Hail, Benton
- When
- May 2, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, 1 mi N of Rogers
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.350, -94.120
Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 2, 1997
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $200
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 Springfield radar (KSGF), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:25 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- May 2, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, 5 mi S of Eureka Spgs
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 36.330, -93.730
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- May 2, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Jenny Lind
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.250, -94.320
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- May 2, 4:08 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, 5 mi S of Ft Smith
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -94.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Sebastian
- When
- May 2, 4:08 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, 5 mi S of Ft Smith
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 35.320, -94.420
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- May 2, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Greenwood
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -94.270
Severe thunderstorms developed in northwest Arkansas during the afternoon of May 2nd. Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees 5 miles south of Eureka Springs and 5 miles south of Fort Smith, and golfball size hail also fell 5 miles south of Fort Smith. Half dollar size hail fell at Greenwood, quarter size hail fell at Jenny Lind, and dime size hail fell 1 mile north of Rogers.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, May 2 to 3, 1997
- Tornado in Alabama, May 2, 1997
- Tornado in Georgia, May 2, 1997
- Tornado in Alabama, May 2, 1997
- Hail and High Wind in Arkansas, May 2, 1997
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 2, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 2, 1997
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, May 2, 1997
- Tornado in Alabama, May 2, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, May 2, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 2 to 15, 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: 5619705, 5619706, 5619707, 5619708, 5619709, 5619710.