Hail, Howard
- When
- January 30, 5:28 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County, 1.8 mi NE of Bluff Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 33.940, -93.960
Hail in Arkansas, January 30, 2011
An upper level disturbance moved eastward into Northeast Texas during the daylight hours of January 30th. Moisture was sufficient enough with the upper level trough to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms across the region.
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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS SHV wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance moved eastward into Northeast Texas during the daylight hours of January 30th. Moisture was sufficient enough with the upper level trough to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms across the region. With relatively high temperature lapse rates through the atmosphere...some of these storms produced small hail with one storm producing one inch hail across Southwest Arkansas during the late afternoon hours of January 30th.
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 30, 3:50 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 3:50 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 350 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 .DISCUSSION... STORMS HAVE BEEN NICE THIS AFTERNOON AS WE HAVE HAD NO SEVERE ACTIVITY THUS FAR. A FEW STORMS PULSED UP TO PRODUCE PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL...OTHERWISE MOST AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I20 JUST GOT SOME GOOD RAIN TODAY. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT PROVIDED THE RAIN...MOVING INTO DEEP EAST TEXAS AT THIS TIME AND SHOULD CONTINUE ITS PROGRESSION EASTWARD. RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN DECENT SOUTH OF I20 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE HIGHER POPS BEING EAST OF I49. SOME LINGERING SHOWER ACTIVITY MAY PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW...BUT TAPERED POPS DOWN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TO 20 CENTS. THE NEXT SYSTEM WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE VERY COLD AIR FOR US THIS WEEK...COMES INTO TO PLAY MONDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS SLIDES INTO WEST TEXAS. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE DRAMATICALLY ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY...WITH THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT KNOCKING AT THE DOOR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL RACE THROUGH THE AREA...AND SHOULD BE THROUGH THE HEART OF THE ARKLATEX BY MIDDAY TUESDAY. I HAVE WORDED A RAIN...SLEET...SNOW TURNOVER/MIX IN EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AND ALTHOUGH NOT WORDED...I WILL NOT RULE OUT SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY GETTING INTO PARTS OF SW ARKANSAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I30. A VERY COLD SCENARIO SETS UP FOR THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PART OF THE WORK WEEK...AS TEMPS DROP OFF TO NEAR HARD FREEZE CRITERIA IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. INTRODUCED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW FOR THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT...TO RESPECT AN UPPER LOW TRANSGRESSING ACROSS THE AREA DURING THIS TIME. TEMPS ARE IN RANGE OF GFS...BUT SPECIFICALLY FOLLOWED NAM TEMPS WITH THE PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT ON TUESDAY. ELEVEN && .AVIATION... SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED TSTMS ACROSS MOST OF NORTH LA..AND EAST TX LAKES. PCPN PREVAILING AT LFK AND MLU TERMINALS...TEMPO CONDITIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 TERMINALS AT TYR...GGG...SHV TERMINALS...WHERE CONVECTION MORE SCATTERED. SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE EAST OF AREA BTWN 00-03Z MONDAY. ADDITIONAL GULF AIR IN SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING ON WIDESPREAD IFR/LIFR CIGS...AND PERHAPS IFR VSBY ALSO...FURTHER ENHANCED BY WET GROUND AND INITIALLY NARROW TEMP AND DEWPOINT SPREADS...AT LFK...MLU..AND SHV TERMINALS. /VII/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 59 67 58 61 24 / 40 20 50 100 10 MLU 57 65 57 67 28 / 60 20 40 100 10 DEQ 52 62 47 48 20 / 20 30 60 100 20 TXK 56 64 54 55 22 / 20 20 50 100 10 ELD 56 64 55 59 24 / 60 20 40 100 10 TYR 56 67 50 50 21 / 20 20 50 100 10 GGG 58 67 55 55 22 / 20 20 50 100 10 LFK 61 70 60 61 24 / 20 20 40 100 10 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. LA...NONE. OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 11/07
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 11:57 AM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1157 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-311200- SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE- COLUMBIA-UNION AR-MCCURTAIN-RED RIVER-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP- MORRIS-CASS- 1157 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...ALLOWING FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM MAY BE CONDUCIVE FOR SOME STORMS TO PRODUCE HAIL. HOWEVER...THE RISK REMAINS LOW AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SPILL ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT SENDING OVERNIGHT LOWS WELL BELOW FREEZING... WITH A HARD FREEZE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-TXZ124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167- 311200- CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-UNION LA-DE SOTO- RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-NATCHITOCHES-WINN- GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON- CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE- SABINE TX- 1157 AM CST SUN JAN 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...EAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF I20 THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS IT TRACKS EAST ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OR ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE TOTALLY RULED OUT. HOWEVER NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...ALLOWING FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. UPPER LEVEL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM MAY BE CONDUCIVE FOR SOME STORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...THE RISK REMAINS LOW AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SPILL ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT SENDING OVERNIGHT LOWS WELL BELOW FREEZING... WITH A HARD FREEZE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. ELEVEN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 30, 12:10 PM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1210 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011
TXZ152-165-166-301915-
ANGELINA-NACOGDOCHES-SAN AUGUSTINE-
1210 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN EASTERN TEXAS...
NACOGDOCHES...SAN AUGUSTINE AND ANGELINA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ETOILE...HUNTINGTON...LUFKIN AND MACUNE...
AT 1207 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HUNTINGTON...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LUFKIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
VIISpecial weather statement, Jan 30, 3:04 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
304 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011
TXZ152-165-166-302200-
ANGELINA-NACOGDOCHES-SAN AUGUSTINE-
304 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN EASTERN TEXAS...
NACOGDOCHES...SAN AUGUSTINE AND ANGELINA...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ETOILE...HUNTINGTON...LUFKIN AND MACUNE...
AT 259 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BULLARD...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF WHITEHOUSE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
VIISpecial weather statement, Jan 30, 3:25 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
325 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011
TXZ125-136-137-302215-
GREGG-SMITH-UPSHUR-
325 PM CST SUN JAN 30 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CST...FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST TEXAS...
UPSHUR...SMITH AND GREGG...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BIG SANDY...CLARKSVILLE CITY...DIANA...EAST MOUNTAIN...GILMER...
GLADEWATER...LIBERTY CITY...LONGVIEW...WEST MOUNTAIN AND WHITE
OAK...
AT 322 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
DETECTING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIG SANDY...OR 7
MILES WEST OF GLADEWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
VIIThe radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Howard
- When
- January 30, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County, 0.57 mi W of Temperanceville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 33.970, -93.890
Hail, Sevier
- When
- January 30, 7:37 PM CST
- Where
- Sevier County, 0.9 mi NW of Horatio
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 33.940, -94.360
Hail, Sevier
- When
- January 30, 7:47 PM CST
- Where
- Sevier County, 0.9 mi NW of Horatio
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 33.940, -94.360
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
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 30 to 31, 2011
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Minnesota, January 30 to 31, 2011
- Extreme Cold in Montana, January 30 to 31, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, January 30, 2011
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 30 to 31, 2011
- Extreme Cold in Montana, January 30 to 31, 2011
- Winter Weather in California, January 30, 2011
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 30 to 31, 2011
- Hail in Texas, January 30, 2011
- Hail in Arkansas, January 30, 2011
- Lake-Effect Snow in Minnesota, January 30 to 31, 2011
- Lake-Effect Snow in Wisconsin, January 30 to 31, 2011
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, January 2011
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: 276055, 276056, 276057, 276058.