Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 18, 2007

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 18, 2007
Start: 2007-06-18T18:18
End: 2007-06-18T18:25
Location: Arkansas

June 18, 2007 · NWS MEG · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms developed over East Arkansas on June 18, 2007 due to daytime heating. Some of the thunderstorms became severe producing large hail and damaging winds.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $21,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.

Afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms developed over East Arkansas on June 18, 2007 due to daytime heating. Some of the thunderstorms became severe producing large hail and damaging winds.

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 Jun 18, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:50 PM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
250 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. PW VALUES WILL APPROACH OR EXCEED TWO INCHES
THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE REGION...WHICH WILL
ALLOW FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN NEAR SOME THUNDERSTORMS. DRIER AIR
WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING
TUESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH HEADS TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST U.S.
COAST. ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
BOUNDARY BETWEEN AIR MASSES. EVENT QPF ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE
BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.50 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF
ONE INCH.

DRY AND HOT WEATHER RETURNS ON WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT
BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. BY THIS WEEKEND...A CLASSIC MID SUMMER
H5 PATTERN SETS UP WITH THE JET STREAM ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER
WITH HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT FROM COAST TO COAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID TO PERHAPS UPPER 90S FRIDAY AND PERSIST
INTO THE WEEKEND.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM  73  88  72  92 /  60  50  10  10
MKL  71  87  64  91 /  60  50  10  10
JBR  71  91  67  91 /  60  30  10  10
TUP  71  86  69  93 /  50  70  20  10

&&

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

OKULSKI

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 12:03 PM CST, 6 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
103 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-192015-
ALCORN-BENTON(MS)-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-
CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-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-
103 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40
MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH 9 PM CDT ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 11 AM AND 6 PM CDT
TUESDAY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OKULSKI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:55 PM CST, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
655 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

MSZ024-190030-
MONROE MS-
655 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...MONROE COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50
MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER PRAIRIE AT 655 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN MONROE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN...AMORY
AND NETTLETON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:58 PM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
658 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0352 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 SW WEBB               33.88N 90.43W
06/18/2007                   TALLAHATCHIE       MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON HOUSES...STRUCTURAL DAMAGE

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     16 ESE OXFORD           34.27N 89.27W
06/18/2007                   LAFAYETTE          MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AT COUNTY ROAD 217 AND HWY 6

0527 PM     TSTM WND DMG     17 ESE OXFORD           34.27N 89.25W
06/18/2007                   LAFAYETTE          MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AT HWY 334 AND COUNTY LINE

0537 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E SABOUGLA            33.77N 89.43W
06/18/2007                   CALHOUN            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON HWY 8...2-4 MILES EAST OF SABOUGLA

&&

DSV

Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:01 PM CST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
701 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0352 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 SW WEBB               33.88N 90.43W
06/18/2007                   TALLAHATCHIE       MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON HOUSES...STRUCTURAL DAMAGE

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     16 ESE OXFORD           34.27N 89.27W
06/18/2007                   LAFAYETTE          MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AT COUNTY ROAD 217 AND HWY 6

0527 PM     TSTM WND DMG     17 ESE OXFORD           34.27N 89.25W
06/18/2007                   LAFAYETTE          MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AT HWY 334 AND COUNTY LINE

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E SABOUGLA            33.77N 89.43W
06/18/2007                   CALHOUN            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON HWY 8...2-4 MILES EAST OF SABOUGLA

&&

DSV

Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:02 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
702 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0352 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 SW WEBB               33.88N 90.43W
06/18/2007                   TALLAHATCHIE       MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON HOUSES...STRUCTURAL DAMAGE

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     16 ESE OXFORD           34.27N 89.27W
06/18/2007                   LAFAYETTE          MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AT COUNTY ROAD 217 AND HWY 6

0527 PM     TSTM WND DMG     17 ESE OXFORD           34.27N 89.25W
06/18/2007                   LAFAYETTE          MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AT HWY 334 AND COUNTY LINE

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E SABOUGLA            33.77N 89.43W
06/18/2007                   CALHOUN            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON HWY 8...2-4 MILES EAST OF SABOUGLA

&&

DSV

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:12 PM CST, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
712 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

ARZ028-190045-
MISSISSIPPI AR-
712 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR...MISSISSIPPI COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50
MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER BURDETTE AT 712 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT
20 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLYTHEVILLE
AND GOSNELL...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT.

Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:13 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
713 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0352 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 SW WEBB               33.88N 90.43W
06/18/2007                   TALLAHATCHIE       MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON HOUSES...STRUCTURAL DAMAGE

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     16 ESE OXFORD           34.27N 89.27W
06/18/2007                   LAFAYETTE          MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AT COUNTY ROAD 217 AND HWY 6

0527 PM     TSTM WND DMG     17 ESE OXFORD           34.27N 89.25W
06/18/2007                   LAFAYETTE          MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AT HWY 334 AND COUNTY LINE

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E SABOUGLA            33.77N 89.43W
06/18/2007                   CALHOUN            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON HWY 8...2-4 MILES EAST OF SABOUGLA

&&

DSV

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mississippi

When: June 18, 6:18 PM CST to 6:23 PM CST
Where: Mississippi County, Gosnell
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.970, -89.970

Thunderstorm Wind, Mississippi

When: June 18, 6:20 PM CST to 6:25 PM CST
Where: Mississippi County, Gosnell to (Byh)blytheville Afb
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 35.970, -89.970

Straight line winds knocked down several trees and power lines throughout Gosnell and the Arkansas International Airport(old Blytheville Air Force Base). Two-thirds of Gosnell was without power due to the storm.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arkansas in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, June 2007

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: 41261, 41263.