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HailEvidencehail history → Oakland, AR

Oakland, 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 Oakland city centroid, 1950 to present.

54hail events since 1950
26≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.00"largest on record · 2017-05-11
2025-03-30most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 2 1.00" (quarter)
2024 0
2023 1 1.00" (quarter)
2022 0
2021 0
2020 3 2.00" (hen egg)
2019 0
2018 0
2017 4 4.00" (softball)
2016 0
2015 1 1.00" (quarter)
2014 0
2013 0
2012 1 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
2025-08-19 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 0.7 mi
2025-03-30 Hail 1.00" 9.6 mi
2025-03-30 Hail 1.00" 9.7 mi
2024-05-26 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 6.5 mi
2024-05-13 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.1 mi
2023-09-04 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.7 mi
2023-08-09 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.4 mi
2023-08-09 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.4 mi
2023-08-09 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6.5 mi
2023-08-09 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9 mi

2025-08-19: “The roof of a covered deck was blown off of a home in Oakland.”

2025-03-30: “Hail to the size of quarters fell east of Theodosia.”

2025-03-30: “Hail to the size of quarters fell northeast of Theodosia.”

Disputing a claim at a Oakland 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