Arkansas, 2000Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, January 3, 2000
January 3, 2000 · NWS MEG · 9 events in 4 counties and zones
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $101,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Randolph
- When
- January 3, 7:37 AM CST to 7:50 AM CST
- Where
- Randolph County, Ravenden Spgs
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.342, -91.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A window was blown out of a home in Pocahontas. Trees were knocked down in Ravenden Springs and Pocahontas.
Hail, Craighead
- When
- January 3, 12:30 PM CST to 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County, Egypt
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $50
- Reported by
- POST OFFICE
- Coordinates
- 35.831, -90.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Greene
- When
- January 3, 12:38 PM CST to 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County, Walcott
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $750
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.118, -90.559 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail ranged in size from nickle in Walcott to golfball just west of Paragould.
Hail, Clay
- When
- January 3, 12:48 PM CST to 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Boydsville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.368, -90.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- January 3, 1:00 PM CST to 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County, Marmaduke
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 36.118, -90.559 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several barns and grain bins were damaged. Several large trees were knocked down.
Lightning, Craighead
- When
- January 3, 1:00 PM CST to 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County, Bono
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.831, -90.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A house under construction was struck by lightning and caught fire.
Thunderstorm Wind, Craighead
- When
- January 3, 1:12 PM CST to 1:17 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County, Jonesboro
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.831, -90.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A mobile home was damaged. Some fences were knocked down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- January 3, 1:21 PM CST to 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Hargrave Corner
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.368, -90.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A small shed was blown over. A few homes lost some shingles off their roofs. Several carports were blown off. Several trees and power lines were knocked down.
Hail, Craighead
- When
- January 3, 1:29 PM CST to 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County, Brookland
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 35.831, -90.633 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 3, 200018 injured · $64 million · F3 · 1 event
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, January 3, 20003 injured · $7.4 million · F3 · 2 events
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, January 3, 20007 injured · $450,000 · F3 · 3 events
- Tornado in Mississippi, January 3, 2000$125,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 3, 2000$1.3 million · 4 events
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 3, 2000$593,000 · 10 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 3, 20003 injured · $250,000 · 83 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, January 3, 2000$62,000 · F1 · 29 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, January 3, 2000$384,000 · 78 kt wind · 12 events
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 3 to 4, 2000$153,000 · 14 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Indiana, January 3 to 4, 2000$157,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, January 3, 2000$150,000 · 100 kt wind · 1 event
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: 5128714, 5128709, 5128708, 5128710, 5128715, 5128716, 5128711, 5128712, 5128713.