Hail, Montgomery
- When
- April 16, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Story
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -93.520
Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 16, 1998
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- April 16, 5:50 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 2 mi E of Story
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -93.480
Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees.
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 in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Hail in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Ohio, April 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
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: 5640986, 5640987.