Arkansas, 2001

Hail in Arkansas, November 23, 2001

November 23, 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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  • Hail
  • 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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 23, 9:30 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 9:30 PM CST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
930 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2001

LINE OF STORMS EXTENDING ACROSS THE EXTREME ERN PORTIONS OF OK FROM
N TO S INTO MCCURTAIN CO.  THEN CURVING SW INTO NE TX FROM NEAR PRX
TO S OF ACT.  THIS LINE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS FROM ASOS/AWOS REPORTS
OF 31 TO 40 KTS AS THE LINE PASSES WITH THE OUTFLOW OVER PORTIONS OF
TX/OK.  STILL IN THE LINE FOR SOME STRONG WINDS POSSIBLY AND HAIL
FOR MY FCST AREA WITH A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE.  ALTHOUGH THE
WORST OF THE STORMS AHEAD OF THE LINE HAVE BEEN TO THE N OVER
TUL/LIT CWFA/S.  WILL DEFER TO UPDATING UNTIL SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER
THROUGH...POSSIBLY NEAR 11 PM.  PACKAGE IS OK FOR NOW.

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.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 23, 9:45 PM CST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
945 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

925 PM    VALLIANT                   OK   WIND DAMAGE
11/23/01  MCCURTAIN                       RAILROAD CROSSARM BLOWN OVER
                                          INTO DITCH
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

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The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sevier

When
November 23, 10:15 PM CST
Where
Sevier County, Gillham
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
34.167, -94.317

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: 5273081.