Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 12, 2026
St. Francis County, Arkansas has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 1 tornado report among 24 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 18 hail reports with hail up to 1" and 5 high-wind reports with gusts up to 50 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.
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across St. Francis County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
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 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 628 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hughes, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“Large tree on house. Time is radar estimated. (MEG)”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 257 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Widener, or near Madison, moving south at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 727 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Memphis, or near T O Fuller State Park, moving west at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 1050 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Palestine, moving southeast at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 855 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Colt to Simsboro. Movement was northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 831 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Brickeys, or near Hughes, moving southeast 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. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 542 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near McFadden, or 15 miles northwest of Wynne, 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 hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 SPC verified storm report — 1 tornado report
“[Landspout] Video of brief landspout in open field near the Shannondale community. No damage reported. (MEG)”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 445 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northwest of Colt, or 7 miles west of Wynne, moving east at 45 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 hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“At 836 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Widener, or near Madison, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Half inch hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 808 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Fair Oaks, or 15 miles southeast of Augusta, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Half inch hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Wynne, Colt, Fair Oaks, Vanndale, Hydrick, Rosenbaum, Fitzgerald Crossing, Crow Creek, Brushy Lake, McElroy, Fair Field, Ellis Chapel, and Hamlin.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 845 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Lepanto to 7 miles east of Cherry Valley to near Hunter. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
4 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 943 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Crawfordsville to 7 miles southeast of Brickeys. Movement was northeast at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
“At 917 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Village Creek State Park to near Marianna to near Helena-West Helena. Movement was northeast at 55 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 hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 1210 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Tupelo to near Hunter to 6 miles north of Palmer. Movement was east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
1 SPC verified storm report — hail up to 1"
The most recent recorded event was in August 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 24 severe weather events in St. Francis County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Yes — 18 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 1" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
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