Hail, Sebastian
- When
- March 7, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Ft Smith
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.380, -94.420
Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 7, 1998
A powerful early spring storm system moved across Oklahoma and Arkansas during the day on March 7. Severe thunderstorms developed during the mid-afternoon over extreme eastern Oklahoma and then moved into western Arkansas around 3:00 PM.
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
- $700
- 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.
A powerful early spring storm system moved across Oklahoma and Arkansas during the day on March 7. Severe thunderstorms developed during the mid-afternoon over extreme eastern Oklahoma and then moved into western Arkansas around 3:00 PM.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Crawford
- When
- March 7, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Van Buren
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 35.430, -94.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- March 7, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Lincoln
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -94.420
Pieces of barn on road near Lincoln
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- March 7, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Fayetteville
- Property damage
- $200
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -94.170
Tree downed on a road on the west side of Fayetteville.
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
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 7 to 8, 1998
- Blizzard in Kansas, March 7 to 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, March 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 7 to 30, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, March 7, 1998
- Hail in Mississippi, March 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 7 to 12, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 7 to 12, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 7, 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: 5634697, 5634698, 5634695, 5634696.