Hail, Lonoke
- When
- April 27, 4:17 PM CST
- Where
- Lonoke County, 0.69 mi S of England
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.540, -91.970
Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 27, 2023
While cool temperatures and rainy conditions were in place for the last several days of the month, there was one more round of strong to severe thunderstorms to move across the state on April 27th. A few storms produced hail from central into eastern Arkansas.
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
- 5
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 LZK wrote it up.
While cool temperatures and rainy conditions were in place for the last several days of the month, there was one more round of strong to severe thunderstorms to move across the state on April 27th. A few storms produced hail from central into eastern Arkansas. A few brief funnel clouds also occurred across northeast Arkansas beneath an upper level storm system that rotated its way east of the area.
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:16 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lonoke
- When
- April 27, 4:28 PM CST
- Where
- Lonoke County, 0.69 mi S of England
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.540, -91.970
Hail, Arkansas
- When
- April 27, 5:39 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas County, 2.93 mi ESE of Parham
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -91.450
Hail, Arkansas
- When
- April 27, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Arkansas County, 0.69 mi N of Ona
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.560, -91.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- April 27, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County, 1.33 mi WNW of Park Grove
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.710, -91.240
Trees and power lines were down.
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.
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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: 1093706, 1093707, 1093708, 1093709, 1093710.