Arkansas, 2002

Hail in Arkansas, May 9, 2002

May 9, 2002 · NWS SHV · 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
  • 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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 9, 10:20 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 10:20 PM CST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1120 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2002

QUICK UPDATE TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF AREA...
ALONG AND NORTH OF A COLD FRONT. HAIL TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN STORMS...WHICH DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AS EASTWARD MOVING JET
STREAK TRAVERSED ACROSS TX.

VII

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 9:25 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
1025 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0955 PM    TYLER                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/02   SMITH                          TROOP HWY AT EAST SOUTHEAST LOOP                                        SOUTHEAST LOOP
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT                                   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0955 PM    TYLER                     TX   .88 INCH HAIL
05/09/02   SMITH                          64 EAST AT THE LOOP
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT                                        ENFORCEMENT

1005 PM    8 S TYLER                 TX   .88 INCH HAIL
05/09/02   SMITH                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER

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The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:05 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Howard

When
May 9, 11:05 PM CST
Where
Howard County, Nashville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.933, -93.850

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

More

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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: 5288349.