Hail, Sebastian
- When
- July 9, 6:39 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Ft Smith
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -94.420
Hail in Arkansas, July 9, 1998
Summary of events for July 9 1998:An isolated, stationary severe thunderstorm developed over the city of Fort Smith around 730 PM CDT on July 9. This storm produced hail as large as golfballs before weakening below severe limits by 800 PM CDT.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Summary of events for July 9 1998:An isolated, stationary severe thunderstorm developed over the city of Fort Smith around 730 PM CDT on July 9. This storm produced hail as large as golfballs before weakening below severe limits by 800 PM CDT.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- July 9, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Ft Smith
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -94.420
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- July 9, 6:41 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Ft Smith
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -94.420
Location: Fort Smith Police Department
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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The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Nevada, July 9, 1998
- Hail in Oregon, July 9, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 9, 1998
- Flood in North Dakota, July 9, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 9, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, July 9 to 10, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, July 9, 1998
- Flood in Florida, July 9, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 9, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 9, 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: 5657652, 5657653, 5657654.