of August 14th and produced golfball size hail 3 miles north of Metalton, nickel size hail at Clifty, and dime size hail at Rudd.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5621315, 5621316, 5621317, 5621318.