Arkansas, 2003

Hail in Arkansas, August 2, 2003

August 2, 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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  • 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 Aug 2, 2:38 AM CST, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:38 AM CST, 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
338 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

OF MAIN CONCERN THIS AM ARE TSTMS TODAY. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL
TROUGHS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS OUR REGION UNDER A CONTINUING
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE
IN THE WARM TO HOT CATEGORY AND NEAR NORMAL.

FCSTID =   38
HRO   86  67  88  69 /  50  20  20  20
LIT   91  72  90  72 /  50  30  30  20
HOT   91  73  91  72 /  50  30  30  20
PBF   93  74  92  72 /  40  30  30  20

.LZK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 10:45 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-021000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1145 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...ACROSS AN
AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MENA...TO LITTLE ROCK...TO
BRINKLEY.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY SLIDE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO ARKANSAS
DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
CLUSTERS OF STORMS MAY STILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA SATURDAY
MORNING...BEFORE WEAKENING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STORMS ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FROM LATE TONIGHT UNTIL ABOUT
MID-AFTERNOON SATURDAY.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 12:05 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
105 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

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

1035 PM    MENA                      AR   WIND DAMAGE
08/01/03   POLK                           TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

1218 AM    2 S MURFREESBORO          AR   WIND DAMAGE
08/02/03   PIKE                           TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Baxter

When
August 2, 3:30 AM CST
Where
Baxter County, Midway
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.383, -92.467

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5333256.