Hail in Arkansas, June 3, 2001

Name: Hail in Arkansas, June 3, 2001
Start: 2001-06-03T03:45
End: 2001-06-03T07:50
Location: Arkansas

June 3, 2001 · NWS MEG · 6 events in 5 counties and zones

6 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
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $402,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 3, 2:00 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:00 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
300 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001

A STATIONARY FRONT OVER NRN MS WILL MOVE NWD AS A WARM FRONT TDY.
THE WARM FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SRN PART OF THE CWA TDY AND THE
NRN AREAS TNT. 850MB THETA-E ADVECTION...WARM ADVECTION...LOW LEVEL
AND UPPER JET DYNAMICS ALL SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP NW OF
THE FCST AREA THEN RIDE SEWD ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TODAY AND
TONIGHT. MODERATE INSTABIBILITY AND DEEP DIRECTIONAL SHEAR SUPPORT
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER PORTIONS OF THE FCST AREA.
PLAN TO ISSUE A SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK.

A BERMUDA HIGH WILL EXTEND FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WWD INTO THE FCST
AREA MONDAY...SO A WARM AND HUMID SOUTHERLY BREEZE WILL EXIST WITH
MINIMAL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. AVN KEEPS DELAYING THE MID-WEEK
COLD FRONT...SO THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL
WEDNESDAY. WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT MAKE THIS DECISION.

MODELS REASONABLY CLOSE...EXCEPT AVN IS TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH A GULF
COAST SHORTWAVE 36-48 HRS. MOS GUIDANCE VARIABLE IN THE COLD
SECTOR...AND CLOSE AND AGREEABLE IN THE WARM SECTOR.

PRELIM FCST VALUES
MEM 83/70/88/72 88 4410
MKL 79/66/87/69 88 4m510
JBR 78/67/89/70 88 5510
TUP 82/70/88/70 88 4310

.MEG...NONE.

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The radar

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Event by event

6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Randolph

When: June 3, 3:45 AM CST to 3:50 AM CST
Where: Randolph County, Maynard
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $750
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.417, -90.900

Hail, Clay

When: June 3, 4:10 AM CST to 4:15 AM CST
Where: Clay County, Corning
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $750
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.400, -90.583

Hail, Mississippi

When: June 3, 4:30 AM CST to 4:35 AM CST
Where: Mississippi County, Blytheville
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $50
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.917, -89.917

Hail, Clay

When: June 3, 5:05 AM CST to 5:10 AM CST
Where: Clay County, Corning
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $400,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.400, -90.583

Numerous homes and automobiles were damaged by hail.

Hail, Crittenden

When: June 3, 6:45 AM CST to 6:50 AM CST
Where: Crittenden County, Marion
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $100
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.217, -90.200

Hail, Poinsett

When: June 3, 7:45 AM CST to 7:50 AM CST
Where: Poinsett County, Harrisburg
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $10
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 35.567, -90.717

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, 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: 5252078, 5252079, 5252080, 5252081, 5252082, 5252083.