Hail in Miller County, Arkansas

Very large hail fell across the entire city of Texarkana, Arkansas resulting in widespread damage to automobiles, home roofs and windows. The estimated monetary damage amount at the time of this publication was nearly 65 million dollars and according to local emergency management officials...this amount would likely be adjusted upward.

The hail damage was particularily bad in downtown Texarkana, Arkansas. The City Hall's spanish tile roof...some of the hardest material known as far as roofing material was concerned was damaged to destroyed. Many car dealerships inventory was deemed a total loss from the hail. Hail stones not only broke out car windows but went completely through the roofs of some dealerships and then busted out car windows inside the facilities.

Severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of an approaching cold front across the middle Red River valley of northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma as well as southwest Arkansas during the afternoon and evening hours of March 31st. These storms developed in an very unstable atmosphere and produced large hail...damaging wind gusts. Isolated tornadoes were reported across McCurtain County, Oklahoma late in the evening. The hail was large enough to break out automobile and home windows across the city of Texarkana, Texas close to midnight.