Hail events in Mississippi County, Arkansas The hail events on record, by date and by year

This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 145 hail events on record for Mississippi County, Arkansas, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest hail event on record is on 20 May 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 27 hail events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Hail.

Newest hail events on record

May 20 2025

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile E of SANS SOUCI

Apr 10 2025

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile W of BURDETTE

Mar 30 2025

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile E of BASSETT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MANILA

Jun 8 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of LEACHVILLE

May 26 2024

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of BLYTHEVILLE

Jun 5 2023

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

1 mile N of WILSON

Oct 15 2022

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile W of ATHELSTAN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile N of OSCEOLA

May 21 2022

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile E of MANILA

May 15 2022

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles NNE of DOUBLE BRIDGES

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At DOGWOOD

Apr 15 2022

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile W of OSCEOLA

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile WNW of ETOWAH

Jun 12 2021

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At BIG LAKE

Apr 8 2020

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At OSCEOLA

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At OSCEOLA

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At GOSNELL

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles NNW of MANILA

Mar 1 2020

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles NNW of CARMI

Jun 12 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WSW of GOSNELL

May 19 2018

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile WNW of OSCEOLA

Hail0.75 in, penny size

At THREE WAY

Jun 16 2017

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles N of MORAN

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

2 miles W of BURDETTE

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Hail size is in inches, with the object that NCEI names for that size.

Hail events by year

Hail events on record for Mississippi County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960s	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
1970s	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	5
1980s	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	1	4	12
1990s	0	1	0	0	2	7	2	0	9	1	22
2000s	4	6	5	8	2	9	12	3	11	2	62
2010s	7	1	1	0	2	2	0	4	3	0	20
2020s	5	1	7	1	2	4	0 (part of the year)				20

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Hail events are on record from 1955. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan3 events
Feb5 events
Mar17 events
Apr43 events
May26 events
Jun30 events
Jul4 events
Aug3 events
Sep0 events
Oct6 events
Nov4 events
Dec4 events

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Mississippi County by hail size
Hail size	Size in words	Events
under 1 in	pea to quarter	67
1 to 1.74 in	quarter to golf ball	54
1.75 to 2.74 in	golf ball to baseball	22
2.75 to 3.99 in	baseball to softball	2
4 in and larger	softball and larger	0

When listing hail size under Magnitude, e.g., 2.25 in., the hail size is given in inches and hundredths of inches. These values are assigned a size in inches from their appearance.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

An event without a size in the record is not in this table.

Beside the other counties

Hail events on record: Mississippi County beside the total of the counties of Arkansas and of the United States
Measure	Mississippi	All counties of Arkansas	All counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 2026	145	12,499	423,723
Events for each 100 square miles	16.1	24.0	12.0
Events for each 10,000 residents	36.6	41.3	12.8

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More hail events on record

Hail events on record for Mississippi County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	On record for
27 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
27 Mar 2017	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
19 Apr 2015	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
19 Apr 2015	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Oct 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Oct 2014	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 May 2012	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
26 Apr 2011	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
31 Dec 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Dec 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
31 Dec 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
8 Jun 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
2 Jun 2010	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
16 May 2010	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
30 Apr 2010	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
4 Aug 2009	Hail	0.88 in	none	County
15 Jun 2009	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
20 Jun 2008	Hail	0.88 in	$2 thousand	County
10 May 2008	Hail	1.00 in	$2 thousand	County
10 May 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$8 thousand	County
25 Apr 2008	Hail	0.88 in	$2 thousand	County
22 Apr 2008	Hail	0.88 in	$2 thousand	County
22 Apr 2008	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
15 Mar 2008	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
8 Jan 2008	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
8 Jan 2008	Hail	1.75 in	$5 thousand	County
8 Jan 2008	Hail	1.25 in	$3 thousand	County
14 Nov 2007	Hail	0.75 in	$2 thousand	County
18 Jun 2007	Hail	0.88 in	$1 thousand	County
3 Apr 2007	Hail	1.75 in	$2 thousand	County
11 Jun 2006	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
3 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
3 May 2006	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
3 May 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
25 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$10 thousand	County
2 Apr 2006	Hail	0.75 in	$1 thousand	County
2 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	$3 thousand	County
2 Apr 2006	Hail	2.75 in	$15 thousand	County
2 Apr 2006	Hail	0.88 in	$3 thousand	County
2 Apr 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$5 thousand	County
9 Mar 2006	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
9 Mar 2006	Hail	1.00 in	$170	County
29 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
29 Apr 2005	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
29 Apr 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
30 Mar 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
22 Mar 2005	Hail	1.00 in	$110	County
21 Feb 2005	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
21 Feb 2005	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
21 Feb 2005	Hail	2.00 in	$1 thousand	County
4 Jul 2004	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
23 Apr 2004	Hail	0.88 in	$60	County
25 Oct 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
29 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
29 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
29 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
29 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
6 Apr 2003	Hail	1.00 in	$150	County
6 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
4 Apr 2003	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
9 Nov 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
2 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
2 Jul 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
30 Apr 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
29 Mar 2002	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
24 Oct 2001	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
27 Jun 2001	Hail	1.75 in	$6 thousand	County
27 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
27 Jun 2001	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
3 Jun 2001	Hail	0.88 in	$50	County
15 Apr 2001	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
10 Aug 2000	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
26 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
23 May 2000	Hail	0.88 in	$60	County
9 May 2000	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
3 Jun 1999	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
21 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$150	County
21 Jun 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
15 Jun 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$50 thousand	County
9 May 1998	Hail	0.88 in	$50	County
27 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
27 Apr 1998	Hail	1.00 in	$100	County
27 Apr 1998	Hail	0.88 in	$50	County
8 Apr 1998	Hail	0.88 in	$60	County
3 Apr 1998	Hail	0.75 in	$20	County
12 Dec 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$10	County
29 Jul 1996	Hail	0.75 in	$100	County
7 Jun 1995	Hail	2.75 in	$50 thousand	County
7 Jun 1995	Hail	2.00 in	$10 thousand	County
6 Jun 1995	Hail	1.00 in	$1 thousand	County
6 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$100	County
6 Jun 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$100	County
15 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$100	County
14 May 1995	Hail	0.75 in	$100	County
28 Jun 1994	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Jun 1994	Hail	0.00 in	none	County
13 Feb 1991	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
15 Nov 1989	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
15 Nov 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
28 Apr 1989	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
28 Apr 1989	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
22 May 1988	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
7 Apr 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Mar 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Mar 1986	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
11 Mar 1986	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
5 Jun 1985	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
16 May 1982	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
30 May 1981	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
22 May 1977	Hail	1.75 in	none	County
7 Mar 1975	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
7 Apr 1974	Hail	1.00 in	none	County
14 Feb 1974	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
23 May 1973	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
11 May 1967	Hail	0.75 in	none	County
11 Jun 1964	Hail	1.50 in	none	County
19 Jun 1963	Hail	2.00 in	none	County
5 Aug 1961	Hail	2.00 in	none	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Memphis, TN (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Hail events on record for Mississippi County, Arkansas". https://countyhazards.com/county/ar/mississippi/hail/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most hail events on record for Mississippi County?: April has 43 of the 145 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many hail events are on record for Arkansas?: NCEI has 12,515 hail events on record for Arkansas from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Mississippi County compare with the other counties of Arkansas?: The counties of Arkansas have 24.0 hail events for each 100 square miles. Mississippi County has 16.1.
How large is the hail on record for Mississippi County?: 24 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.