Hail in Independence County, Arkansas

Hail June 1, 2026 · Independence County, Arkansas

1.25 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Half-dollar sized hail fell in the town of Batesville.

The wider storm

A stationary boundary draped across Arkansas in tandem with a high CAPE, low shear environment would set up a region of significantly high DCAPE across central and southern Arkansas. The result would be multiple reports of large hail, but mostly damaging winds, including a downburst that impact locations south-southwest of the Little Rock metro.

Began near Batesville (35.7800, -91.6400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1346423. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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