Arkansas, 2003

Hail in Arkansas, April 24, 2003

April 24, 2003 · NWS LZK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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 Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 12:58 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 12:58 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
158 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

NOT MUCH TIME TO TALK TODAY...SO I WILL MAKE THIS QUICK.

BIGGEST CONCERN TONIGHT IS SEVERE WEATHER...ESPECIALLY TORNADO
POTENTIAL. GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FROM THE I-30 / US 67-167
CORRIDOR ON EAST TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. WILL ADDRESS THESE
ISSUES ACCORDINGLY IN THE ZONES.

ONCE THE DRYLINE MOVES THROUGH...RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE. DUE TO
PROXIMITY OF UPPER LOW...STILL A POSSIBILITY OF SOME ISOLATED TSRA
OVER THE NORTH TOMORROW...SO LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THOSE AREAS.

THINGS DRY OUT FRIDAY NIGHT...AS THE COLD FRONT EXITS THE FORECAST
AREA. WEEKEND LOOKS FAIRLY TOLERABLE AS HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILDS
IN AND THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH AND STALLS.

STILL LOOKING AT FRONT BACKING NORTH EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH ANOTHER
COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. BASICALLY LEFT THE EXTENDED
AS IS...THOUGH CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO BE LESS THAN STELLAR.

PRELIMINARY ISC GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT...THOUGH THEY ARE SUBJECT TO
LAST MINUTE REVISIONS. DISCUSSION WILL BE UPDATED LATER TO INCLUDE
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.

FCSTID = 57
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 12:57 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-251000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
157 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
THROUGH 8 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY
DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND TORNADOES. THE SEVERE STORMS SHOULD
MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL REACH ARKANSAS ON MONDAY AND MAY STALL IN THE
AREA. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO THIS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN MOST
OF ARKANSAS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 9:49 AM CST, 4 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
1049 AM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

1040 AM    LITTLE ROCK               AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   PULASKI                        REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Desha

When
April 24, 2:00 PM CST
Where
Desha County, Mc Gehee
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
33.633, -91.400

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: 5349650.