Hail, Ashley
- When
- July 4, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ashley County, Fountain Hill
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -91.880
Baseball size hail damage a patrol car and several other vehicles.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 4, 1997
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $62,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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), 169 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:49 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chicot
- When
- July 4, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Chicot County, Lake Vlg
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 33.330, -91.280
Numerous trees and power poles were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chicot
- When
- July 4, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chicot County, Eudora
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 33.120, -91.270
Several power lines were blown down.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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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- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 4, 1997
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 4, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 4, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 4, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 4, 1997
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: 5607018, 5607020, 5607019.