Hail, St. Francis
- When
- May 3, 1:20 AM CST to 1:25 AM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County, Forrest City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.017, -90.767
Hail in Arkansas, May 3, 2003
3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 2, 8:50 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 8:50 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 950 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003 A SFC BOUNDARY ALONG THE SRN BORDER OF THE CWA WILL REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH TNT. EXPECT A SLIGHTLY DRIER NRLY BREEZE N OF THE BOUNDARY. STILL CANNOT RULE OUT A TSTM NEAR THE BOUNDARY IN THE SRN PART OF THE CWA...SO WILL KEEP SLIGHT POPS IN THAT AREA. ELSEWHERE...EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS TNT. PLAN ON UPDATING THE FCSTS TO REMOVE POPS IN NRN 2/3RDS AND MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS ON TEMPS...DEWPOINTS AND WINDS. .MEG...NONE. SWC
Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 5:40 PM CST, 7 hours 40 minutes before
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-031000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 640 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ANYTIME FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 3, 12:27 AM CST, 53 minutes before
ARZ048-030730- SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 127 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...ST. FRANCIS COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES WEST OF PALESTINE AT 127 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORREST CITY...HUGHES...MADISON AND PALESTINE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, St. Francis
- When
- May 3, 1:40 AM CST to 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County, Forrest City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.017, -90.767
Hail, Crittenden
- When
- May 3, 2:00 AM CST to 2:05 AM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County, Proctor
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.100, -90.383
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
- Hail in North Carolina, May 3, 2003
- Hail in North Carolina, May 3, 2003
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 3, 2003
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 2003
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 3, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 3, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 3, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 3, 2003
- Hail in South Carolina, May 3, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 3, 2003
- Hail in North Carolina, May 3, 2003
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 2003
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: 5357288, 5357289, 5357290.