Hail in Arkansas, April 24, 2003

Name: Hail in Arkansas, April 24, 2003
Start: 2003-04-24T16:42
End: 2003-04-24T16:42
Location: Arkansas

April 24, 2003 · 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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Wind
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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
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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, 2:35 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:35 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...AMENDED FOR PRELIMINARY NUMBERS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
335 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
HRO   50  65  47  71 /  50  20  10   5
LIT   56  75  52  74 /  60  10  10   5
HOT   55  74  53  74 /  60  10  10   5
PBF   58  75  53  75 /  60  10  10   5

.LZK...NONE.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 12:57 PM CST, 3 hours 45 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, 3:35 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
435 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0305 PM    4 E MC GEHEE              AR   WIND DAMAGE
04/24/03   DESHA                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          MEDIA

0305 PM    4 E MC GEHEE              AR   .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   DESHA                          TOMATO PLANTS STRIPPED OF
                                          LEAVES. REPORTED BY MEDIA

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:40 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
440 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0408 PM    WITTS SPRINGS             AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   SEARCY                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:05 PM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
505 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0450 PM    1 E STEPROCK              AR   .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   WHITE                          REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER

0451 PM    CENTER HILL               AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   WHITE                          ALSO...SPOTTER
                                          REPORTED TWO                                           TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS TRYING TO
                                          FUNNEL CLOUDS
                                          TRYING TO DEVELOP

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:05 PM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
505 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0450 PM    1 E STEPROCK              AR   .75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   WHITE                          REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER

0451 PM    CENTER HILL               AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   WHITE                          ALSO...SPOTTER
                                          REPORTED TWO
                                          FUNNEL CLOUDS
                                          TRYING TO DEVELOP

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:27 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
527 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0438 PM    1 S THIDA                 AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   INDEPENDENCE                   REPORTED BY HAM
                                          RADIO OPERATOR

0505 PM    5 SE DENMARK              AR   .88 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY HAM
                                          RADIO OPERATOR

0515 PM    5 NW VELVET RIDGE         AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   WHITE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:37 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
537 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003

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

0528 PM    8 N JUDSONIA              AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/03   WHITE                          REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER

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The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Marion

When: April 24, 4:42 PM CST
Where: Marion County, Pyatt
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.250, -92.833

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

Every storm in Arkansas in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, April 2003

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: 5349668.