Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 22, 2003

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 22, 2003
Start: 2003-08-22T18:15
End: 2003-08-22T18:15
Location: Arkansas

August 22, 2003 · NWS TSA · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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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Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
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: $3,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 22, 2:00 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:00 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA
300 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

HOT/HUMID CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS HIGH
PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL.  ISOLATED TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS OF FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  CU FIELD LESS
EXTENSIVE THAN YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME...SO EXPECT PRECIP COVERAGE TO
BE LESS WITH ACTIVITY DISSIPATING BY EARLY EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF
SURFACE HEATING.  COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED JUST NORTH OF FA OVER
SOUTHEAST KANSAS/SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WILL BECOME DIFFUSE OVER THE
NEXT 12-24 HOURS WITH LITTLE IMPACT ON AREA.  TRENDED FORECAST MORE
TOWARD THE WARMER ETA THROUGH MONDAY.

NEXT COLD FRONT NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE IT INTO THE AREA INTO
TUESDAY...THEREFORE BUMPED TEMPS UP FROM PREV FORECAST SUNDAY
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.  WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS RETURNING BY SUNDAY
NIGHT...TUL WILL LIKELY BE AROUND 80 AGAIN FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS.  DID
ADD POPS TUESDAY WITH FRONT...OTHERWISE NO OTHER MAJOR CHANGES TO
EXTENDED.

PRELIM NUMBERS:

TUL    75  100   76  101 /  10   10   10   10
FSM    74  100   74  100 /  20   20   10   10
MLC    71  100   71  100 /  10   10   10   10
BVO    69  101   70  101 /  10   10   10   10
FYV    67   95   67   96 /  20   20   10   10
BYV    67   94   67   96 /  20   20   10   10
MKO    73  100   73  100 /  10   10   10   10
MIO    71   98   71   99 /  10   10   10   10
F10    71  100   71  100 /  10   10   10   10
HHW    73   99   73   99 /  30   20   10   10

FORECAST ID= 12

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 5:00 AM CST, 13 hours 15 minutes before

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-231100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING.  WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO
AROUND 60 MPH.  A COLD FRONT STRETCHING ACROSS KANSAS AND MISSOURI
THIS MORNING WILL APPROACH NORTHERN AREAS LATER TODAY.  CONVERGENCE
ALONG THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENT TO INITIATE WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE NORTH.  ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA AFTERNOON HEATING MAY ALSO RESULT IN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS AND FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  ANY ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS
THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY EARLY EVENING WITH THE
LOSS OF SURFACE HEATING.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR TULSA COUNTY TODAY.  SEE
/OKCNPWTUL/ FOR DETAILS. HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON WILL AGAIN RUN
IN THE 104 TO 108 RANGE.

WARNING PROBABILITIES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CAN BE
FOUND IN THE OUTLOOK SECTION AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA. GIVEN
PROBABILITIES REPRESENT THE POTENTIAL FOR A WARNING TO BE ISSUED AT
YOUR LOCATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LOW CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY AS THE
REMNANTS OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE
WASHING OUT.  AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN HOT AND
DRY CONDITIONS.

.SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT...
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 22, 2:27 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0327 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

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

0320 PM    ANTLERS                   OK   1.75 IN HAIL
08/22/03   PUSHMATAHA                     REPORTED BY P.D.

NK

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:00 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

OKZ053-222200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     CHOCTAW

AT 400 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
NORTH OF APPLE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SOPER...MESSER...KENT...SPEER AND
APPLE.

A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS THROUGH 500 PM CDT.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
ADVISORY IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

Local storm report, Aug 22, 3:24 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0424 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

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

0408 PM    9 N SAWYER                OK   0.75 IN HAIL
08/22/03   CHOCTAW                        REPORTED BY SPENCERVILLE
                                          P.D.

NK

Local storm report, Aug 22, 5:18 PM CST, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
0618 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

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

0459 PM    TALIHINA                  OK   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   LE FLORE                       LARGE TREE ACROSS ROAD.
                                          REPORTED BY P.D.

0457 PM    5 N ROLAND                OK   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   SEQUOYAH                       PINE TREE TOPS ACROSS
                                          ROAD. REPORTED BY S.O.

0455 PM    ROLAND                    OK   70 MPH TSTORM WIND
08/22/03   SEQUOYAH                       REPORTED BY HAM.

0327 PM    ANTLERS                   OK   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   PUSHMATAHA                     POWER LINES DOWN WITH
                                          WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.
                                          TREES DOWNED AND SOME ROOF
                                          DAMAGE. REPORTED BY EM.

NK

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 5:20 PM CST, 55 minutes before

ARZ019-029-222345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
620 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     CRAWFORD

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
     SEBASTIAN

AT 620 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A WEAKENING THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF DYER...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.  OUTFLOW WINDS OF
UP TO 40 MPH FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY AFFECT THE LOCATIONS
OF...PLEASANT HILL...CONCORD...MULBERRY...BARLING...LAVACA...CENTRAL
CITY...ALMA...KIBLER...SHIBLEY AND DYER.

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Washington

When: August 22, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Farmington
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.033, -94.250

Thunderstorm Wind, Washington

When: August 22, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Washington County, Farmington
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.033, -94.250

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and power lines.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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, August 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: 5376808, 5376809.