Hail, Greene
- When
- March 20, 4:50 PM CST to 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County, Beech Grove
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 36.167, -90.617
Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, March 20, 2004
3 hail, 2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 Mar 20, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 215 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 .DISCUSSION... RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM POINSETT COUNTY AR TO CARROLL COUNTY AR THAT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST. THE LINE SHOULD SWEEP THROUGH THE REST OF THE MIDSOUTH BEFORE MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE BEEN SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL. THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUT UNTIL 6 PM FOR NE AR...THE MO BOOTHEEL... AND WEST TN. THE COLD FRONT THAT IS CAUSING THESE SHOWERS WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE MUCH COLDER ONCE THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR IN THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE MIDSOUTH SUNDAY NIGHT. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CST. MS...NONE. MO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CST. TN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CST. && WER
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 3:10 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 310 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-221100- ALCORN-BENTON-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DECATUR-DESOTO-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS- POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS- TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-WEAKLEY- YALOBUSHA- 310 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COLD FRONT NOW FROM CAIRO IL TO FORT SMITH AR IS GOING TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS UNTIL 6 PM IN EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND WEST TENNESSEE. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE. OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RUMBLE THROUGH THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE MIDSOUTH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD OCCUR MONDAY MORNING IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE MIDSOUTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. 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. SJM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 2:56 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 256 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 MOZ115-TNZ001-002-202115- LAKE TN-OBION TN-PEMISCOT MO- 256 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...LAKE...OBION AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 7 MILES WEST OF CLAYTON TO DEERING AT 256 PM CST...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN LAKE...OBION AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CARUTHERSVILLE AND HAYTI...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 3:05 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 305 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 TNZ019-202115- DYER TN- 305 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...DYER COUNTY. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 22 MILES NORTH OF MILLSFIELD TO 19 MILES WEST OF MISTON AT 305 PM CST...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN DYER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 3:20 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 320 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 TNZ003-004-021-202145- CARROLL TN-HENRY TN-WEAKLEY TN- 320 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...CARROLL...HENRY AND WEAKLEY COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF GLEASON AT 319 PM CST...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN CARROLL...HENRY AND WEAKLEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HUNTINGDON AND MCKENZIE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. SWC
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 3:29 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 329 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 ARZ008-009-202145- CLAY AR-RANDOLPH AR- 329 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF MCDOUGAL TO 11 MILES NORTH OF MAYNARD AT 329 PM CST...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN CLAY AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CORNING AND PIGGOTT...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 4:05 PM CST, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 405 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 ARZ035-036-202245- CRITTENDEN AR-CROSS AR- 405 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...CRITTENDEN AND CROSS COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARKIN AT 404 PM CST...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN CRITTENDEN AND CROSS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EARLE...PARKIN AND TURRELL...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. SWC
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 4:21 PM CST, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 421 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 ARZ018-202230- GREENE AR- 421 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR...GREENE COUNTY. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF MARMADUKE TO 7 MILES NORTH OF DELAPLAINE AT 421 PM CST...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN GREENE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MARMADUKE AND PARAGOULD...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Crittenden
- When
- March 20, 5:00 PM CST to 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County, 2 mi W of Marion
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 35.217, -90.233
Hail, Greene
- When
- March 20, 5:15 PM CST to 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County, Paragould
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.050, -90.483
Flash Flood, Crittenden
- When
- March 20, 6:07 PM CST to 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden County, West Memphis
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.208, -90.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Many streets were flooded.
Flash Flood, St. Francis
- When
- March 20, 7:10 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Francis County, Forrest City
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.022, -90.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads were flooded.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Avalanche in Colorado, March 20, 2004
- Rip Current in Florida, March 20, 2004
- High Wind in Iowa, March 20, 2004
- Hail in Georgia, March 20, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 20 to 21, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 20, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, March 20, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 20, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, March 20, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 20, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, March 20, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, March 20, 2004
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, March 2004
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: 5390106, 5390107, 5390108, 5390109, 5390110.