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Caddo Gap, AR hail history

Every figure below is from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database — the official NWS record — counting events recorded within 10 miles of the Caddo Gap city centroid, 1950 to present.

76hail events since 1950
51≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.50"largest on record · 1957-11-17
2025-04-04most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 1.00" (quarter)
2024 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2023 4 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 1 1.00" (quarter)
2016 1 1.00" (quarter)
2015 4 2.75" (baseball)
2014 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2013 3 1.00" (quarter)
2012 3 1.00" (quarter)

Note: the current and prior year reflect the latest NCEI compile and grow as NWS finalizes reports; same-day activity appears on this site's storm-day pages before it reaches this table.

Wind and tornado record

Most recent recorded events

DateTypeMagnitudeDistance
2025-04-30 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 5 mi
2025-04-05 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.2 mi
2025-04-04 Hail 1.00" 1.2 mi
2024-05-24 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 9.2 mi
2024-05-24 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.6 mi
2024-04-28 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8.6 mi
2024-03-14 Hail 1.50" 3.9 mi
2024-01-11 Hail 1.00" 1.2 mi
2023-09-08 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.4 mi
2023-09-08 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 2.2 mi

2025-04-30: “Trees were blown down across Smoky Hollow Road.”

2025-04-05: “Multiple trees were blown down near the town of Mt. Ida.”

2025-04-04: “Quarter sized hail was measured near Caddo Gap.”

Disputing a claim at a Caddo Gap address?

This page covers the city. A claim dispute needs the record around your address: every NWS-recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles, the disputed date highlighted, citations formatted for an insurance appeal.

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NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure.

source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-06-12