Hail in Arkansas, April 12, 2002

Name: Hail in Arkansas, April 12, 2002
Start: 2002-04-12T14:08
End: 2002-04-12T14:08
Location: Arkansas

April 12, 2002 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Apr 12, 1:30 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 1:30 PM CST, 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
230 PM CDT FRI APR 12 2002

THE COLD FRONT HAS MADE IT INTO NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND IT IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL SECTIONS TONIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE MILD. MOISTURE CONTINUES LIMITED SO
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE SMALL.

FCSTID = 38
HRO   51  75  54  76 /  20  20  30  30
LIT   56  77  57  78 /  30  20  30  30
HOT   55  79  57  79 /  30  20  30  30
PBF   60  79  60  80 /  20  20  30  30

.LZK...
AR...NONE.

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:09 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sharp

When: April 12, 2:08 PM CST
Where: Sharp County, Poughkeepsie
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 36.083, -91.483

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, April 2002

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: 5291889.