Thunderstorm Wind, Craighead
- When
- May 30, 2:40 PM CST to 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County, Jonesboro
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -90.700
Several power poles were bent over. Some trees and power lines were blown down as well.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 30, 1997
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 Memphis radar (KNQA), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:40 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Craighead
- When
- May 30, 2:45 PM CST to 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County, Jonesboro to 1 mi of Lake City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $110
- Coordinates
- 35.850, -90.700
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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: 5597894, 5597893.