Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Has it hailed in Hempstead County, Arkansas recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 60 hail reports with hail up to 2.75", among 77 severe weather events logged here in the last 12 months, together with 17 high-wind reports with gusts up to 65 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in August 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
See the specifics — free →Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 506 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Prescott, moving north at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Hope, Prescott, Emmet, Blevins, Perrytown, Boughton, Sutton and Laneburg.”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 943 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from over Blevins to near Red Lick, or extending from 12 miles north of Hope to 8 miles northwest of Wake Village, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 1030 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms near Fulton, or 15 miles east of Ashdown, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 826 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Nashville, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Nashville, Corinth, Center Point and Muddy Fork.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 709 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles north of Washington, or 8 miles southeast of Nashville, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Blevins, McCaskill and Ozan.”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 440 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Hope, moving northeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 30 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Hope, Prescott, Emmet, Perrytown, Oakhaven, Sutton and Laneburg.”
“At 407 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 7 miles northeast of Ogden, or 11 miles east of Ashdown, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 630 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles northeast of Dierks, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 558 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 10 miles northwest of Athens to 7 miles north of Corinth, or extending from 13 miles northwest of Umpire to 13 miles east of Dierks, moving south at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 857 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 9 miles northwest of Athens to 13 miles north of Bluff City, or extending from 13 miles northwest of Umpire to 12 miles northeast of Prescott, moving southwest at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 1130 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles south of Fulton, or 13 miles east of Texarkana, moving southeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1047 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Fulton, or 14 miles northeast of Texarkana, moving southeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 642 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 10 miles north of Blevins to 13 miles west of Bogata, or extending from 16 miles northwest of Prescott to 16 miles northwest of Hagansport, moving southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 747 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 9 miles north of McNeil to near Fouke, or extending from 9 miles north of McNeil to 14 miles northeast of Atlanta, moving south at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 104 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms over Waldo, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 400 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 7 miles southeast of Nashville, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 306 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 8 miles northwest of Corinth to near Wilton, or extending from 8 miles east of Dierks to 5 miles northwest of Ashdown, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25"
“At 951 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 5 miles northwest of Saratoga to over Washington, or extending from 6 miles southwest of Mineral Springs to 6 miles northwest of Hope, moving north at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 433 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles south of Saratoga, or 12 miles east of Ashdown, moving north at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 1250 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 13 miles northeast of Blevins to over Ashdown, or extending from 15 miles north of Prescott to over Ashdown, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 205 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 7 miles northeast of Garland, or 8 miles northwest of Lewisville, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 837 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 13 miles north of Gillham to 9 miles south of Plain Dealing, or extending from 16 miles west of Umpire to 18 miles southwest of Springhill, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 928 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from over Athens to over Bussey, or extending from near Umpire to 10 miles north of Springhill, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.”
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 143 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from over Nashville to near Cookville, or extending from over Nashville to 10 miles east of Mount Pleasant, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.”
“Law enforcement received report of a tree falling on a house on South Laurel Street in Hope. (SHV)”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 859 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles southwest of Foreman, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 857 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Saratoga, or 11 miles south of Mineral Springs, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 1205 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Emmet, or 5 miles southwest of Prescott, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Penny size hail. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Prescott, Emmet, Blevins, Perrytown, Boughton and Laneburg.”
“At 549 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Ben Lomond, or 11 miles west of Mineral Springs, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Half inch size hail. Impact: Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Nashville, Mineral Springs, Tollette, Ben Lomond, Saratoga, Oak Grove, Ozan, Browntown and Bellview.”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 1229 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Mineral Springs, moving northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1212 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Winthrop, or 8 miles northeast of Foreman, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 SPC verified storm report
“911 Call Center received a report of trees down on HWY 29 near the town of Blevins. (SHV)”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 216 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 7 miles south of Washington to over Richmond, or extending from 7 miles west of Hope to 7 miles southwest of Ashdown, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 2"
“Social media report of approx. egg-sized hail in Hope. (SHV)”
“At 1153 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Washington, or 10 miles northwest of Hope, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
3 SPC verified storm reports · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 2.75"
“Reports from social media of baseball size hail in Hope... Arkansas. (SHV)”
“Report of golf ball size hail relayed to Hempstead County 911 call center from the town of Ozan... AR. (SHV)”
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Law enforcement reports a large tree and two power poles snapped across the city of Hope due to thunderstorm winds. (SHV)”
“Tree down across a highway near the Saratoga community. (SHV)”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 704 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Blevins to over Washington, or extending from 14 miles northwest of Prescott to 7 miles northwest of Hope, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
2 SPC verified storm reports · 5 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 65 mph
“WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, northwest winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 65 mph. For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected. WHERE...Portions of southwest Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma, and northeast Texas. WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, until 9 PM CDT this evening. For the Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Monday.”
“WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, northwest winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 65 mph. For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected. WHERE...Portions of southwest Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma, and northeast Texas. WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, until 9 PM CDT this evening. For the Freeze Warning, from midnight tonight to 9 AM CDT Monday.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 543 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Emmet to 6 miles south of Stamps, or extending from 6 miles south of Prescott to 6 miles south of Stamps, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
5 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 748 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles southwest of Center Point, or 7 miles northwest of Mineral Springs, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1132 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms 6 miles southeast of Fouke, or 18 miles southwest of Lewisville, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 30 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 122 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Ogden, or 8 miles southeast of Ashdown, moving northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 413 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fulton, or 12 miles northeast of Texarkana, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 347 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Wake Village, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
5 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 333 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Emmet, or 8 miles south of Prescott, moving northeast at 70 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 910 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 27 miles northeast of Blevins to near Oil City, or extending from 29 miles north of Prescott to 23 miles north of Shreveport, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 419 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Ashdown, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1107 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms over Willisville, or 10 miles north of Waldo, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include...”
The most recent recorded event was in August 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 77 severe weather events in Hempstead County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Yes — 60 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 2.75" recorded.
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