Hail in Arkansas, April 6, 2003

Name: Hail in Arkansas, April 6, 2003
Start: 2003-04-06T16:00
End: 2003-04-06T16:00
Location: Arkansas

April 6, 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.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 6, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
400 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

KLZK RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
A WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS HAS PRODUCED A WIDE RANGE OF
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE CWA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCE SHOULD
NOT LAST PAST MIDNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE COLD FRONT
ACROSS OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE THROUGH ARKANSAS BY MONDAY MORNING.

HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FOR MONDAY. HOWEVER A LOW WILL MOVE UP FROM
THE TEXAS COAST AND BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN
AND TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR.

HAD TO GO MUCH LOWER THAN THE MAV TEMPERATURES. MODELS HAVE NOT
PICKED UP ON THE COLD AIR YET APPARENTLY.

HRO   36  60  34  50 /  70   5  20  20
LIT   40  73  42  55 /  80   5  20  20
HOT   41  73  42  56 /  80   5  20  20
PBF   44  76  45  57 /  90  10  20  20

.LZK...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 3:30 PM CST, 30 minutes before

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-071000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
430 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO ARKANSAS TONIGHT. ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. SOME
OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT BEING
LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS COULD OCCUR AS WELL.

OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...WHERE THE AIR IS A LITTLE
WARMER...ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD OCCUR AS WELL AS DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN ALL AREAS IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER
ABOUT MID-EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TO BE REQUIRED UNTIL ABOUT MID-EVENING.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 10:50 AM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1150 AM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

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

1038 AM    CASSCOE                   AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   ARKANSAS                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

1050 AM    HOLLY GROVE               AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   MONROE                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 11:03 AM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1203 PM CDT SUN APR 06 2003

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

1153 AM    3 S EDGEMONT              AR   .88 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   CLEBURNE                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 12:40 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
140 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

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

1015 AM    LODGES CORNERS            AR   WIND DAMAGE
04/06/03   ARKANSAS                       CAR BLOWN OFF THE HIGHWAY
                                          AND OVERTURNED.

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 1:21 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
221 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

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

1025 AM    1 SE ALMYRA               AR   2.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   ARKANSAS                       PUBLIC REPORTS OF HAIL UP
                                          TO BASEBALL SIZE JUST
                                          SOUTHEAST OF ALMYRA. HAIL
                                          COVERED THE GROUND...BROKE
                                          WINDSHIELDS... AND DENTED
                                          CARS. SOME HAIL WAS STILL
                                          ON THE GROUND 4 HOURS
                                          LATER.

Local storm report, Apr 6, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
300 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

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

1015 AM    2 N REYDELL               AR   .75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   JEFFERSON                      REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER

1125 AM    3 W CABOT                 AR   .75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   LONOKE                         REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC

1125 AM    7 NNE JACKSONVILLE        AR   .75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   PULASKI                        REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 3:51 PM CST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
451 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

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

0445 PM    3 ENE CLARKSVILLE         AR   .75 INCH HAIL
04/06/03   JOHNSON                        REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC

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The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Polk

When: April 6, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Polk County, Cherry Hill
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.583, -94.000

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: 5350971.