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Storm events on record through

Hail events in Poinsett 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.

NCEI has 131 hail events on record for Poinsett 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 38 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 .

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

Newest hail events on record

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At LEPANTO

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile NW of WHITEHALL

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles SSE of WILBETH

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile NE of MARKED TREE MUNI ARP

Hail2.50 in, tennis ball size

At MARKED TREE

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

1 mile ENE of MT OLIVE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile E of PAYNEWAY

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile S of HARRISBURG

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles E of UNO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

1 mile ESE of HARRISBURG

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

1 mile SE of RUFFIN

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At WEINER

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile NNW of MERCED

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile NE of TYRONZA

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

At MARKED TREE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

2 miles W of MARKED TREE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

3 miles ESE of WHITEHALL

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

1 mile NNW of MARKED TREE

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At TYRONZA

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

2 miles W of HUSKEY

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

At WEINER

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

2 miles E of PAYNEWAY

Hail2.00 in, hen egg size

1 mile S of LEPANTO

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

At MARKED TREE

Hail0.88 in, nickel size

At WEINER

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 Poinsett County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade0123456789All
1950s00000100001
1960s00000110002
1970s01000010002
1980s01001031107
1990s000013447524
2000s155206716740
2010s362213115024
2020s254839031

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

  1. Jan7
  2. Feb7
  3. Mar23
  4. Apr31
  5. May30
  6. Jun15
  7. Jul5
  8. Aug3
  9. Sep1
  10. Oct6
  11. Nov2
  12. Dec1

Magnitudes on record

Hail events on record for Poinsett County by hail size
Hail sizeSize in wordsEvents
under 1 inpea to quarter57
1 to 1.74 inquarter to golf ball44
1.75 to 2.74 ingolf ball to baseball29
2.75 to 3.99 inbaseball to softball1
4 in and largersoftball and larger0

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 .

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

Beside the other counties

Hail events on record: Poinsett County beside the total of the counties of Arkansas and of the United States
MeasurePoinsettAll counties of ArkansasAll counties of the United States
Hail events, 1955 to 202613112,499423,723
Events for each 100 square miles17.324.012.0
Events for each 10,000 residents57.841.312.8

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 Poinsett County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
DateEvent typeMagnitudeDamage estimateDeathsInjuriesOn record for
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.50 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail1.50 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.75 in$75 thousand00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.50 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.00 in$1 thousand00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail1.50 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.00 innone00County
Hail0.75 in$1 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$2 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$1 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$1 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$1 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$1 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$1 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$1 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$1 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$1 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$1 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$15 thousand00County
Hail0.88 in$3 thousand00County
Hail1.50 in$7 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$11000County
Hail1.75 in$5 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$75000County
Hail1.00 in$10000County
Hail0.75 in$1000County
Hail0.75 in$1000County
Hail0.88 in$5000County
Hail0.75 in$1000County
Hail1.75 in$3.0 million00County
Hail1.75 in$75000County
Hail1.75 in$75000County
Hail0.75 in$1000County
Hail1.75 in$75000County
Hail1.00 in$10000County
Hail0.75 in$1000County
Hail0.75 in$1000County
Hail0.88 in$5000County
Hail0.75 in$1000County
Hail0.88 in$5000County
Hail0.88 in$5000County
Hail0.75 in$1000County
Hail1.00 in$10000County
Hail2.75 in$8 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$10000County
Hail0.75 in$1000County
Hail1.75 in$2 thousand00County
Hail0.88 in$5000County
Hail1.75 in$75000County
Hail0.75 in$1000County
Hail1.75 in$75000County
Hail0.88 in$5000County
Hail0.75 in$1000County
Hail0.75 in$1000County
Hail1.00 in$50000County
Hail0.75 in$2000County
Hail1.00 in$10000County
Hail1.75 in$75000County
Hail1.75 in$1 thousand00County
Hail1.00 in$1 thousand00County
Hail1.75 in$5 thousand00County
Hail0.75 in$10000County
Hail1.75 in$5 thousand00County
Hail0.88 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail1.75 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County
Hail2.00 innone00County
Hail0.75 innone00County

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

Official channels

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Cite this page

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

Questions

Which month has the most hail events on record for Poinsett County?
April has 31 of the 131 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 Poinsett County compare with the other counties of Arkansas?
The counties of Arkansas have 24.0 hail events for each 100 square miles. Poinsett County has 17.3.
How large is the hail on record for Poinsett County?
30 hail events have a size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.