3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 10, 5:41 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 641 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 55 MPH ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS WILL SOON ENTER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE MID SOUTH. THE PRESENT ZONE FORECAST IS ON TRACK BUT WILL HAVE TO BE UPDATED AS NEW SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES ARE ISSUED DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. .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>092-111000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 415 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT NORTHWEST OF THE JONESBORO AREA AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...THE REST OF EAST ARKANSAS...ALL OF WEST TENNESSEE AND THE NORTHWEST HALF OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS NORTHWEST OF AN OXFORD TO CORINTH LINE. THIS INCLUDES JONESBORO...MEMPHIS...DYERSBURG...JACKSON AND CLARKSDALE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MID-SOUTH...INCLUDING OXFORD AND TUPELO. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID-SOUTH TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE CHANCE FOR TORNADOES WILL BE HIGHER NORTH AND WEST OF THE JONESBORO AREA. THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS JUST BEFORE 9 PM...CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND REACH NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI BY 3 AM SUNDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...BUT AT THIS TIME...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT. 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
ARZ008-017-110045- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 654 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 28 MILES WEST OF LYNN AT 651 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES BY 730 PM CDT. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLACK ROCK...HOXIE...POCAHONTAS AND WALNUT RIDGE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. WER/SWC
ARZ008-017-110100- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 744 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ANNIEVILLE AT 741 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE. PEOPLE IN LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLACK ROCK AND POCAHONTAS...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. SWC
ARZ008-009-110200- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 803 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIGGERS AT 802 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. PEOPLE IN CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF CORNING...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. SWC
ARZ008-017-110315- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 916 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRAWBERRY AT 914 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS OVER 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLACK ROCK...HOXIE...POCAHONTAS AND WALNUT RIDGE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. SWC
MOZ113-110415- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1029 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...DUNKLIN COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES WEST OF CARDWELL AT 1029 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. PEOPLE IN DUNKLIN COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KENNETT AND SENATH...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tractor shed was destroyed and a grain elevator was damaged. Pieces of awning at the Oak Grove Middle School were blown off. One house was damaged when a trampoline was blown into in. Several large tree limbs were blown down.
Some trees were blown down.
A few trees were knocked 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, May 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: 5356565, 5356566, 5356567.