1 thunderstorm wind, 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 May 13, 2:45 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 345 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003 MCS ACROSS KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA IS NOW MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON KLZK RADAR EXTENDS WEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNTAIN HOME TO FORT SMITH. THIS AREA WILL SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST. THE RAIN IS MOST DOMINANT IN THE 60+ DEW POINT AREA ACROSS EAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST ARKANSAS. GFS SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MCS FOR TONIGHT. DIVERGING HEIGHTS ARE NOTED ACROSS NORTH ARKANSAS AT 12Z WEDNESDAY. 60+ DEW POINTS ARE SLOWLY MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AT THIS TIME. A WARM FRONT STILL SOUTH OF ARKANSAS WILL MOVE NORTH TONIGHT AND HELP TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE LIKELY POPS FOR TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE TO NEAR NORTHWEST ARKANSAS BY 12Z WEDNESDAY AND MOVE SLOWLY INTO NORTH ARKANSAS. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK CREATING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE LAST STRONG SYSTEM IN THE LINE LOOKS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE UPPER LOW MOVING ON TO THE WEST COAST TONIGHT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS ARKANSAS ON SUNDAY. WITH THE NUMBER OF STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEK AND RELATIVELY SLOW MOVEMENT...WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 70S AND 80S THIS WEEK FOR HIGHS AND 50S AND 60S FOR LOWS. STAYED CLOSE TO THE GFS MOS. HRO 59 79 55 78 / 60 60 60 40 LIT 64 84 65 83 / 60 60 60 40 HOT 64 85 65 83 / 60 60 60 40 PBF 65 86 65 85 / 60 60 60 40 .LZK...NONE. 51
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. 46
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
347 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0344 PM 7 NW CLARKSVILLE AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/13/03 JOHNSON REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
ON HIGHWAY 103. ALSO WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
418 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0355 PM CLARKSVILLE AR WIND DAMAGE
05/13/03 JOHNSON LARGE LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED
BY STORM SPOTTER
0410 PM BOONEVILLE AR 75 MPH TSTM WIND GUST.
05/13/03 LOGAN REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
28The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The roofs of several buildings sustained damage and some power lines were also downed.
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: 5361064.