Hail, Greene
- When
- July 22, 10:12 AM CST to 10:17 AM CST
- Where
- Greene County, Delaplaine
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Post Office
- Coordinates
- 36.230, -90.720
Hail in Arkansas, July 22, 2008
Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front during the late morning and afternoon hours of July 22, 2008. Some storms produced large hail.
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
- $1,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front during the late morning and afternoon hours of July 22, 2008. Some storms produced large hail.
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 Jul 22, 8:15 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 8:15 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
915 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008
.UPDATE...
CANCELLED HEAT ADVISORY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40
INCLUDING MEMPHIS...JONESBORO...AND JACKSON. ALSO...LOWERED
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND INCREASED
RAIN CHANCES.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NE AR/MO BOOTHEEL/NW TN
WILL BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND BENEFICIAL RAINFALL TO
AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40.
HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A HELENA AR TO
HOLLY SPRINGS MS TO SAVANNAH TN LINE WHERE HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL
BE AROUND 105 DEGREES BETWEEN 11 AM AND 8 PM CDT.
THE BOTTOM LINE REGARDING THE HEAT...THE HEAT LOOKS TO ONLY BE A
PROBLEM ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. BASED ON THE LATEST RADAR AND
OBSERVATIONS SHOWING A DEFINED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND COLD POOL
MOVING INTO NE AR/MO BOOTHEEL...THE ADVISORY AREA MAY HAVE TO BE
TRIMMED BACK LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON IN COVERAGE
AREA AS WELL AS TIME. NOW APPEARS THAT THE ENTIRE FORECAST
AREA...INCLUDING NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WILL BE AFFECTED BY
ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...AND COLD POOL MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST BY
3 PM CDT...WHICH WILL LIMIT THE HEAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
WILL KEEP REEVALUATING AND TRIMMING BACK IF NECESSARY.
DEFINITELY INCREASED RAIN CHANCES OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST
AREA...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. CLOUDS AND RAIN WILL
KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN TODAY ACROSS ALONG AND NORTH AREAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 40...INCLUDING MEMPHIS. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE
DAY HAS LIKELY ALREADY BEEN REACHED AT JONESBORO AND WILL LIKELY
OCCUR BEFORE 11 AM CDT AT MEMPHIS AND JACKSON TN.
REGARDING SEVERE POTENTIAL...SOME STORMS WILL BE SEVERE TODAY
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH GOOD INSTABILITY. WITH CURRENT MCS
OVER NE AR/MO BOOTHEEL...THINK THE SEVERE POTENTIAL MAY BE
DECREASING IN THESE AREAS WITH THE AIR GETTING STABILIZED WITH
NEARBY CLOUDS AND RAIN. HOWEVER...FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
40...THE THREAT APPEARS TO BE INCREASING WHERE MORNING SUN WILL
QUICKLY BOOST TEMPERATURES INTO THE 90S. THINK NORTH MS WILL HAVE
THE BEST SHOT FOR SEVERE STORMS NEAR THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY COMING
DOWN AND WHERE AFTERNOON INSTABILITY WILL BE BEST...LIFTED INDICES
IN THE -5 TO -9 RANGE AND SBCAPES WELL OVER 3000 J/KG. NOT SURE IF
A CONVECTIVE WATCH WILL BE NEEDED AS WEAKER WINDS WILL SUPPORT
MORE PULSE TYPE STORMS.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME
AREAS TODAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THIS MORNING.
WILL LIKELY HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE OUT BY LATE MORNING.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 251 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008/
DISCUSSION...
SKIES REMAIN CLEAR EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST
AREA WHILE TEMPERATURES REMAIN VERY WARM WITH READINGS IN THE
LOWER 70S TO LOWER 80S. LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM
SOUTHERN OHIO THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH A COUPLE OF ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI. COLD FRONT
CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NORTHWEST OHIO THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI
INTO NORTHERN KANSAS. THIS FRONT WILL SLOWLY SINK SOUTH TODAY AND
TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE OHIO
VALLEY MAY CLIP NORTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST ARE LATER THIS
MORNING SO WILL KEEP MENTION OF POPS IN FOR THIS MORNING. SOME
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE FORECAST IS POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM BACK UP INTO THE UPPER 90S SO HAVE
INCLUDED CHANCE POPS EVERYWHERE FOR THIS AFTERNOON. WITH
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BACK IN THE UPPER 90S AND HIGH DEWPOINTS
HAVE LET THE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. BY
TONIGHT THE COLD FRONT WILL BE MUCH CLOSER TO THE FORECAST AREA
THAT THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY
CLOSE TO THE KENTUCKY BORDER. SOME OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
STRONG WINDS ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST TENNESSEE AS THE COLD FRONT
APPROACHES. BY WEDNESDAY...THE COLD FRONT WILL BE OVER THE FORECAST
AREA SO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AND WITH THE FRONT
AROUND AND MUCH MORE IN THE WAY OF CLOUDS TEMPERATURES WILL BE
SOME 7 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN THIS AFTERNOON. BY WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THE FRONT WILL HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE FORECAST
AREA SO THUNDERSTORM CHANCE WILL DECREASE AS WELL. FROM THURSDAY
ON UPPER LEVEL PATTERN BECOMES MORE NORTHWEST AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
SLIDES BACK SOME TO THE WEST. THIS MAY ALLOW SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO
MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AS MCS DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND POSSIBLY MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THE BETTER CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS WITH SMALLER
CHANCES DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. SMALL THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM 92 75 91 73 / 50 50 40 20
MKL 89 72 88 66 / 50 50 40 10
JBR 87 74 91 70 / 60 40 40 20
TUP 99 73 90 70 / 40 50 40 20
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR PHILLIPS.
MO...NONE.
MS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALCORN-BENTON MS-
CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-COAHOMA-ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LEE MS-
MARSHALL-MONROE-PANOLA-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-
TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-YALOBUSHA.
TN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR HARDIN-MCNAIRY.
&&
MBSHazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 8:23 AM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 923 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-231630- 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- 923 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A HELENA ARKANSAS TO HOLLY SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI TO SAVANNAH TENNESSEE LINE AS HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES BETWEEN 11 AM AND 8 PM CDT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT NORTH OF A LINE FROM WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS TO SAVANNAH TENNESSEE. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND MIDNIGHT CDT. THE MAIN HAZARD WITH ANY SEVERE STORM THAT DEVELOPS IS DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR IN A FEW SPOTS ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH AND FORECAST AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MBS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:26 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 826 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ARZ026-221400- CRAIGHEAD AR- 826 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... EASTERN CRAIGHEAD COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF JONESBORO AT 826 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 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 CRAIGHEAD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BAY... BROOKLAND...CARAWAY...JONESBORO...LAKE CITY AND MONETTE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:39 AM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 839 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ARZ028-TNZ048-221415- MISSISSIPPI AR-LAUDERDALE TN- 839 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... NORTHERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF ASHPORT AT 839 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 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 LAUDERDALE AND MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 8:20 AM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 920 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ARZ009-MOZ113-115-221445- CLAY AR-DUNKLIN MO-PEMISCOT MO- 920 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... CENTRAL DUNKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... WEST CENTRAL PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF GREENWAY AT 920 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 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 CLAY...DUNKLIN AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KENNETT...RECTOR AND SENATH...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 8:52 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 952 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 MOZ115-TNZ001-221515- PEMISCOT MO-LAKE TN- 952 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... SOUTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... CENTRAL PEMISCOT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEERING AT 952 AM CDT... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN LAKE AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CARUTHERSVILLE AND HAYTI...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT.
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 9:40 AM CST, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1040 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ARZ008-009-018-221630- CLAY AR-RANDOLPH AR-GREENE AR- 1040 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF BIGGERS AT 1040 AM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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 CLAY...GREENE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MARMADUKE AND PARAGOULD...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 9:44 AM CST, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1044 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ARZ008-017-221630- RANDOLPH AR-LAWRENCE AR- 1044 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IMBODEN AT 1044 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 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 LAWRENCE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLACK ROCK...POCAHONTAS AND WALNUT RIDGE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
The 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
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, July 22, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Wyoming, July 22, 2008
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, July 22, 2008
- Wildfire in California, July 22 to 31, 2008
- Rip Current in Illinois, July 22, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, July 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 22, 2008
- Flash Flood and Debris Flow in Virginia, July 22 to 23, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 22, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 22, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Idaho, July 22, 2008
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, July 2008
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: 123549.