Arkansas storm reports for May 16, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, Arkansas, May 16, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 20 hail reports, 12 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Arkansas on May 16, 2025.

in Arkansas; 33
Storm reports: Near 36.39, -90.73, AR; 2.5 in
Largest hail: About 53 miles from Memphis, TN; 85 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 53 miles from Memphis, TN; 1
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path
Surveyed wind damage

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path
Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 16, 2025 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail20, most at 7 PM

Wind12, most at 8 AM

Tornado1, most at 7 AM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:46 AM	EF1	About 53 miles from Memphis, TN	7.11 mi long, 150 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
11:51 AM	1.25 in	About 52 miles from Fayetteville, AR
11:58 AM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Fayetteville, AR
1:33 PM	1.75 in	About 60 miles from Little Rock, AR
1:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.37, -92.38, AR
6:50 PM	1.75 in	Near 36.48, -90.77, AR
7:09 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.27, -91.52, AR
7:18 PM	2.5 in	Near 36.39, -90.73, AR
7:19 PM	1.25 in	Near 36.28, -91.50, AR
7:27 PM	1.25 in	Near 36.41, -90.59, AR
7:28 PM	1.75 in	Near 35.05, -93.39, AR
7:28 PM	1.75 in	Near 36.40, -90.59, AR
7:45 PM	2.5 in	Near 36.36, -90.76, AR

Show all 20 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
7:51 PM	1.0 in	Near 36.29, -91.00, AR
7:52 PM	1.75 in	Near 36.28, -90.98, AR
7:55 PM	1.5 in	Near 36.28, -90.98, AR
7:55 PM	1.75 in	Near 36.44, -90.39, AR
8:07 PM	2.0 in	Near 36.49, -90.82, AR
9:41 PM	1.0 in	About 11 miles from Little Rock, AR
9:43 PM	2.0 in	About 38 miles from Little Rock, AR
9:54 PM	1.0 in	About 34 miles from Little Rock, AR

Time	Gust	Where
8:05 AM	60 mph	About 54 miles from Memphis, TN
8:10 AM	60 mph	About 54 miles from Memphis, TN
8:21 AM	81 mph	About 58 miles from Memphis, TN
8:21 AM	81 mph	About 59 miles from Memphis, TN
8:22 AM	60 mph	About 58 miles from Memphis, TN
9:48 AM	85 mph	About 53 miles from Memphis, TN
9:53 AM	85 mph	About 51 miles from Memphis, TN
9:54 AM	81 mph	About 50 miles from Memphis, TN
11:12 PM	60 mph	About 13 miles from Little Rock, AR
11:25 PM	60 mph	Near 34.59, -90.90, AR
11:25 PM	60 mph	Near 34.56, -90.91, AR
11:26 PM	60 mph	About 52 miles from Little Rock, AR

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Little Rock, AR	1.0 in	60 mph	0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.