1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 11, 10:20 PM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1120 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 QUICK UPDATE EARLIER TO INCREASE POPS OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS FOR OVERNIGHT. MENTIONED POSSIBLITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN THOSE AREAS ALSO. REST OF PREVIOUS FORECAST ON TRACK. .LZK...NONE. 22
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-121000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 230 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. A FRONTAL SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO STALL NEAR THE ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP NEAR THE FRONT...WITH PRECIPITATION MAINLY AFFECTING THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOST ACTIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH A FEW STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST...AND THIS WILL ALLOW STORMS TO PRODUCE RAINFALL MORE EFFICIENTLY. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR IN LESS THAN AN HOUR IN SOME CASES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THIS PATTERN OF UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS. THE STALLED FRONT NEAR THE ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDER WILL MEANDER FOR COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE MOVING TO THE NORTH. YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND BEFORE STALLING ACROSS THE REGION. GIVEN THE PATTERN... CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE MENTIONED IN THE FORECAST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. SPOTTY SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN THE COMING DAYS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY...WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT...WITH SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. 44
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
712 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0655 PM 6 W STAR CITY AR .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/03 LINCOLN REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER
22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
811 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM DUMAS AR WIND DAMAGE
06/11/03 DESHA PART OF THE ROOF OF A
COTTON WAREHOUSE BLOWN OFF.
PART OF THE ROOF OF A
SCHOOL BLOWN OFF. TREES
BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.
22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK, AR
915 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 PM 2 E CORNERVILLE AR .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/03 LINCOLN REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER
22PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
947 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0928 PM LITTLE ROCK AR .88 INCH HAIL
06/11/03 PULASKI HAIL TO NICKEL SIZE NEAR
I-30 AND GEYER SPRINGS RD.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0933 PM LITTLE ROCK AR 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/11/03 PULASKI HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE ON
ARCH STREET PIKE. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0937 PM LITTLE ROCK AR 1.50 INCH HAIL
06/11/03 PULASKI HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PING
PONG BALLS AT CHICOT RD.
AND MABELVALE CUTOFF.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
28The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur in and around Hot Springs Village. A numbers of streets and area roads were covered by high water for several hours.
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, June 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: 5362922.