Arkansas, 2001

Hail in Arkansas, April 3, 2001

April 3, 2001 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 3, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
230 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EARLY TONIGHT WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY LATER.
CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE DECREASING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ON ACCOUNT OF
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. DYNAMICS FOR WEDNESDAY DO NOT LOOK AS GOOD AS IN
PREVIOUS RUNS...SO ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES WEDNESDAY. NEXT FRONT WILL BE
COMING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...SO FORECAST WILL BE DRY
BASICALLY FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO MOST OF FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AND CONDITIONS WILL BE MUGGY WITH HIGH DEW
POINTS. 32

.LIT...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:25 PM CST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
625 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0600 PM    1 W GLENCOE               AR    .88 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   FULTON                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                           SPOTTER

0605 PM    GLENCOE                   AR    .88 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   FULTON                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                           ENFORCEMENT

22
Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:45 PM CST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
645 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 PM    NEWPORT                   AR   .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0640 PM    HICKORY GROVE             AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0643 PM    NEWPORT                   AR   .88 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, Apr 3, 5:54 PM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
654 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0650 PM    NEWPORT                   AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jackson

When
April 3, 6:02 PM CST
Where
Jackson County, Newport
Measured
2.75 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
35.600, -91.267

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5242449.