Hail, Madison
- When
- March 25, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Huntsville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.083, -93.733
Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 25, 2002
2 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Mar 24, 9:16 PM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 9:16 PM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 916 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002 STG TO SVR TS CONTINUING INVOF OF SFC CDFNT THAT EXTNDS FM A BVO-TUL-SNL LINE. GOLF BALL TO QUARTER SIZE HAS BEEN COMMON WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. FA IN AREA OF FAVORABLE JET DYNAMICS WITH DIVERGENCE ALOFT. LLVL JET WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. WL UPDATE ZONES SHORTLY TO REFLECT HIGHER PRECIP CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST AND FOR WATCH #34. FCSTID = 10 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 24, 9:07 PM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
907 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 PM BEARDEN OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 OKFUSKEE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
MANNINGLocal storm report, Mar 24, 9:38 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
938 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 PM 5 S HENRYETTA OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 OKMULGEE REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.
0920 PM WYNONA OK .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 OSAGE REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.
0915 PM GRAYSON OK .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 OKMULGEE 2 INCHES OF DIME SIZED
HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTERS.
MANNINGLocal storm report, Mar 24, 9:47 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
947 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0940 PM 3 SW CHECOTAH OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 MCINTOSH REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0940 PM PORTER OK .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 WAGONER REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.
MANNINGLocal storm report, Mar 24, 9:50 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
950 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 PM BEARDEN OK 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 OKFUSKEE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
MANNINGLocal storm report, Mar 24, 9:58 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
958 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0957 PM 2 S EUFAULA OK .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 MCINTOSH REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.
MANNINGLocal storm report, Mar 24, 10:04 PM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1004 PM CST SUN MAR 24 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0957 PM 5 NE CANADIAN OK .75 INCH HAIL
03/24/02 PITTSBURG REPORTED ON THE COUNTY
LINE BRIDGE BY HAM RADIO.
MANNINGThe radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:18 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- March 25, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Huntsville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.083, -93.733
Hail, Washington
- When
- March 25, 1:34 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Farmington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.033, -94.250
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
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, March 25, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 25 to 26, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 25, 2002
- Hail in Texas, March 25, 2002
- Winter Storm in Indiana, March 25 to 26, 2002
- Winter Storm in Illinois, March 25 to 26, 2002
- Winter Storm in Missouri, March 25 to 26, 2002
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Texas, March 25, 2002
- Winter Storm in Illinois, March 25, 2002
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 25, 2002
- Winter Storm in Illinois, March 25 to 26, 2002
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, March 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: 5286431, 5286432, 5286430.