2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Jul 18, 7:40 PM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 840 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 762 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS FROM ST. FRANCIS COUNTY NORTHWARD AND DUNKLIN COUNTY MISSOURI UNTIL 2 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING. THE ZONES HAVE BEEN UPDATED ACCORDINGLY. FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED AS 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>092-191100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 340 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS FROM NOW THROUGH 10 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID-SOUTH. AGAIN...THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AS THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM AFFECTS THE MID-SOUTH. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE MID 90S ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...BRINGING HEAT INDICES CLOSE TO 105 DEGREES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. 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. SWC
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
324 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM MARTIN TN WIND DAMAGE
07/18/03 WEAKLEY TREES DOWN.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
412 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM MARTIN TN WIND DAMAGE
07/18/03 WEAKLEY TREES DOWN.
0359 PM HORN LAKE MS 0.88 INCH HAIL
07/18/03 DESOTO REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0405 PM HORN LAKE MS 0.88 INCH HAIL
07/18/03 DESOTO REPORTED BY DESOTO COUNTY
911.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
442 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM MARTIN TN WIND DAMAGE
07/18/03 WEAKLEY TREES DOWN.
0359 PM HORN LAKE MS 0.88 INCH HAIL
07/18/03 DESOTO REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0405 PM HORN LAKE MS 0.88 INCH HAIL
07/18/03 DESOTO REPORTED BY DESOTO COUNTY
911.
0438 PM EUDORA MS 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/18/03 DESOTO REPORTED BY DESOTO COUNTY
EMA.
0438 PM HORN LAKE MS 0.88 INCH HAIL
07/18/03 DESOTO REPORTED BY DESOTO COUNTY
EMA.
0440 PM MS FLOODING
07/18/03 DESOTO STREET FLOODING. REPORTED
BY DESOTO COUNTY EMA.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A few buildings had roof damage. Several trees were blown down.
One business sustained roof damage. Several trees were blown down.
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, July 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: 5329876, 5329877, 5329878.