Hail, Dunklin
- When
- August 3, 1:05 PM CST to 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dunklin County, Holcomb
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $900
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.400, -90.033
Hail in Missouri, August 3, 2003
2 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
- $1,000
- 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 9:30 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 9:30 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1030 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 RADAR SHOWING SHRA/TSRA STARTING TO POP UP IN SOUTHWESTERN ZONES. THIS AREA WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO SEE PRECIP AS IT WILL BE CLOSER TO THE SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH...SO WILL RAISE POPS TO 50. REST OF FORECAST IS ON TRACK...ALTHOUGH WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE MENTION OF FOG. UPDATE WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. .MEG...NONE. KRS
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 3:34 AM CST, 9 hours 31 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>092-040930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 434 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME WILL TO BE LATE TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE MOST FAVORABLE CONDITIONS WILL BE MONDAY MORNING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 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. JCL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 9:56 AM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
MSZ007-031630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1056 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...TUNICA COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH TUNICA AT 1056 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN TUNICA COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 10:09 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
ARZ049-031645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1109 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...LEE COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORO AT 1109 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN LEE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MARIANNA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 10:53 AM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
ARZ017-031730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1153 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...LAWRENCE COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER STRAWBERRY AT 1153 AM CDT... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD POSSIBLY BECOME SEVERE. PEOPLE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLACK ROCK... HOXIE AND WALNUT RIDGE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 11:09 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
MSZ001-008-031745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1209 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2003 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...DESOTO AND TATE COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM WALLS TO BARR AT 1209 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS ARE INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE. PEOPLE IN DESOTO AND TATE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HERNANDO...HORN LAKE...OLIVE BRANCH...SENATOBIA AND SOUTHAVEN... SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dunklin
- When
- August 3, 1:25 PM CST to 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Dunklin County, Clarkton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $110
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.450, -89.967
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, August 3, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 3, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, August 3, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Vermont, August 3, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 3, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 3, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, August 3, 2003
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 3, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Utah, August 3, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 3, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, August 3, 2003
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, August 3, 2003
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 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: 5377084, 5377085.