Hail, Miller
- When
- April 29, 10:37 AM CST
- Where
- Miller County, 0.58 mi W of Ravanna
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 33.070, -94.040
Hail ranging from quarter to half dollar size hail reported in the Ravanna community.
Hail in Arkansas, April 29, 2026
A broad area of mostly elevated strong to severe thunderstorms developed and shifted southward across Southeast Oklahoma into the Ark-La-Tex along an advancing cold front throughout the day on April 29th. Modest low-level warm air advection atop a slightly stable, near-surface layer managed to sustain the convection within a more moderately unstable and strongly sheared environment aloft.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 SHV wrote it up.
A broad area of mostly elevated strong to severe thunderstorms developed and shifted southward across Southeast Oklahoma into the Ark-La-Tex along an advancing cold front throughout the day on April 29th. Modest low-level warm air advection atop a slightly stable, near-surface layer managed to sustain the convection within a more moderately unstable and strongly sheared environment aloft. As a result, the environment remained favorable for embedded supercell structures capable of large hail. Given the relatively closer proximity of the southernmost storms to the surface front, the threat for severe wind gusts also continued southeast toward the boundary. However, only a few reports of large hail were recorded across parts of Southwest Arkansas behind the cold front.
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 29, 4:30 AM CST, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Issued at 1222 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026
- Another round of strong to severe storms is expected this afternoon and evening across the southern zones of ArkLaTex, with the hazards of damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes all still present.
- A wet conclusion to the week is in store, with rainfall Thursday and Friday areawide, raising the potential for flash flooding.
- Rain is expected to end by early Saturday, with a quiet and cooler than average weekend to follow, then a warm-up into early next week.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 4:30 AM CST, 6 hours 7 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 530 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Issued at 1222 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026 - Another round of strong to severe storms is expected this afternoon and evening across the southern zones of ArkLaTex, with the hazards of damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes all still present. - A wet conclusion to the week is in store, with rainfall Thursday and Friday areawide, raising the potential for flash flooding. - Rain is expected to end by early Saturday, with a quiet and cooler than average weekend to follow, then a warm-up into early next week. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 1222 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026 Further organized convection is not expected across the ArkLaTex tonight. However, models still suggest scattered showers developing at intervals overnight, thus have retained PoPs between 06Z and 12Z. The cold front draped across north Texas is expected to progress south and east across the region tomorrow, providing the forcing mechanism for another round of scattered thunderstorms. As with previous days, given a favorable environment, the potential remains for storms to become strong to severe. Storm development looks to amplify south of the I-20 corridor during the early afternoon hours, with additional rounds of storms pushing in from the northwest into the evening. Storms will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts, large hail, and a tornado or two cannot be ruled out. Period of torrential heavy rainfall may also result in localized flash flooding. In the wake of tomorrow's storms, an unsettled pattern will remain, as pseudo-zonal flow holds in place aloft, with sufficient moisture returns to fuel rainfall chances Thursday, in advance of the next organized system. A closed low off the Baja peninsula will open up into a trough as it pushes east across northern Mexico and over Texas late this week, driving high chances for rainfall through Friday and overnight into Saturday. This system may produce between 1 and 3 inches of rainfall across the region, a signal for potential flash flooding which will be watched as the week continues. The most recent timing models usher this rainfall out of the ArkLaTex by daybreak Saturday, midday at the latest. Prolonged cloud cover and rainfall will keep temperatures mild through the end of the week, and the passage of the next frontal boundary will usher in an unusually cool first weekend of May, with highs only aiming for the 60s and 70s, and lows dropping into the 50s and even 40s Sunday morning. A warm up to more seasonable highs in the 80s is expected to begin the new work week, with mostly quiet weather continuing until a slight chance of thunder returns to our northeastern zones at the tail end of this extended forecast period. /26/ && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 526 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026 cold front continues to make slow but steady progress south and east through our airspace early this morning with a northerly component to the wind now at the TYR/GGG/TXK and ELD terminals. Not seeing the IFR ceilings as of yet like model time/height cross section suggests but think this will be just a matter of time once we get some post-frontal precipitation to develop. Otherwise, MVFR ceilings are widespread in advance of the cold front and those may creep up to low VFR heights by mid to late morning before ceilings fall back to MVFR and/or IFR heights in the wake of the boundary. Likewise, still expecting an uptick in precipitation coverage as we go through the day with that activity lingering through the evening and perhaps the overnight hours tonight. 13 && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Issued at 1222 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026 Spotter activation will likely be needed again this afternoon through tonight for the threat of severe thunderstorms across the region. /26/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 75 61 68 55 / 80 70 60 70 MLU 79 60 72 55 / 80 80 40 60 DEQ 73 53 68 49 / 30 30 30 50 TXK 74 58 69 53 / 50 50 40 60 ELD 74 55 69 51 / 60 60 30 60 TYR 73 62 67 55 / 70 60 70 70 GGG 74 61 68 54 / 80 70 60 70 LFK 83 65 72 58 / 80 70 60 70 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. && DISCUSSION...26 AVIATION...13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 8:42 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
942 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026
TXZ096-108-109-291515-
Red River TX-Titus TX-Franklin TX-
942 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN RED RIVER...NORTHERN
FRANKLIN AND NORTHERN TITUS COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT...
At 942 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hagansport, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Hagansport, Boxelder, Bogata, Wilkerson, Talco, Cuthand, Harts
Bluff and Johntown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3338 9530 3350 9531 3353 9485 3324 9485
3330 9530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1442Z 272DEG 24KT 3336 9519
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
57Special weather statement, Apr 29, 9:12 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Shreveport LA 1012 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026 TXZ096-097-109-111-112-291600- Red River TX-Morris TX-Bowie TX-Cass TX-Titus TX- 1012 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN RED RIVER... SOUTHWESTERN BOWIE...NORTHERN MORRIS...NORTHEASTERN TITUS AND NORTHWESTERN CASS COUNTIES UNTIL 11 AM CDT... At 1012 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Wilkerson, or 11 miles northeast of Mount Pleasant, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Naples, Maud, Omaha, Us 259 And I 30 Intersection, Dalby Springs, Wilkerson, Douglassville, Marietta, Spring Hill and Bryans Mill. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 3325 9501 3342 9495 3333 9431 3304 9440 TIME...MOT...LOC 1511Z 284DEG 31KT 3330 9489 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH 15
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 9:38 AM CST, 59 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Shreveport LA 1038 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026 ARZ070-TXZ097-112-291630- Bowie TX-Cass TX-Miller AR- 1038 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BOWIE... SOUTHWESTERN MILLER AND NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT... At 1038 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles south of Maud, or 14 miles northwest of Atlanta, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Atlanta, Queen City, Fouke, Brightstar, Ravanna, Bloomburg, Douglassville, Domino, Fort Lynn, Red Hill and Kiblah. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. && LAT...LON 3305 9439 3333 9431 3329 9380 3302 9390 TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 276DEG 25KT 3324 9435 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH 15
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 10:07 AM CST, 30 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1107 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026
ARZ050-059-OKZ077-291645-
McCurtain OK-Sevier AR-Little River AR-
1107 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LITTLE RIVER...
SOUTHERN SEVIER AND SOUTHEASTERN MCCURTAIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM
CDT...
At 1107 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Arkinda, moving east northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include...
Foreman, Lockesburg, Winthrop, Ben Lomond, Arkinda, Oak Grove,
Central, Bellview, Browntown, Silver Ridge, America, Moon, Bokhoma
and Tom.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 3367 9452 3380 9463 3402 9409 3396 9407
3393 9407 3390 9405 3388 9405 3388 9404
3378 9400
TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 248DEG 33KT 3376 9446
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
15The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:36 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- April 29, 11:44 AM CST
- Where
- Columbia County, 0.69 mi WSW of Emerson
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 33.095, -93.191
Quarter size hail reported on South Elm Street in Emerson.
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.
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More
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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: 1332369, 1332370.