Hail, Woodruff
- When
- June 27, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Woodruff County, 1 mi S of Cotton Plant
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 34.983, -91.250
Hail in Arkansas, June 27, 2001
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Jun 27, 10:33 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 10:33 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1133 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2001 MADE SOME COSMETIC CHANGES TO FORECAST TO GET RID OF THE MORNING REFERENCE. WITH UPPER LOW BECOMING MORE ACTIVE OVER NORTH AR...DECIDED TO UP THE POPS TO AT LEAST 50% AND WORD THE ZONES AS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL GO 30% SOUTHERN ZONES. ALSO...H50 TEMPS -14C OVER LIT AT 12Z AND WBZ AROUND 10K FT...SO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE HAIL SEEMS FAIRLY HIGH WITH SOME OF THE STORMS (WILL USE NILS CLOSE TO 50 KG/SQ METERS). (45) .LIT...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 11:42 AM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-280300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 130 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WILL DRIFT SLOWLY WEST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO ARKANSAS. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED WEAK TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. WITH A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. EVERYONE IS URGED TO KEEP UPDATED ABOUT THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS A ND TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND EMERGENCY PLANS. 22
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:30 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-280300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 130 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WILL DRIFT SLOWLY WEST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO ARKANSAS. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED WEAK TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. WITH A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...STORM SPOTTERS...AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. EVERYONE IS URGED TO KEEP UPDATED ABOUT THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND EMERGENCY PLANS. 22
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Washington, June 27, 2001
- Heat in Maryland, June 27 to 30, 2001
- Heat in Texas, June 27, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, June 27, 2001
- Flooding and Hail in Washington, June 27, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, June 27 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 27, 2001
- Tornado in Washington, June 27, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Washington, June 27, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, June 27, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 27, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 27, 2001
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, June 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: 5254012.