Hail, St. Francis
- When
- February 18, 3:00 PM CST to 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County, Hughes
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.083, -90.767
Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, February 18, 2000
2 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- $25,000
- 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 Memphis radar (KNQA), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, St. Francis
- When
- February 18, 3:00 PM CST to 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County, Hughes
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 35.083, -90.767
A mobile home was overturned. Several homes were damaged.
Hail, Crittenden
- When
- February 18, 3:15 PM CST to 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County, Horseshoe Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.933, -90.350
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Pennsylvania, February 18 to 20, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 18, 2000
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 2000Warnings in Arkansas, February 2000
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: 5133808, 5133809, 5133810.