Tucker, AR Hail Storm – May 2025

What Happened

A severe hail storm crossed Tucker, Arkansas, on May 20, 2025, with spotter-verified hail up to 1.25 inches and repeated warning-area alerts through the afternoon. The storm was active from early afternoon into late afternoon, with the strongest reports clustering between 2 PM and 3:40 PM CDT.

The first hail alert came at 1:23 PM CDT with 1-inch hail estimated by dual-polarization radar. By 1:53 PM and 2:16 PM CDT, radar and spotter verification kept the hail threat at 1 inch. Additional alerts followed at 1:58 PM, 2:32 PM, and 2:37 PM CDT with dual-polarization radar support, all still centered on 1-inch hail.

Field reports began to confirm stronger stones as the storm matured. At 2:19 PM CDT, mPING logged quarter-size hail at 1.00 inch. One minute later, at 2:20 PM CDT, a spotter report described a picture of a 2-inch hailstone next to a ruler shared on local media. Later in the event, Southeast Lincoln County Fire and Rescue shared measured 1.25-inch hail in chat at 3:27 PM CDT, matching the radar trend toward larger stones. Alerts at 2:49 PM, 3:08 PM, 3:27 PM, and 3:40 PM CDT either reached 1.25 inches or held that size with spotter verification.

Damage Assessment

The field reports show a hail core that produced verified surface impacts across Tucker during the mid- and late-afternoon period. The strongest public report described a 2-inch stone photographed beside a ruler. Later reports from Southeast Lincoln County Fire and Rescue documented measured 1.25-inch hail, and two mPING submissions put the hail at 1.00 inch. The mix of sizes points to a storm with a focused hail core and size changes over a short time window.

The storm did not present as a single isolated burst. It produced multiple warning-area alerts over more than two hours, with both radar-derived and spotter-verified evidence of hail at or above 1 inch. The 3:27 PM CDT field report from fire and rescue landed at the same time as one of the 1.25-inch alerts, which matches the late-afternoon peak in the storm record. The 3:23 PM CDT mPING report also supports continued hail at severe threshold levels as the system moved through the Tucker area.

For property owners, the likely impact pattern is uneven. Roof edges, soft metals, gutters, window screens, and vehicle surfaces in the storm path had the highest exposure during the repeated hail rounds. The report set does not show a uniform citywide footprint. It does show a concentrated hail event with enough persistence to produce verified stones in multiple size classes.

What Contractors Should Know

This was a multi-alert hail event, not a one-pass storm. For contractors working Tucker and the surrounding Lincoln County area, the first step is a route plan that focuses on properties with north-south or west-east exposure to the storm path during the 2 PM to 4 PM CDT window. Expect a mix of claims intensity. Some locations likely saw only quarter-size hail. Others saw 1.25-inch stones and isolated larger impacts based on the 2-inch spotter photo.

Tucker, AR Hail Storm – May 2025

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What Happened

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What Contractors Should Know

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