Arkansas, 2001

Hail in Arkansas, August 26, 2001

August 26, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 26, 1:35 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 1:35 PM CST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
235 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001

WHOA NELLIE. MODELS SLOW DOWN THE PROGRESSION OF 1000/500 MB
MOISTURE...NOW THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CWA REMAINS AOA 70 PCT THROUGH
PERIOD. OUR SURFACE FRONT SEEMS TO BE A WASHOUT EARLY IN THE WORK
WEEK...AND WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF GENERAL STEERING...WE/LL
PROBABLY SEE ENUF SUN AND HEATING EACH AFTERNOON TO FIRE OFF THE
NECESSARY CONVECTION. FACILITATING SOME CONVECTION PERHAPS WILL BE A
MARGINAL 250 MB JET MAX OVER AR TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...
KEEPING PORTIONS OF AREA IN RIGHT REAR AREA.

THE PREVIOUS DRY EXTENDED WILL BE DAMPENED A BIT WITH SLIGHT CHANCES
THROUGH SATURDAY...EXCEPT FOR CHANCES FRIDAY. FMR/MEX POPS GO EVEN
HIGHER BUT WILL NOT BITE ON THAT...AT LEAST TRENDING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. AN UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST BY AVN TO MOVE INTO OK/TX AND
TAP A RETURN FLOW OUT OF GULF...PEAKING DUE TO TROF AXIS PROXIMITY
ON FRIDAY...THUS THE REASON FOR FAVORING FRIDAY/S POPS IN EXTENDED.

RADAR GETTING ACTIVE...SO GONNA GO. 17

PRELIMS...

SHV 73/92/72/93/73 4432
MLU 72/92/71/92/71 4432
TXK 73/92/73/94/73 5322
TYR 72/92/73/93/73 4432
LFK 72/92/72/92/71 3434

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 9:30 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096-
097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-261630-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1030 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001

OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND A WEAK COLD FRONT...WILL SERVE AS FOCAL
POINTS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SEA BREEZE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA...FROM THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA TO
CENTRAL LOUISIANA. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...NEW OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL BE PRODUCED...
WHICH IN TURN WILL HELP INITIATE ADDITIONAL OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS.
THUS THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE FOUR STATES REGION. HOWEVER...A WEAK
SHEAR ENVIRONMENT ALOFT MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...IF ANY AT
ALL...WILL BE ISOLATED IN COVERAGE.

THE ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND SKYWARN
NETWORKS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sevier

When
August 26, 1:55 PM CST
Where
Sevier County, 5 mi N of De Queen
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.100, -94.333

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

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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: 5263199.