Hail — Van Buren, Arkansas

2023-06-14 · near Damascus, Van Buren, Arkansas

Event narrative

Half dollar and golf ball sized hail fell covering Arkansas Highway 65 in Damascus.

Wider weather episode

A persistent pattern that provided dangerous heat to parts of Texas and the Southwest US allowed for storm systems to repeatedly track across the middle and southern parts of the country. With a strong ridge of high pressure to the southwest, storm systems would ride southeastward along the northern periphery of the ridge, impacting areas along the way. This led to numerous severe weather events that caused giant hail to fall across central and southern Arkansas on June 13, 2023 and June 14, 2023.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1100608. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.