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Kirby, 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 Kirby city centroid, 1950 to present.

78hail events since 1950
47≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1999-03-05
2023-06-14most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 2 1.00" (quarter)
2021 1 0.75" (penny)
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 2 2.75" (baseball)
2014 0
2013 2 1.00" (quarter)
2012 4 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
2024-05-24 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 1.8 mi
2024-04-26 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 6 mi
2023-09-08 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 0.9 mi
2023-09-08 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.3 mi
2023-09-08 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 9.4 mi
2023-06-14 Hail 1.75" 7.4 mi
2023-03-02 Thunderstorm Wind 90 mph 0.9 mi
2023-03-02 Tornado EF2 0.7 mi
2022-11-04 Tornado EF2 2.1 mi
2022-11-04 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 0.9 mi

2024-05-24: “On Ebenezer Road near Kirby several trees and powerlines were blown down.”

2024-04-26: “Numerous trees were blown down northwest of Pike City.”

2023-09-08: “Numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout Pike County in the immediate proximity of the town of Kirby.”

Disputing a claim at a Kirby 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