Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 30, 2005

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, March 30, 2005
Start: 2005-03-30T20:00
End: 2005-03-30T21:05
Location: Arkansas

March 30, 2005 · NWS MEG · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 30, 3:06 PM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 3:06 PM CST, 4 hours 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
306 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

.DISCUSSION...
SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL IOWA AT 20Z WITH DRY LINE NEAR WEST PLAINS-
LITTLE ROCK-SHREVEPORT LINE...AND COLD FRONT NEAR A JOPLIN-DALLAS
METROPLEX LINE. STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVER
CENTRAL ARKANSAS...RIGHT ON THE DRY LINE. MORNING LZK...SHV...JAN
SOUNDINGS STRONGLY CAPPED AND 18Z JAN SOUNDING STILL CAPPED. AWAITING
21Z JAN SOUNDING TO SEE IF THINGS HAVE CHANGED. CURRENT FSL ACARS
SOUNDING AT MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL SHOWS CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE IS 91
DEGREES. TEMPS IN THE 70S WITH DEWPOINTS UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S.
&&

.SHORT TERM (THROUGH SATURDAY)...
MAIN WEATHER IN FIRST 48 HOURS OF FORECAST. MODELS ARE A LITTLE MORE
CONSISTENT FOR FIRST 12-18 HOURS OF FORECAST. WIND FIELDS CONDUCIVE
FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT...QUESTIONS BEING WHETHER CAP WILL BE
BROKEN IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY...AND AREAL COVERAGE. MOISTURE IS
RATHER MEAGER...EXCEPT IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. TO OVERCOME THE CAP
THIS EVENING...WE WOULD NEED TO SEE SEVERAL DEGREES OF COOLING
AROUND THE 750-850 MB LAYER...AND MODELS NOT REALLY HINTING AT THAT
HAPPENING MUCH BEFORE ABOUT 06Z. RUC MODEL AT MEMPHIS ESPECIALLY
UNIMPRESSIVE. WITH SPC CONTINUING SLGT/MDT OUTLOOKS...FEEL
CONSTRAINED TO CONTINUE POP FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. WILL MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS TO HWO BASED ON SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK.

SHOULD BE A LULL IN PRECIP TOMORROW MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. AS
NEXT IMPULSE APPROACHES...ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE OVER THE AREA. MODELS CONTINUE THEIR TREND OF DRAGGING THE
SURFACE SYSTEM ALONG OR SOUTH OF OUR CWA BORDER. WE WILL SEE
PRECIPITATION TOMORROW NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. CONSIDERING
FORECAST TRACK OF SURFACE AND UPPER LOWS...AND THE FACT THAT THEY
WILL BE MOVING OVER THE AREA AT NIGHT...FEEL THAT ANY SIGNIFICANT
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF OUR CWA...
AND WILL NOT MENTION IN THE ZONES. PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE OUT OF
THE AREA DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON FRIDAY. SATURDAY WILL BE DRY.

LOW TEMPS TONIGHT BASED ON EXPECTED 12Z POSITION OF BOUNDARY...AND
HIGHS FOR THURSDAY PREDICATED ON SIGNIFICANT SUNSHINE. FRIDAY TEMPS
PROBABLY WILL REMAIN IN THE 50S...AND IF CLOUDS HANG AROUND ALL
DAY...FORECAST TEMPS A CATEGORY OR TWO TOO WARM. TEMPERATURES
MODERATE ON SATURDAY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE...BUT STILL BELOW NORMAL.
&&

.LONG TERM (AFTER SATURDAY)...
HIGH PRESSURE REIGNS THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES.
WILL NOT GO CRAZY YET WITH THAT SYSTEM...AS MODELS HAVE FREQUENTLY
FORECAST LARGE CLOSED LOWS THAT HAVE NOT DEVELOPED IN THE MIDDLE
RANGES OF THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL
FOR SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
MO...NONE.
MS...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

WAGNER

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 7:10 PM CST, 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
710 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017-
020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-311100-
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-
710 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH
MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL.

.DAY ONE...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS A PORTION OF
WESTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...MAINLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 40 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55.

STRONG LOW PRESSURE ACROSS IOWA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD
OF A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. INSTABILITY AND A FAVORABLE WIND
PROFILE SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT BECOME SEVERE. THE
TIME OF GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THROUGH 2 AM
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

A COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY ON THURSDAY ACROSS CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
MOVES ACROSS MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA.

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:02 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mississippi

When: March 30, 8:00 PM CST to 8:05 PM CST
Where: Mississippi County, 5 mi SW of Manila
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $10
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.833, -90.233

Hail, Mississippi

When: March 30, 8:11 PM CST to 8:15 PM CST
Where: Mississippi County, Gosnell
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $10
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 35.967, -89.967

Thunderstorm Wind, Mississippi

When: March 30, 8:40 PM CST to 8:45 PM CST
Where: Mississippi County, Osceola
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.700, -89.967

Thunderstorm Wind, Crittenden

When: March 30, 9:00 PM CST to 9:05 PM CST
Where: Crittenden County, Earle
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.267, -90.467

One building had minor damage. Several trees were blown down.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, March 2005

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: 5440560, 5440561, 5440562, 5440563.