Name: Hail in Arkansas, August 3, 2003
Start: 2003-08-03T21:41
End: 2003-08-03T21:41
Location: Arkansas

Where it happened

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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 3, 8:58 PM CST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 8:58 PM CST, 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
958 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

WILL NOT BE UPDATING THE ZONE FORECAST TEXT. HOWEVER...WILL ADJUST
THE TEMPERATURE GRID TRENDS TO FIT THE CURRENT TRENDS BETTER.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE NORTHEAST. CHANCES OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE
WARM FRONT LOCATED NEAR THE MISSOURI BORDER.

.LZK...NONE.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 4:50 PM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes before

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-041000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
550 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STATIONARY FRONT LIFTED FROM NORTHERN ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHERN
MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ACTIVE
OVERNIGHT...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. WITH A
NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL PUSH INTO
NORTHERN ARKANSAS.

ALSO...A SYSTEM ALOFT IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL HEAD THROUGH EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND EVENTUALLY INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS. A FEW STORMS MAY
DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO THE SYSTEM...WITH THE STORMS CONFINED MAINLY
TO THE WESTERN COUNTIES.

ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER MAY OCCUR IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN
ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...WITH HAIL THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP TONIGHT IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS
WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING. DURING THE HEAT
OF MONDAY AFTERNOON...STORMS MAY REDEVELOP BUT THEY SHOULD REMAIN
ISOLATED.

MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...A STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST...WITH SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE.
THE STORMS SHOULD LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY BEFORE BECOMING MORE
ISOLATED LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

IN GENERAL...SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN ISOLATED THROUGH TONIGHT. AS
A RESULT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 3, 4:10 PM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
510 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

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

0835 AM    WAYTON                    AR   .88 INCH HAIL
08/03/03   NEWTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

0945 AM    DENNARD                   AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/03/03   VAN BUREN                      HAIL COVERED THE GROUND.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

1135 AM    1 N CORD                  AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/03/03   INDEPENDENCE                   REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER

1135 AM    3 N CORD                  AR   .75 INCH HAIL
08/03/03   INDEPENDENCE                   REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 6:31 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
731 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

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

0710 PM    GLENCOE                   AR   .75 INCH HAIL
08/03/03   FULTON                         REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER

0725 PM    HORSESHOE BEND            AR   .75 INCH HAIL
08/03/03   IZARD                          REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 7:30 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
830 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003

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

0930 AM    7 SW LESLIE               AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/03/03   SEARCY                         HAIL LASTED 15 MINUTES.
                                          HAIL DAMAGED GARDEN AND
                                          KNOCKED NUMEROUS LEAVES OFF
                                          TREES. REPORTED BY PUBLIC

0930 AM    7 SW LESLIE               AR   WIND DAMAGE
08/03/03   SEARCY                         LARGE LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY PUBLIC

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:40 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cleburne

When: August 3, 9:41 PM CST
Where: Cleburne County, Wilburn
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.500, -91.883

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

More

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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: 5333663.