Hail, Benton
- When
- May 22, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Siloam Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -94.530
Hail in Arkansas, May 22, 1999
Summary of events for May 22 1999:Scattered severe thunderstorms formed along a slow-moving cold front on the afternoon of May 22. Most thunderstorms that formed moved slowly, though the severe weather emphasis shifted south during the afternoon and evening as the front moved south.
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
- 7
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 May 22 1999:Scattered severe thunderstorms formed along a slow-moving cold front on the afternoon of May 22. Most thunderstorms that formed moved slowly, though the severe weather emphasis shifted south during the afternoon and evening as the front moved south. These severe thunderstorms produced hail to the size of quarters.
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:59 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 22, 4:13 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Prairie Grove
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -94.320
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 22, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Springdale
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -94.130
Hail, Madison
- When
- May 22, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, 2 mi W of Japton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -93.830
Hail, Crawford
- When
- May 22, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Natural Dam
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -94.400
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 22, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Ozark to 2 mi of Altus
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -93.830
There were two reports of quarter-sized hail at the same time...the first from near AR Hwy 23 and I-40, the second from in Altus.
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- May 22, 6:32 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Mansfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -94.230
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 22, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 22, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 22, 1999
- Hail in Georgia, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 1999
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: 5700458, 5700464, 5700459, 5700460, 5700461, 5700462, 5700463.