Hail, Sebastian
- When
- February 26, 4:08 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Greenwood
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.220, -94.270
Hail in Arkansas, February 26, 1998
Severe thunderstorms developed on the afternoon of Feb. 26 over southeast Oklahoma between 3:00 and 4:00 pm and moved into parts of northwest and westcentral Arkansas between 4:00 and 5:00 pm.
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
- 5
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TSA wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms developed on the afternoon of Feb. 26 over southeast Oklahoma between 3:00 and 4:00 pm and moved into parts of northwest and westcentral Arkansas between 4:00 and 5:00 pm. Another isolated severe thunderstorm developed over southern Sebastian County shortly before 6:00 pm. All severe reports were in the form of dime to quarter-sized hail. The storms developed in advance of a cold front moving into unseasonably warm and humid air. A large-scale upper level trough had also moved into the plains, causing instability to increase.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Crawford
- When
- February 26, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Natural Dam
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -94.400
Hail, Washington
- When
- February 26, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Johnson
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.130, -94.170
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- February 26, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Ft Smith
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -94.420
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- February 26, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Hartford
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.020, -94.380
What these are
- 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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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: 5631585, 5631583, 5631584, 5631586, 5631582.