Hail in Arkansas, December 28, 2024

Name: Hail in Arkansas, December 28, 2024
Start: 2024-12-28T10:04
End: 2024-12-28T10:42
Location: Arkansas

December 28, 2024 · NWS JAN · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

On December 28th, as part of a larger severe weather outbreak that was focused south and southeast of Arkansas, a supercell thunderstorm developed and produced a swath of large hail in southeast Arkansas.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $250,000
Crop damage: $1,000
Events: 2

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 JAN wrote it up.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 28, 8:03 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 8:03 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 28, 8:10 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 28, 8:15 AM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 28, 10:01 AM CST, 3 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1001 AM CST Sat Dec 28 2024

MSZ064>066-073-281630-
Jones MS-Jefferson Davis MS-Covington MS-Lamar MS-
1001 AM CST Sat Dec 28 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN COVINGTON...NORTHWESTERN
LAMAR...WEST CENTRAL JONES AND EASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES
THROUGH 1030 AM CST...

At 1000 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Sumrall, or 13 miles northwest of West Hattiesburg, moving northeast
at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Seminary and Sanford around 1005 AM CST.
  Collins around 1010 AM CST.
  Hebron around 1020 AM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CST for south central
and southeastern Mississippi.

&&

LAT...LON 3141 8965 3177 8951 3166 8925 3143 8941
      3143 8945 3138 8945 3135 8947
TIME...MOT...LOC 1600Z 205DEG 38KT 3145 8954

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 181 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:05 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ashley

When: December 28, 10:04 AM CST
Where: Ashley County, 1.35 mi ENE of Mist
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Crop damage: $1,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 33.280, -91.680

Hail as large as 1.5 inches fell across the area.

Hail, Chicot

When: December 28, 10:42 AM CST
Where: Chicot County, Dermott
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $250,000
Reported by: Fire Department/Rescue
Coordinates: 33.520, -91.430

Large hail fell in town to at least baseball size, some possibly larger.

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

Every storm in Arkansas in 2024 Every state in 2024 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, December 2024

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1229224, 1229225.