Hail, Franklin
- When
- March 25, 10:14 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Alix
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.417, -93.700
Hail in Arkansas, March 25, 2002
5 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
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 25, 7:18 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 7:18 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 718 AM CST MON MAR 25 2002 UPDATED ZONES SENT TO INCLUDE MENTION OF THUNDER MOST LOCATIONS. ONGOING ACTIVITY INDICATING PRESENCE OF ENOUGH ELEVATED INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT THUNDERSTORMS AND THIS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT OVERSPREADS THE AREA. FCSTID = 07 .TSA... AR...NONE. OK...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 6:00 AM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-261200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 AM CST MON MAR 25 2002 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... EARLY THIS MORNING...A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT THIS MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AFTER 2 PM. .DISCUSSION... INCREASING UPWARD VERTICAL VELOCITIES ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. AN AREA OF ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY MID TO LATE MORNING AND MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT...STEEPENING LAPSE RATES AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY LATE EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA. THREAT TABLE VALID THROUGH 1200 UTC TUESDAY THREAT AREA 1...GENERALLY EAST OF A HUNTSVILLE TO SALLISAW TO WILBURTON TO HUGO LINE THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY...50 SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...25 SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...20 THREAT AREAS DEFINE THE GREATEST RISK. PROBABILITIES ARE IN PERCENT. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS DEFINED AS F1 OR GREATER WIND/TORNADO DAMAGE AND/OR GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. .OTHER HAZARDS... AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES MAY COOL ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET IN AREAS TO THE NORTHWEST OF TULSA. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED. RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. AN UPDATED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1 PM TODAY.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 7:45 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-261200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 745 AM CST MON MAR 25 2002 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... EARLY THIS MORNING...A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING AND SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT THIS MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MARGINALLY HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING...BUT MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. .DISCUSSION... INCREASING UPWARD VERTICAL VELOCITIES ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING. AN AREA OF ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING AND MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT...STEEPENING LAPSE RATES AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY LATE EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA. THREAT TABLE VALID THROUGH 1200 UTC TUESDAY THREAT AREA 1...GENERALLY EAST OF A OKEMAH TO FAYTEVILLE LINE THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY...50 SEVERE PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...25 SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER PROBABILITY IF STORMS OCCUR...20 THREAT AREAS DEFINE THE GREATEST RISK. PROBABILITIES ARE IN PERCENT. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS DEFINED AS F1 OR GREATER WIND/TORNADO DAMAGE AND/OR GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. .OTHER HAZARDS... AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES MAY COOL ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET IN AREAS TO THE NORTHWEST OF TULSA. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED. RELATED GRAPHICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. AN UPDATED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1 PM TODAY.
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:14 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- March 25, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Ft Smith
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.383, -94.417
Hail, Crawford
- When
- March 25, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, 7 mi E of Alma
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.483, -94.117
Hail, Franklin
- When
- March 25, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, 9 mi N of Ozark
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.633, -93.833
Hail, Sebastian
- When
- March 25, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, 7 mi SE of Greenwood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -94.183
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.
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: 5286436, 5286437, 5286438, 5286439, 5286440.