Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- May 26, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, 7 mi SE of Strickler
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -94.220
Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 26, 1997
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- May 26, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, 5 mi SE of Strickler
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 35.780, -94.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- May 26, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, 2 mi NNE of Elkins
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -93.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- May 26, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, Berryville
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -93.570
Hail, Carroll
- When
- May 26, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, Metalton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -93.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 26, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Clifty
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.230, -93.800
Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the evening of May 26th. Strong thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a warehouse in an industrial area on the south side of Berryville, and other roof damage also occurred in this area. 2 large trees were also blown down in Berryville. A semi was blown off the road 2 miles north northeast of Elkins, and trees were blown down 7 miles southeast of Strickler and 5 miles southeast of Strickler. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Clifty, and dime size hail fell at Metalton.
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 26, 1997
- Flash Flood in Missouri, May 26, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 26 to 27, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 26 to 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 26, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Missouri, May 26, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, May 26, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, May 26, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flood in Missouri, May 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 26, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 26, 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: 5620022, 5620023, 5620024, 5620025, 5620026, 5620027.