Arkansas, 2002

Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 23, 2002

April 23, 2002 · NWS TSA · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • 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
4

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 Apr 22, 8:10 PM CST, 6 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 8:10 PM CST, 6 hours 21 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
910 PM CDT MON APR 22 2002

SCATTERED ELEVATED CONVECTION A POSSIBILITY LATER TONIGHT...MAINLY
AFTER 08Z. 40-45 LOW LEVEL JET NOSES INTO NE OK AT THAT TIME...BUT
FEEL ELEVATED STORMS COULD FIRE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ACROSS ERN OK.
CURRENT OBS/MESONET RUNNING A TAD WARMER THAN WHAT IS ADVERTISED.
CLOUDS EXPECTED TO BLANKET THE ENTIRE AREA AFTER 06Z...SO WILL GO
AHEAD RAISE MINIMUMS A TAD AND ADJUST RDF TEMPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
WARMER READINGS. WILL GO AHEAD AND BROADBRUSH CHANCE POPS ACROSS ALL
AREAS...THOUGH WILL INCREASE POPS SLIGHTLY ACROSS FAR ERN OK AND NW
AR WHERE BEST LIFT FROM THE LOW LEVEL JET SETS UP. ATMOSPHERIC
RECOVERY...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND DEBRIS CLOUDS RESULTING FROM
CONVECTION THAT FIRES OVERNIGHT WILL CERTAINLY PLAY HAVOC ON
PINPOINTING WHERE ADDITIONAL CONVECTION DEVELOPS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
WILL LEAVE CHANCE POPS AS THEY ARE FOR THE SECOND PERIOD.

UPDATED ZONE PACKAGE OUT BY 0220Z

FCSTID = 23

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Washington

When
April 23, 2:31 AM CST
Where
Washington County, Fayetteville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.067, -94.167

Hail, Washington

When
April 23, 3:25 AM CST
Where
Washington County, Cincinnati
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
36.033, -94.500

Hail, Madison

When
April 23, 5:15 AM CST
Where
Madison County, Witter
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
POST OFFICE
Coordinates
35.933, -93.683

Thunderstorm Wind, Sebastian

When
April 23, 6:10 AM CST
Where
Sebastian County, Ft Smith
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
35.383, -94.417

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a large tree down.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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: 5289884, 5289885, 5289886, 5289887.