Hail in Arkansas, December 22, 2003

Name: Hail in Arkansas, December 22, 2003
Start: 2003-12-22T22:15
End: 2003-12-22T22:15
Location: Arkansas

December 22, 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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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 Dec 22, 8:55 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 8:55 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
855 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003

SEVERE WEATHER STARTING TO CRANK UP SO DISCUSSION WILL BE BRIEF
TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER ONE HAS EXPIRED OVER THE
WEST WHILE AS NEW WATCH FOR THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 1 AM.
LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER OVER
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ALONG THE ARKANSAS AND
OKLAHOMA BORDER.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE
OVERNIGHT SO CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS REASONABLE. THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL WANE WITH TIME AS STORMS SHOULD BECOME MORE ELEVATED
WITH TIME AND RUN INTO A MUCH LESS FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT. BEST
INSTABILITY NOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST PROMPTING THER NEW WATCH. WILL
TWEAK THE GRIDS/ZONE TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST LOOKS GOOD.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 9:00 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
900 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231100-
ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND-
CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING-
INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-
LONOKE-MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-
POLK-POPE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-
VAN BUREN-WHITE-WOODRUFF-YELL-
900 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS.
THIS WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT EAST OF
ARKANSAS ON TUESDAY. RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER BEHIND
THE FRONT TUESDAY MORNING. RAIN CHANCES WILL DIMINISH FROM THE WEST
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR BUILDS IN ON NORTHWEST WINDS.

THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE OVER THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER STORM
SYSTEM APPROACHES ARKANSAS FROM THE PLAINS STATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 22, 8:38 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
838 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0823 PM     HAIL             ATKINS                  35.24N 92.95W
12/22/2003  1.75 INCH        POPE               AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG I-40 IN ATKINS

&&

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Local storm report, Dec 22, 9:24 PM CST, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
924 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0850 PM     HAIL             1 E CAUTHRON            34.92N 94.28W
12/22/2003  0.75 INCH        SCOTT              AR   TRAINED SPOTTER

0905 PM     HAIL             2 N GREENBRIER          35.26N 92.38W
12/22/2003  1.00 INCH        FAULKNER           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

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Local storm report, Dec 22, 9:59 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
959 PM CST MON DEC 22 2003

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0954 PM     HAIL             QUITMAN                 35.38N 92.21W
12/22/2003  0.75 INCH        CLEBURNE           AR   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:13 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pope

When: December 22, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Pope County, Nogo
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 35.633, -92.867

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

Every storm in Arkansas in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, December 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: 5327856.