Hail in Arkansas, July 2, 2002

Name: Hail in Arkansas, July 2, 2002
Start: 2002-07-02T12:00
End: 2002-07-02T12:00
Location: Arkansas

July 2, 2002 · 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.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
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 Jul 2, 9:10 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 9:10 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1010 AM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002

...NO CHANGES THIS MORNING...

MORE STEAM HEAT IN STORE FOR THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER
LEVEL LOW STILL SITTING OVER TX/OK AND HAS BASICALLY STALLED OUT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL BANGING AROUND OVER THE WESTERN HALF
OF THE CWA IN TROPICAL AIRMASS. WITH REALLY NO SHORTWAVES TO KEY IN
ON THIS AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED IN
NATURE WITH COVERAGE INCREASING AS THE DAY WEARS ON. PRECIPITABLE
WATER OFF THE SOUNDING THIS MORNING IS JUST UNDER 2 INCHES SO
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WHERE THE STORMS FIRE UP.

.LZK...NONE.

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dallas

When: July 2, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Dallas County, Dalark
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.033, -92.883

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, July 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: 5311333.