Arkansas, 2002

Hail in Arkansas, June 16, 2002

June 16, 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.

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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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 12:25 PM CST, 7 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 12:25 PM CST, 7 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
125 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 2002

AREA RADAR LOOPS SHOW THAT MOST OF THE PRECIP HAS EXITED OUR
SOUTHEAST ZONES...WITH ONE EAST-WEST ORIENTED BAND OF RAIN
LINGERING. ELSEWHERE...SATELLITE LOOPS SHOWED CLOUDS BREAKING
UP...WITH ONLY A FEW TINY SHOWERS DEVELOPING.

MODELS STILL PROJECTING A WEAK CUTOFF LOW TO DEVELOP OVER THE GULF
COAST. ETA AND AVN 60 HOUR POSITIONS NEARLY ON TOP OF EACH OTHER IN
SOUTHEAST LA. LONGER RANGE MODELS SUCH AS NOGAPS AND AVN EXTENSION
SHOW THIS FEATURE WOBBLING AROUND OUR AREA IN SOME FORM FOR THE NEXT
WEEK AND A HALF. IF THIS PROVES TRUE...IT WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE
CLOUDINESS AND ENHANCED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.

BACK TO THE SHORT TERM...PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
MESOETA FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR MONDAY SHOW AN ISOTHERMAL LAYER
BETWEEN 600 AND 700 MB WHICH WILL HAMPER CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
SOMEWHAT...BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH POSITIVE AREA BELOW THIS
LAYER TO ALLOW DEVELOPING UPDRAFTS TO BREAK THROUGH IT. SMALL
SHORTWAVE DEPICTED BY MESOETA WILL ALSO HELP. WILL GO WITH LESS THAN
20 POPS IN THE NORTH AND CENTRAL AND 20 POPS IN THE SOUTH TO ACCOUNT
FOR THIS FEATURE. ON TUESDAY...THE LAYER ALOFT IS NO LONGER AS
STABLE...SO WILL RAISE POPS BY 10 PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE JUST A FEW DEGREES BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS.

BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY...THE PRIMARY FEATURE WILL BE THE CUTOFF LOW.
CONFIDENCE IN PLACEMENT/STRENGTH OF THIS FEATURE IN THE LONGER RANGE
IS LOW...SO WILL NOT TRY TO GET TOO SPECIFIC...BUT COMMENTS FROM TWO
PARAGRAPHS AGO STILL APPLY.

HRO 58 81 60 85 62 /  5 10  5 20
LIT 62 85 64 88 66 /  5 10  5 20
HOT 62 86 64 89 66 /  5 10  5 20
PBF 64 87 66 89 68 / 10 20 10 30

.LZK...NONE.

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Stone

When
June 16, 7:30 PM CST
Where
Stone County, Timbo
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.867, -92.317

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.

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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: 5302059.