Hail, Cross
- When
- April 8, 4:40 PM CST to 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cross County, Wynne
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $750
- Coordinates
- 35.230, -90.800
Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, April 8, 1998
6 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
6 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, St. Francis
- When
- April 8, 4:45 PM CST to 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County, Colt
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $750
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -90.800
Tornado, Crittenden
- When
- April 8, 5:20 PM CST to 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County, Marion
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -90.200
A tornado briefly touched down in Marion knocking down a few trees.
Hail, Lee
- When
- April 8, 5:25 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Marianna
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -90.750
Hail, Crittenden
- When
- April 8, 5:30 PM CST to 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County, West Memphis
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $50
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -90.180
Hail, Mississippi
- When
- April 8, 5:35 PM CST to 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Mississippi County, Joiner
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $60
- Coordinates
- 35.500, -90.150
Dime to nickle size hail fell in Joiner.
Hail, Crittenden
- When
- April 8, 6:00 PM CST to 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County, Horseshoe Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -90.350
Several cars were dented by hail.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 8 to 9, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 8 to 30, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 8, 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: 5641881, 5641882, 5641883, 5641887, 5641884, 5641885, 5641886.