Sebastian County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Sebastian County, Arkansas has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 1 tornado report among 63 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 27 hail reports with hail up to 2.5" and 35 high-wind reports with gusts up to 59 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Sebastian County
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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.
Saturday, July 4, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 1109 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 4 miles south of Cameron, moving southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations in or near the path include... Poteau... Pocola... Heavener... Spiro... Panama...”
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, June 22, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 538 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near Greenwood, moving northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Fort Smith... Charleston... Greenwood... Barling... Lavaca... Mansfield... Altus... Branch... Denning... Wiederkehr Village...”
- Wind 50 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, June 21, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Tree blocking the road at Hwy 252 and Ursula Rd. Radar time estimated. (TSA)”
“Tree down near intersection. Time estimated by radar. (TSA)”
- Wind Unknown Ursula SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 1 WSW Mansfield SPC verified report
Thursday, June 18, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“downed tree at intersection of Waldron and Grand Ave; time estimated by radar. (TSA)”
- Wind Unknown 1 E Fort Smith SPC verified report
Sunday, June 14, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 238 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 4 miles south of Tamaha to Huntington to 3 miles east of Midway in Logan County. Movement was south at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Fort Smith... Van Buren...”
“At 153 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles north of Woodland to Alma to 5 miles northwest of Marble City. Movement was south at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Fort Smith... Van Buren... Sallisaw... Ozark...”
- Wind 50 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, June 5, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — 1 tornado report
“TDS from KSRX radar and reports of damage to trees and a barn roof in the area. (TSA)”
- Tornado Tornado 1 SE Excelsior SPC verified report
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 1007 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a cluster of strong thunderstorms 3 miles southeast of Poteau, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations in or near the path include... Poteau... Heavener... Wister... Howe...”
“At 943 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a cluster of strong thunderstorms 7 miles west of Poteau, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations in or near the path include... Poteau... Heavener... Panama... Wister...”
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 940 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 4 miles northwest of Fern to 2 miles northeast of Fort Chaffee to 4 miles southeast of Hartford. Movement was east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Ozark...”
- Wind 50 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, May 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 327 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near Arkoma, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Fort Smith... Charleston... Greenwood... Barling... Lavaca... Arkoma... Mansfield... Hackett... Huntington... Bonanza... Moffett...”
- Wind 50 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, May 7, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — hail up to 1.75"
- Hail 1.75" 1 E Fort Smith SPC verified report
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 1"
“At 547 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 4 miles west of Midland to 4 miles east of Heavener to 8 miles north of Big Cedar. Movement was east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 1" Hackett SPC verified report
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, April 25, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 1133 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over Bonanza, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations in or near the path include... Fort Smith... Greenwood... Pocola... Hackett... Huntington... Bonanza...”
“At 1016 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near Hackett, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations in or near the path include... Greenwood... Pocola... Mansfield... Hackett... Hartford...”
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 24, 2026
3 SPC verified storm reports · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 2.5", wind gusts up to 55 mph
“Photo of hail shown next to a quarter. Hail appears to be approximately two quarters wide. Location was just west of Bonanza on the Oklahoma and Arkansas state line. Ti (TSA)”
“At 517 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 3 miles south of Dyer to 3 miles west of Cameron. Movement was southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Fort Smith... Poteau... Charleston... Greenwood... Alma...”
- Hail 2.5" 2 W Hartford SPC verified report
- Hail 2" 1 W Bonanza SPC verified report
- Wind 55 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown Greenwood SPC verified report
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
6 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 931 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 2 miles southeast of Barling to 4 miles east of Hartford to near Octavia. Movement was east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Octavia... Charleston... Arkola...”
“At 904 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 4 miles west of Cameron, moving northeast at 65 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Charleston... Kibler... Central City... Cameron... Pocola... Rye Hill... Poteau... Shady Point... Panama... Branch...”
- Wind 50 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Tree down near Highway 22 and Plantation Lane. Time estimated from radar. (TSA)”
“Tree blocking southbound lane at Highway 45 and Mt. Zion Road. Time estimated by radar. (TSA)”
- Wind Unknown 2 S Ursula SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 1 N Hackett SPC verified report
Friday, April 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 606 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 3 miles southwest of Arkoma, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations in or near the path include... Shibley... Scullyville... Concord... Arkoma... Pocola...”
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, April 4, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 226 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Fern to 6 miles west of Ozark to 2 miles east of Fort Chaffee. Movement was northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Jethro... Cass... Charleston... Bidville...”
- Wind 55 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 3, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree on Riverfront Drive near Williams Lane. (TSA)”
- Wind Unknown 3 W Van Buren SPC verified report
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 151 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 2 miles southwest of Bloomer to near Mansfield. Movement was northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Greenwood... Washburn... Huntington... Crossroads...”
“At 128 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Bonanza to 4 miles west of Hartford to 7 miles south of Heavener. Movement was northeast at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Greenwood... Hackett... Arkola...”
- Wind 55 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 55 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
- Hail Unknown Fort Smith SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown Fort Smith SPC verified report
Saturday, March 7, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 512 AM CST, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 5 miles west of Cass to 3 miles east of Cameron. Movement was east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations in or near the path include...”
“At 505 AM CST, Doppler radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 3 miles northeast of Poteau to 9 miles southeast of Albion. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, March 6, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“Trees reported down by Sebastian Co Sheriff and relateyed by amatuer radio... north of Hartford along Highway 45 and between Hartford and Mansfield on Highway 96. Time (TSA)”
- Wind Unknown 2 NE Hartford SPC verified report
Thursday, March 5, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 146 AM CST, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 4 miles south of Alma, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations in or near the path include... Alma... Mulberry... Dyer... Kibler... Toney... Peter Pender...”
“At 113 AM CST, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near Roland, moving east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 45 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations in or near the path include... Alma... Figure Five... Shibley... Dyer... Kibler... Fort Smith...”
- Hail 0.88" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", wind gusts up to 55 mph
“At 657 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near Charleston, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Charleston... Peter Pender... Branch... Washburn... Fort Chaffee... Vesta... Caulksville...”
“At 1001 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near Poteau, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Arkola... Huntington... Crossroads... Cameron... Witcherville... Pocola... Dayton... Spiro... Rye Hill... Poteau... Milltown...”
- Wind 55 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, September 21, 2025
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 736 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 3 miles north of Bonanza, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Lavaca... Kibler... Greenwood... Central City... Mill Creek... Rye Hill... Barling... Bonanza... Jenson... Fort Smith...”
“At 639 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 5 miles west of Arkoma, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down small tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations in or near the path include... Mill Creek... Rye Hill... Moffett... Cottonwood... Fort Smith... Fort Smith Regional Airport... Arkoma... Braden... Muldrow...”
- Wind 50 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Sebastian County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Sebastian County, AR?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 63 severe weather events in Sebastian County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Sebastian County recently?
Yes — 27 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 2.5" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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