Hail, Poinsett
- When
- April 2, 5:13 PM CST to 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- Poinsett County, Marked Tree
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.530, -90.420
Hail in Arkansas, April 2, 2009
A warm front lifted north across the Midsouth during the late morning into the evening hours of April 2, 2009. Showers and thunderstorms developed along the front.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
A warm front lifted north across the Midsouth during the late morning into the evening hours of April 2, 2009. Showers and thunderstorms developed along the front. Some 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 Apr 2, 5:05 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 5:05 PM CST, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
605 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009
.UPDATE...
THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND
EAST ARKANSAS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW. BIGGEST CONCERNS
WITH THESE STORMS REMAIN LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING. STORMS HAVE ALREADY CLEARED COAHOMA AND PHILLIPS
COUNTIES THUS HAVE REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
KRM
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 238 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009/
DISCUSSION...
MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH EASTERN
SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH
INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTH ALABAMA BY 3 PM SO TORNADO WATCH
106 SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE WITHOUT A NEW WATCH TO REPLACE IT.
UPPER LOW LOCATED IN THE ARK-LA-TEX AREA WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS
AHEAD OF THE LOW. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES PAST THE REGION TONIGHT
EXPECT A SECOND ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE A THREAT
OF SEVERE WEATHER CANT BE RULED OUT...THREAT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY
LOW GIVEN ATMOSPHERE SHOULD NOT HAVE MUCH TIME TO RECOVER. WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL OVERSPREAD THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AS THE UPPER
LOW MOVES THROUGH THE REGION SO WILL ISSUE WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING
BRINGING DRY WEATHER WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES. BY FRIDAY
NIGHT...ANOTHER STORM BEGINS TO MOVE SLOWLY OUT OF THE ROCKIES
INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. WITH THIS SYSTEM TO OUR WEST AND HIGH
PRESSURE TO THE EAST BY SATURDAY MORNING...SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING
WARMER AIR BACK INTO THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY
ABOUT 10 DEGREES WARMER THAN FRIDAY. BY SATURDAY NIGHT...A COLD
FRONT WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN ARKANSAS WITH SOME ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT.
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY WITH SOME
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF IT. IT APPEARS THAT SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE MINIMAL ON SUNDAY AS BEST INSTABILITY WILL
BE WELL SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. LARGE HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL
BUILD INTO THE REGION BY SUNDAY NIGHT BRINGING MUCH COOLER AIR TO
THE REGION. MONDAY SHOULD BE DRY BUT RATHER COOL WITH WITH HIGHS
REMAINING IN THE 50S. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT TO DROP CLOSE TO FREEZING SO HAVE LEFT
MENTION OF THIS IN HWO. SURFACE HIGH SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE
REGION BY TUESDAY BRINGING A RETURN OF SOUTH WINDS WHICH WILL
START A WARMING TREND FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY...A
NEW STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS WHICH SHOULD MOVE
EAST ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL BRING
ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FORECAST AREA
STARTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY.
ARS
&&
.AVIATION...
00Z TAF CYCLE
TSRA MOVING INTO KMEM ATTM. SHOULD MOVE INTO KTUP OVER NEXT 1-2
HOURS. ADDITIONAL TSRA DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED NORTH ACROSS NE AR
INTO NW TN THUS KJBR AND KMKL MAY SEE TSRA THREAT THROUGH 3-4Z.
AFTER 4Z...TSRA SHOULD PUSH EAST LEAVING MVFR CIGS. CIGS MAY
TEMPORARILY DROP TO IFR AROUND 5-9Z ACROSS THE CWA. OTHERWISE CIGS
WILL GRADUALLY LIFT AFTER SUNRISE AND SKIES SHOULD CLEAR BY
16-18Z. WIND SPDS WILL INCREASE OVER NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AND WILL
REMAIN VERY STRONG THROUGH DAYBREAK. SPDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND
20 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS. SPDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH DURING THE
DAY. DIRECTION WILL TURN FROM THE SW TO THE NW BEHIND THE UPPER
LOW THIS EVENING.
KRM
&&
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM 47 64 50 75 / 70 0 10 10
MKL 47 61 39 74 / 90 10 10 10
JBR 45 61 43 74 / 50 10 10 10
TUP 50 65 44 75 / 60 0 10 10
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-
CRITTENDEN-CROSS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-MISSISSIPPI-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-RANDOLPH-ST. FRANCIS.
MO...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.
MS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR ALCORN-BENTON MS-COAHOMA-
DESOTO-LAFAYETTE-MARSHALL-PANOLA-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-TATE-
TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION.
TN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR CARROLL-CHESTER-CROCKETT-
DECATUR-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-
HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-MCNAIRY-OBION-
SHELBY-TIPTON-WEAKLEY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 2:19 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 319 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-032230- 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- 319 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE MID-SOUTH. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE LARGE HAIL. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 AM FRIDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A LATE SEASON FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING AND ESPECIALLY TUESDAY MORNING AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE MIDSOUTH. FREEZE WARNINGS AND FROST ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED DURING THIS TIME FRAME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS EVENING IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 2, 3:27 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
427 PM CDT THU APR 02 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 AM TSTM WND DMG 10 W CHARLESTON 34.01N 90.23W
04/02/2009 TALLAHATCHIE MS EMERGENCY MNGR
AWNINGS BLOWN OFF A ROOF AT STRYDER ACADEMY WEST OF
CHARLESTON.
1152 AM HAIL 5 SW BATESVILLE 34.27N 90.00W
04/02/2009 M1.00 INCH PANOLA MS TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED 5 MILES WEST OF BATESVILLE.
1225 PM HAIL 5 NW OXFORD 34.41N 89.59W
04/02/2009 E0.75 INCH LAFAYETTE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OXFORD.
0143 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NE SALTILLO 34.44N 88.61W
04/02/2009 LEE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON CR 821.
0222 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 SE AMORY 33.92N 88.40W
04/02/2009 MONROE MS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWN ON JONESBORO ROAD SOUTHEAST OF AMORY.
&&
JKTSpecial weather statement, Apr 2, 3:33 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 433 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ARZ049-058-022200- PHILLIPS AR-LEE AR- 433 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... NORTHERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF MARVELL AT 433 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN LEE AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR MARIANNA AND MARVELL...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 3:48 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 448 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ARZ048-049-022215- LEE AR-ST. FRANCIS AR- 448 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... NORTH CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... CENTRAL ST. FRANCIS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PALESTINE AT 448 PM CDT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED. PEOPLE IN LEE AND ST. FRANCIS COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR FORREST CITY...MADISON AND PALESTINE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA. TLSJR/JAB
Local storm report, Apr 2, 4:44 PM CST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
544 PM CDT THU APR 02 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1120 AM TSTM WND DMG 10 W CHARLESTON 34.01N 90.23W
04/02/2009 TALLAHATCHIE MS EMERGENCY MNGR
AWNINGS BLOWN OFF A ROOF AT STRYDER ACADEMY WEST OF
CHARLESTON.
1152 AM HAIL 5 SW BATESVILLE 34.27N 90.00W
04/02/2009 M1.00 INCH PANOLA MS TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED 5 MILES WEST OF BATESVILLE.
1225 PM HAIL 5 NW OXFORD 34.41N 89.59W
04/02/2009 E0.75 INCH LAFAYETTE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OXFORD.
0143 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NE SALTILLO 34.44N 88.61W
04/02/2009 LEE MS TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON CR 821.
0155 PM TSTM WND DMG THRASHERS 34.70N 88.48W
04/02/2009 PRENTISS MS EMERGENCY MNGR
SCATTERED TREES DOWN IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN
PORTIONS OF PRENTISS COUNTY. TOP OF ONE MOBILE HOME
REMOVED. WIND GUSTS WERE ESTIMATED AT 65 MPH.
0222 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 SE AMORY 33.92N 88.40W
04/02/2009 MONROE MS FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWN ON JONESBORO ROAD SOUTHEAST OF AMORY.
&&
JKTSpecial weather statement, Apr 2, 4:54 PM CST, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 554 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 MSZ001-008-022330- DE SOTO MS-TATE MS- 554 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... EASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... CENTRAL TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER SENATOBIA AT 554 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN DESOTO AND TATE COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR OLIVE BRANCH AND SENATOBIA...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. .A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALERT AREA.
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 5:00 PM CST, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 600 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 MSZ021-022-022330- YALOBUSHA MS-CALHOUN MS- 600 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... NORTHWESTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... YALOBUSHA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF COFFEEVILLE AT 600 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN CALHOUN AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR GEORGE PAYNE STATE PARK AND WATER VALLEY...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES ENID LAKE. TLSJR/JAB
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.
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 Alabama, April 2, 2009
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, April 2 to 3, 2009
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, April 2 to 3, 2009
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, April 2 to 3, 2009
- Flooding in Georgia, April 2 to 8, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 2, 2009
- Wildfire in Texas, April 2 to 3, 2009
- Strong Wind in Texas, April 2, 2009
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Florida, April 2, 2009
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 2, 2009
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 2, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arkansas, April 2, 2009
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, April 2009
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: 163974.