3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 22, 6:45 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 745 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING WESTWARD ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AND INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WITH THE ACTIVITY DROPPING SOUTHWARD. THIS WILL BEAR WATCHING IN CASE SOMETHING SEVERE DEVELOPS OR A WATCH IS ISSUED FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH. FORECAST UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED IF AND WHEN NEEDED. .MEG...NONE.
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-231000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 357 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY...AND AGAIN FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG.
TNZ002>004-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 838 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...HENRY...OBION AND WEAKLEY COUNTIES. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 22 MILES NORTH OF SOUTH FULTON TO 26 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS AT 838 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN HENRY...OBION AND WEAKLEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MARTIN...PARIS AND UNION CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
MOZ115-230245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 918 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...PEMISCOT COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORTAGEVILLE AT 918 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN PEMISCOT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF PORTAGEVILLE... SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two large trees and several power lines were blown down.
Several large tree limbs were blown down.
Some trees were knocked down across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, August 2003
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: 5377246, 5332950, 5332951.