Event narrative (NOAA)
A devastating hailstorm, several miles wide, affected northern portions of North Little Rock and continued eastward through Sherwood and on into the area between Jacksonville and Galloway. In North Little Rock, hail up to 1 inch in diameter pelted the National Weather Service office at the North Little Rock airport for 6 minutes, from 5:11 to 5:17 PM CDT. The hail became larger as it progressed farther to the east. The Indian Hills and Windsor Valley subdivisions in North Little Rock were particularly hard-hit, as some of the hail increased to golf ball size (1.75 inches). Roofs were ruined and cars were dented. ||In Sherwood, much of the hail was golf ball size, and some of it was even larger. The hailstones poked holes in vinyl siding, ruined roofs, dented cars, and smashed car windshiel
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.