Arkansas, 2003

Hail in Arkansas, August 18, 2003

August 18, 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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  • 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 Aug 18, 9:57 AM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 9:57 AM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1057 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2003

JUST SENT OUT AN UPDATE TO CLEAN UP WORDING A LITTLE. PRESENTLY...
ISOLATED SHRA JUST TO OUR NORTH...ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY LEFT OVER
FROM LAST NIGHT. WOULDNT EXPECT MUCH MORE THAN JUST ISOLATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THIS IS COVERED
IN THE FORECAST.

ONLY APPRECIABLE CHANGES WERE TO TEMP/DEWPOINT/WIND/HEAT INDEX GRIDS
TO BETTER ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT WEATHER TRENDS. BIGGEST CONCERN THIS
AFTERNOON IS WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES. STATIONS OVER CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS FAST APPROACHING 100 DEGREE VALUES AT 10 AM...AND
WILL LIKELY GET AS HOT AS 110 IN SOME LOCATIONS.

REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST APPEARS TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE WITH NO OTHER
CHANGES NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

.LZK...HEAT ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY FOR ZONES
ARZ021>022...ARZ030>034...ARZ037>047...ARZ052>057...ARZ062>069.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 4:48 AM CST, 8 hours 42 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-191000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
500 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION. THE HIGH WILL
PROVIDE HOT WEATHER WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RAIN. TEMPERATURES
WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES. COMBINED WITH FAIRLY
HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS...AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM
105 TO 110 DEGREES IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS WITH A HEAT
ADVISORY POSTED. ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY
IN THE NORTHEAST NEAR A STALLED FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK. HOT AND MOSTLY DRY WEATHER IS IN THE FORECAST. HEAT
INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES IN CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN ARKANSAS ON TUESDAY WITH A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINING IN
EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ISOLATED THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
BY THURSDAY OR FRIDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE FROM THE PLAINS.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE A BIT...WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER
WEATHER TO END THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Baxter

When
August 18, 1:30 PM CST
Where
Baxter County, Gamaliel
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
POST OFFICE
Coordinates
36.450, -92.233

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: 5332977.