Hail in Arkansas, April 3, 2001

Name: Hail in Arkansas, April 3, 2001
Start: 2001-04-03T18:14
End: 2001-04-03T18:14
Location: Arkansas

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

Just under tennis ball size hail fell in Amagon. including pocking the vinyl siding at several homes.

Where it happened

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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 happened

The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.

Just under tennis ball size hail fell in Amagon. The hail knocked out windows, dented cars, and caused extensive property damage...including pocking the vinyl siding at several homes.

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 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours 44 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, 49 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, 29 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, 20 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.

Local storm report, Apr 3, 6:04 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
704 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2001

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

0655 PM    CAMPBELL STATION          AR   2 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Apr 3, 6:10 PM CST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
710 PM CDT TUE APR 03 2001

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

0702 PM    NEWPORT                   AR   2.75 INCH HAIL
04/03/01   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jackson

When: April 3, 6:14 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, Amagon
Measured: 2.25 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.567, -91.117

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, April 2001

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: 5242451.