Arkansas, 2003

Hail in Arkansas, May 13, 2003

May 13, 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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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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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 May 13, 9:53 AM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 9:53 AM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1050 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2002

SHORT WAVE AXIS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...MOVING EAST PER
SATELLITE IMAGERY. AN INCREASE IN SHRA/TSRA HAS BEEN NOTED ACROSS
EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME WESTERN ARKANSAS SINCE 14Z. CONVECTIVE
COMPLEX NOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS/EXTREME NORTHERN OKLAHOMA MAY
AFFECT NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA FROM 17-20Z.

.LZK...NONE

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 1:35 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-141000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
235 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED THIS MORNING IN CENTRAL KANSAS AND MOVED
INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE
PUSHING THROUGH WESTERN ARKANSAS INTO THIS EVENING...AND SOME OF THE
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

LATER TONIGHT...ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST OF ARKANSAS...AND WILL PUSH INTO THE STATE
MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS
OVERNIGHT...MAINLY IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY OVER MOST AREAS ON WEDNESDAY...WITH A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

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The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Johnson

When
May 13, 2:44 PM CST
Where
Johnson County, 7 mi NW of Clarksville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
35.533, -93.550

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

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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: 5360980.