1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Mar 17, 10:23 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1023 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED FORECASTS TO HANDLE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 300 AM CST WEDNESDAY. ALL UPDATES WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. && .LZK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 22
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 510 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004 ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-181100- ARKANSAS-BAXTER-BOONE-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEBURNE-CLEVELAND- CONWAY-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-FAULKNER-FULTON-GARLAND-GRANT-HOT SPRING- INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LINCOLN-LOGAN-LONOKE- MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-NEWTON-OUACHITA-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-POPE- PRAIRIE-PULASKI-SALINE-SCOTT-SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-WHITE- WOODRUFF-YELL- 510 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHEASTERN TEXAS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS ARKANSAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...AND INTERACTS WITH SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL LOWS MOVING OUT AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE GREATEST THREATS FROM STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS LATE THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HARRISON TO MOUNT IDA TO MENA...BUT SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE FURTHER EAST LATER TONIGHT. PEOPLE ARE REMINDED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY IN OTHER AREAS FURTHER EAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 22
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1035 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 PM HAIL 6 N WALDRON 34.99N 94.09W
03/17/2004 0.75 INCH SCOTT AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
OCCURRED IN THE PACK SADDLE AREA.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1140 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1133 PM HAIL HOT SPRINGS 34.49N 93.05W
03/17/2004 2.75 INCH GARLAND AR EMERGENCY MNGR
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR DOWNTOWN HOT SPRINGS.
1125 PM HAIL MOUNTAIN PINE 34.57N 93.17W
03/17/2004 1.00 INCH GARLAND AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
1125 PM HAIL SUNSHINE 34.47N 93.23W
03/17/2004 0.75 INCH GARLAND AR EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER OUT IN PARTS OF WESTERN GARLAND COUNTY.
1055 PM HAIL 1 N AVANT 34.66N 93.33W
03/17/2004 1.25 INCH GARLAND AR EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL OF VARYING SIZES FROM 3/4 INCH TO 1 1/4 INCHES. ALSO
WINDS ESTIMATED AT 45 MPH.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1154 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1115 PM TSTM WND DMG ROYAL 34.52N 93.23W
03/17/2004 GARLAND AR EMERGENCY MNGR
STORAGE BUILDINGS BLOWN OUT INTO U.S. HIGHWAY 270.
ROADWAY BLOCKED.
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1157 PM CST WED MAR 17 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1154 PM HAIL MALVERN 34.37N 92.82W
03/17/2004 1.75 INCH HOT SPRING AR PUBLIC
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
105 AM CST THU MAR 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 AM HAIL PINE BLUFF ARSENAL 34.33N 92.10W
03/18/2004 0.75 INCH JEFFERSON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
28PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
129 AM CST THU MAR 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1255 AM HAIL 7 WSW PINE BLUFF 34.17N 92.13W
03/18/2004 0.75 INCH JEFFERSON AR LAW ENFORCEMENT
OCCURRED AT SULPHUR SPRINGS.
&&
28The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding in and around Oden. Several roads and low water crossings were impassible for a few hours due to high water levels.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, March 2004
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: 5387764.