Hail, Washington
- When
- March 5, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Greenland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -94.170
Hail in Arkansas, March 5, 1998
Thunderstorms formed over northwest Arkansas during the early afternoon of March 5 to the north of a surface stationary front over southern Arkansas. Surface temperatures on the cool side of the front in the 40s.
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
- 4
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.
Thunderstorms formed over northwest Arkansas during the early afternoon of March 5 to the north of a surface stationary front over southern Arkansas. Surface temperatures on the cool side of the front in the 40s. Unstable air aloft and the approach of a wave of low pressure along the front were enough to fire off the thunderstorms north of the surface front. The only severe reports with these storms were in the form of dime to nickel-sized hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Madison
- When
- March 5, 12:58 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Wesley
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -93.920
Hail, Madison
- When
- March 5, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Huntsville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -93.730
Hail, Carroll
- When
- March 5, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, 3 mi SW of Eureka Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 36.370, -93.770
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
- Winter Storm in Utah, March 5 to 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 5, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Mississippi, March 5, 1998
- Hail in Mississippi, March 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 5 to 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, March 5, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 5 to 6, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, March 5 to 6, 1998
- Hail in Louisiana, March 5, 1998
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 5, 1998
- Winter Weather in California, March 5, 1998
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, March 1998
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: 5634699, 5634700, 5634701, 5634702.