1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 2:45 PM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 345 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 WEATHER HAS SETTLED DOWN A BIT THIS AFTERNOON. HAD CLEARING FROM THE NORTHWEST WHICH HAS ALLOWED SOME HEATING/DESTABILIZATION. BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS HAS LIFTED NORTH INTO MISSOURI...WITH A SYSTEM ALOFT EXPECTED TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE SYSTEM MAY TRIGGER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ARKANSAS LATER THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT. ALSO...STORMS COULD FIRE ALONG BOUNDARY IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND MOVE WITH NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS. GIVEN THIS...WENT WITH HIGHEST CHANCES FOR RAIN IN NORTH AND WEST WITH SLIGHT CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION ELSEWHERE. WILL CLOUD UP OVERNIGHT...BUT CLOUDS WILL DECREASE ONCE AGAIN ON MONDAY WITH ANY PRECIPITATION BECOMING ISOLATED. LATE MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY...STORM SYSTEM/COLD FRONT WILL HEAD INTO ARKANSAS FROM THE WEST WITH CLOUDS/RAIN CHANCES GOING UP AGAIN. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE MORE SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS PERIOD. PERHAPS SOME SLIGHTLY COOLER/DRIER AIR BEHIND FRONT HEADING INTO MIDWEEK...WITH RAIN CHANCES DIMINISHING. FAIRLY TYPICAL SUMMERTIME TEMPERATURES TO END THE WEEK WITH NO RAIN MENTIONED IN THE FORECAST. HRO 69 89 70 87 / 30 30 50 50 LIT 72 90 73 90 / 20 20 40 50 HOT 72 91 73 90 / 30 30 40 50 PBF 73 91 74 91 / 20 20 30 50 .LZK...NONE. 46
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. 46
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
28PRELIMINARY 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
28PRELIMINARY 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
28The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees and power lines.
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: 5333354.