Hail — Izard, Arkansas

2020-05-03 · near Melbourne, Izard, Arkansas

Event narrative

Received a social media video of quarter size hail in Melbourne.

Wider weather episode

Earlier in the month, there was huge hail in northern Arkansas. On the 3rd, up to tennis ball size hail was noted around Mountain Home (Baxter County), with golf ball to hen egg size stones near Lakeview, Midway, and Norfork (all in Baxter County), Omaha (Boone County), Peel (Marion County), and Yellville (Marion County).

Damaging winds were an issue across the northeast on the 3rd. Trees and/or power lines were downed at Evening Shade (Sharp County). A 61 mph gust was measured at Hoxie (Lawrence County).

View location on OpenStreetMap → (36.0600, -91.9000)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 885220. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.