Hail, Sebastian
- When
- March 2, 3:04 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, 4 mi E of Hackett
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.180, -94.350
Hail in Arkansas, March 2, 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, Sebastian
- When
- March 2, 3:08 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, 5 mi S of Ft Smith
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -94.420
Hail, Crawford
- When
- March 2, 3:29 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Mulberry
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -94.050
Hail, Madison
- When
- March 2, 3:56 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, St Paul
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.820, -93.770
Isolated severe thunderstorms developed in northwest Arkansas during the afternoon of March 2nd. The storms produced quarter size hail 5 miles south of Fort Smith, nickel size hail at Mulberry, and dime size hail 4 miles east of Hackett and at St. Paul.
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
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 2, 1997
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 7, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 2 to 4, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, March 2 to 6, 1997
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 3, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 15, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in Ohio, March 2 to 11, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 11, 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: 5613236, 5613237, 5613238, 5613239.