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Shirley, 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 Shirley city centroid, 1950 to present.

75hail events since 1950
42≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.75"largest on record · 1973-05-11
2025-05-16most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2024 0
2023 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 1 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 1 1.00" (quarter)
2019 3 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 2 1.00" (quarter)
2017 0
2016 1 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 0
2014 0
2013 1 0.75" (penny)
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
2025-09-15 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.7 mi
2025-05-19 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.6 mi
2025-05-19 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 8.8 mi
2025-05-16 Hail 1.75" 8.5 mi
2024-10-31 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 5.7 mi
2024-10-31 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 6 mi
2023-08-07 Hail 1.25" 0.5 mi
2023-07-01 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.6 mi
2023-06-05 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 8 mi
2023-04-15 Hail 1.75" 0.5 mi

2025-09-15: “Trees and power poles were damaged in the town of Greers Ferry.”

2025-05-19: “A large tree was blown down near Greers Ferry just past the Narrows Bridge.”

2025-05-19: “Many trees blown down, including several uprooted, in and around Clinton and across the county.”

Disputing a claim at a Shirley 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