Hail, Ashley
- When
- March 7, 8:55 AM CST
- Where
- Ashley County, Milo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -91.980
Many houses and automobiles were damaged.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 7, 1998
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $275,000
- 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.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 173 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:57 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ashley
- When
- March 7, 8:55 AM CST
- Where
- Ashley County, Milo
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Coordinates
- 33.300, -91.980
Four houses were damaged and four barns were demolished.
Hail, Ashley
- When
- March 7, 8:55 AM CST
- Where
- Ashley County, Fountain Hill
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 33.350, -91.880
Golfball size hail accumulated three inches deep. The hail damaged roofs of houses and automobiles.
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
- 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
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, 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: 5633818, 5633819, 5633820.