5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 31, 3:27 AM CST, 11 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 327 AM CST SAT MAR 31 2001 EXPECTING KNQA WSR-88D RADAR TO BE DOWN UNTIL PROBABLY 31/18Z. WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN ACROSS CWA AT PRESENT. LIGHT WINDS AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE HOLDING CLOUDS/FOG ACROSS THE AREA. MAY BE SOME SUNSHINE TODAY...BUT MOSTLY CLOUDY SHOULD BE THE RULE. COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH NORTHERN PLAINS TROF WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE AFTERNOON/THIS EVENING. INSTABILITY IS AVAILABLE WITH FORECAST LI OF -3 AT MEM AT 00Z...BUT DEEP MOISTURE AND SHEAR RATHER LIMITED. POPS WILL BE IN THE LOW LIKELY RANGE (60) WITH FROPA. AIRMASS DRIES RAPIDLY AFTER FROPA...SO SUNDAY SHOULD BE SUNNY...IF A LITTLE BREEZY. MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF MID-LEVEL MOISTURE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR A FEW CLOUDS. SPC MENTIONING POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION WITH WARM ADVECTION SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT CHANCES RATHER LOW. WINDS QUICKLY COME AROUND TO THE SOUTH SUNDAY EVENING PREVENTING A FREEFALL IN TEMPERATURES. EXTENDED...NEW AVN/MRF A LITTLE QUICKER WITH NEXT PRECIP EVENT. ADDED MENTION FOR TUESDAY NIGHT...AND EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO BE DONE BY MID-DAY ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL FOR MOST OF EXTENDED PERIOD. 10 .MEG...NONE.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:27 UTC.
5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail accumulated as much as 8 -10 inches in a mile long swath. Some peach trees were damaged by the hail.
Hail ranged in size from dimes to walnuts.
A few trees were snapped.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, March 2001
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: 5235594, 5235595, 5235597, 5235598, 5235596, 5235599.