Arkansas, 2003

Hail in Arkansas, November 18, 2003

November 18, 2003 · NWS TSA · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 18, 10:30 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 10:30 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OKLAHOMA
ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK
1030 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

WILL BE SENDING UPDATE FOR TSTMS. SPC WILL LIKELY BE ISSUING A WATCH
FOR MUCH OF NE OK IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.

FORECAST ID= 13

.TSA...
AR...NONE.
OK...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 18, 1:15 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-191200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
115 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
   THIS EVENING...

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL MOVE INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY TONIGHT. UNSTABLE AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL
RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING AS THE UPPER SYSTEM
MOVES EAST THROUGH THE AREA AND DAYTIME HEATING ENDS. MEANWHILE...
STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 30 MPH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MAY
CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR BOATERS ON AREA LAKES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

.SPOTTER / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...SPOTTER
ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING
OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

CJS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 18, 12:03 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
OKZ066-181815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK
1203 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR OKMULGEE COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF BEGGS AT 1203 PM
CST...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

WR
Local storm report, Nov 18, 12:23 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1223 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1000 AM    NWS FORECAST OFFICE      OK     1.25 INCH HAIL
11/18/03   TULSA
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 12:50 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
OKZ071-181900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK
1250 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF CHECOTAH AT 1250 PM
CST...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

WR
Local storm report, Nov 18, 1:08 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
108 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1000 AM    TULSA                    OK     1.25 INCH HAIL
11/18/03   TULSA                           11TH ST AND US 169
                                           NWS EMPLOYEE

950 AM     TULSA                    OK     2.75 INCH HAIL
11/18/03   TULSA                           31ST AND HARVARD PUBLIC

950 AM     TULSA                    OK     2.75 INCH HAIL
11/18/03   TULSA                           21ST AND HARVARD PUBLIC

1030 AM    1 S COLLINSVILLE         OK     0.88 INCH HAIL
11/18/03   TULSA                           PUBLIC

1034 AM    12 W CLAREMORE           OK     1.75 INCH HAIL
11/18/03   ROGERS                          PUBLIC

1040 AM    MANNFORD                 OK     1.25 INCH HAIL
11/18/03   CREEK                           PUBLIC

1045 AM    7 N ONETA                OK     0.75 INCH HAIL
11/18/03   WAGONER                         WAGONER/TULSA COUNTY LINE
                                           AT 11TH ST.  NWS EMPLOYEE

1145 AM    CLAREMORE                OK     0.75 INCH HAIL
11/18/03   TULSA                           PUBLIC

1200 PM    5 N BEGGS                OK     1.50 INCH HAIL
11/18/03   OKMULGEE                        PUBLIC

1240 PM    10 S SALINA              OK     WIND DAMAGE
11/18/03   MAYES                           TREES AND LIMBS DOWN
                                           MAYES COUNTY EOC
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 1:59 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
ARZ001-010-OKZ068>070-072-074-182030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK
159 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ADAIR...BENTON...CHEROKEE...
HASKELL...MUSKOGEE...SEQUOYAH AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM BENTONVILLE AND
SILOAM SPRINGS...SOUTHWESTWARD TO TAHLEQUAH...TO GORE...TO NEAR
STIGLER AT 159 PM CST. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS ALONG
THIS LINE.
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 2:31 PM CST, 29 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-069-072-074>076-182100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN OK
231 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ADAIR...BENTON...CARROLL...
CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...HASKELL...LATIMER...LE FLORE...MADISON...
PUSHMATAHA...SEBASTIAN...SEQUOYAH AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO
EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.  A FEW OF THESE MAY PRODUCE
HAIL APPROACHING 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH
THROUGH 3 PM.

CMS

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Sebastian

When
November 18, 3:00 PM CST
Where
Sebastian County, Greenwood
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
35.217, -94.267

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5328197.