Hail, Clay
- When
- May 10, 2:22 PM CST to 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Piggott
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 36.383, -90.183
Several cars were damaged.
Hail in Arkansas, May 10, 2004
1 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
- $5,000
- 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 10, 1:27 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 1:27 PM CST, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 227 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2004 .DISCUSSION... SCT TSRAS STARTING TO FIRE ACRS THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTN. AXIS OF DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO CORRESPOND WITH CAPE VALUES OVER 2200 J/KG ACRS THE DELTA. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO CONT TO DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTN BEFORE DYING OFF WITH LOSS OF HEATING. WITH DEGREE OF INSTABILITY PRESENT ACRS THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTN/EARLY EVENING A STORM OR TWO COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH PENNY SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ANOTHER WARM AND MUGGY DAY ON TAP FOR TUE. HARD TO PICK OUT A TRIGGER TO HELP KICK OFF TSTMS BUT HEATING SHOULD DO. WL GO WITH CHC POPS FOR MAINLY AFTN/EVENING CONVECTION. A BETTER TRIGGER MOVES INTO THE AREA WED AFTN IN THE FORM OF A DECENT 500 MB SHORTWAVE. THIS WL KICK OFF MORE PLENTIFUL CONVECTION WED. CDFNT STARTS TO MOVE INTO NW AR AND S CNTRL MO WITH ANOTHER SHORTWAVE PASSING THROUGH SO ANOTHER GOOD CHANCE OF PRECIP EXPECTED THU. FRI-MON...CDFNT WL SLOWLY SAG SOUTH INTO THE MID SOUTH FRI AFTN/NIGHT. FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AND MAY PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR HEAVY PRECIP. GFS INDICATES FRONT SHOULD WEAKEN AND MOVE OFF TO THE EAST SOMETIME AROUND MONDAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE INTENSIFIES ACRS THE SRN PLAINS...BRINGING THE RETURN OF DRY WEATHER TO THE REGION. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. && SJM
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 2:05 PM CST, 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 305 PM CDT MON MAY 10 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>092-111100- 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- 305 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. IN ADDITION...AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER... ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE WEEK AS A COLD FRONT STALLS ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS THIS WEEK. 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 10, 2:13 PM CST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
313 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM HAIL FT PILLOW 35.67N 89.75W
05/10/2004 0.75 INCH LAUDERDALE TN PUBLIC
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SJMThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 10, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 10, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 10, 2004
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 10, 2004
- High Wind in Idaho, May 10, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 10, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, May 10, 2004
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Utah, May 10, 2004
- Flooding in Iowa, May 10 to 12, 2004
- Lightning Strikes in Tennessee, May 10, 2004
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Kansas, May 10 to 11, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 10, 2004
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 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: 5395744.