Arkansas, 2001

Hail in Arkansas, June 30, 2001

June 30, 2001 · NWS TSA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 29, 8:30 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 8:30 PM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
930 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001

A FEW SHOWERS WHERE NOTED OVER NW AR AND FAR SE OK...OTHERWISE ALL
IS QUIET ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SO FAR THIS EVENING.

GOOD WAA PATTERN NOTED ACROSS ERN OK ON H85 ANALYSIS...ALONG WITH INFLUX
OF +14-15C DEWPOINTS.  00Z MESOETA STILL SUGGESTS THAT STRONG
ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WHICH IS BEST
DEPICTED BY UPGLIDE ALONG 305K SURFACE.  ZONE OF BEST LIFT IS A BIT
FARTHER W THAN 18Z MESOETA...ALTHO PRESSURE CONDENSATION DEFICITS
ARE RATHER LOW IN ERN OK...SO NOT MUCH LIFT WILL NEEDED FOR
DEVELOPMENT.

1 TO 3 HOUR FFG VALUES ACROSS THE BULK OF ERN OK RUNNING AROUND 1.5
TO 2.5 RESPECTIVELY...WITH MUCH HIGHER VALUES IN NW AR AND FAR ERN
OK.  GIVEN THE EXCESSIVE RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...CURRENT FLASH
FLOOD WATCH LOOKS GOOD.

WILL UPDATE TO ADJUST TEMPORAL WORDING...AND MAY TWEAK POPS IN A FEW
LOCATIONS.

FCSTID = 18

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR
ZONES OKZ049...OKZ053...OKZ060>062...OKZ064>068...OKZ070>076.

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:06 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sebastian

When
June 30, 1:05 AM CST
Where
Sebastian County, Hackett
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
35.183, -94.417

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: 5254895.