Arkansas, 2003

Hail in Arkansas, November 18, 2003

November 18, 2003 · NWS LZK · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Winter weather
  • 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
2

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 Nov 18, 4:00 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 4:00 PM CST, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
400 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

ACTIVE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF COLD FRONT JUST NOW REACHING THE NORTHWEST
PART OF THE STATE. TEMPERATURES REACHED THE LOWER TO MID 70S IN THE
CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. COLD AIR
ALOFT WITH UPPER TROUGH LEADING TO DESTABLIZATION THIS AFTERNOON.
COLD FRONT GENERATING STRONG WINDS WITH TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT...SO
EXPECT BREEZY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...DO NOT FEEL A WIND
ADVISORY IN NECESSARY AS STRONG WINDS WILL ONLY BE FOR A FEW HOURS
AND WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS SAW HIGH
RAINFALL AMOUNTS MONDAY EVENING/OVERNIGHT...BUT DO NOT THINK
RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT WILL BE AS LARGE. AREA OF CONVECTION WILL
MOVE EAST THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH COLD FRONT HELPING TO CLEAR
SKIES AND LOWER DEW POINTS/TEMPERATURES.

HIGH PRESSURE FOLLOWS WEDNESDAY...WITH CLEAR CONDITIONS AND SLIGHTLY
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. NEXT FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MODELS ARE SHOWING COLD AIR FROM CANADA MOVING SOUTH...BUT DID NOT
BUY INTO EXTREME TEMPS YET.

HRO   42  64  41  70 /  80   0   0   0
LIT   47  67  43  71 /  70   0   0   0
HOT   47  68  43  72 /  70   0   0   0
PBF   48  69  43  72 /  70   0   0   0

.LZK...NONE.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 18, 10:30 AM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-191100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1030 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ARKANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE
WITH VERY COLD AIR ALOFT. A COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LOW ACROSS
ARKANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS MAY RANDOMLY DEVELOP. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
SEVERE WEATHER. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE
CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DIMINISH EARLY TONIGHT WITH THE
LOSS OF HEATING AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT OUT OF THE AREA.

PEOPLE ACROSS ARKANSAS ARE ADVISED TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE
WEATHER TODAY. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FOR THE
MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE NEXT
CHANCE OF RAIN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. MONDAY WILL BE DRY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ANYWHERE
IN ARKANSAS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 18, 4:07 PM CST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
407 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

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

0305 PM    BATES                     AR   .75 INCH HAIL
11/18/03   SCOTT                          REPORTED BY GOVERNMENT
                                          OFFICIAL

0320 PM    IONE                      AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/18/03   LOGAN                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR

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Local storm report, Nov 18, 4:23 PM CST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
423 PM CST TUE NOV 18 2003

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

0415 PM    BLUE BALL                 AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/18/03   SCOTT                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Yell

When
November 18, 4:25 PM CST
Where
Yell County, Briggsville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
34.933, -93.483

Hail covered the ground.

Hail, Yell

When
November 18, 4:40 PM CST
Where
Yell County, Rover
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
34.950, -93.333

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

More

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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: 5331964, 5331965.