Arkansas, 2001

Hail in Arkansas, November 24, 2001

November 24, 2001 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 24, 11:01 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 11:01 AM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1101 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

WRAP AROUND CLOUDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM NOW IN THE MID WEST WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS NORTH
ARKANSAS. CENTRAL AND SOUTH SECTIONS WILL REMAIN PARTLY CLOUDY
THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN THE WAKE OF THE POWERFUL COLD FRONT THAT WENT
THROUGH LAST NIGHT. 60KT WINDS AT 850MB WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE. DECIDED TO UPGRADE THE
LAKE WIND ADVISORY TO A WIND ADVISORY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. HARRISON
GUSTED TO 37 MPH THIS PAST HOUR...AND THEY HAVE CLOUD COVER.
PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXTREMELY TIGHT AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE THAT IS
CENTERED IN WESTERN IOWA. EXPECT THE SOUTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST IN SOUTHERN
SECTIONS. REST OF THE FORECAST LOOKS FINE.

51

.LIT...WIND ADVISORY TODAY ALL ZONES.
       003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:47 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Faulkner

When
November 24, 12:43 PM CST
Where
Faulkner County, Conway
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
35.083, -92.450

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: 5273721.