Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 1, 2013

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 1, 2013
Start: 2013-09-01T15:20
End: 2013-09-01T16:11
Location: Arkansas

September 1, 2013 · NWS TSA · 4 events in 1 county or zone

Strong thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary in Kansas and Missouri and spread south into northwestern Arkansas during the afternoon hours of the 1st. The stronger storms produced large hail up to golfball size and some wind damage.

Where it happened

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Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 TSA wrote it up.

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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 1, 2:22 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:22 PM CST, 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
322 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013

.DISCUSSION...
SPOTTY COVERAGE OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ONGOING ACROSS NE OK
AND NW AR THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE E-SE
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SURFACE COLD FRONT. HEAT ADVISORY ACROSS
PARTS OF ERN OK AND WEST CENTRAL AR WILL BE ALLOWED TO RUN ITS
COURSE AS RELIEF FROM THE COLD FRONT IS IMMINENT. WILL KEEP NOTHING HIGH
THAN CHANCE POPS TONIGHT AS COVERAGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO FILL IN.
FRONT MAY SLOW DOWN SOME...SO HAVE OPTED TO KEEP LINGERING LOW
POPS ACROSS SE OK FOR LABOR DAY. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL LARGELY
REMAINED CENTERED ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN WEST REGION OVER THE COURSE
OF THIS FORECAST. BENIGN NW FLOW AND A WEAK SURFACE PRESSURE
PATTERN WILL RESULT IN SETTLED WEATHER. AFTER A FEW DAYS TEMPS
NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES...THE MERCURY WILL CLIMB BACK TOWARDS THE
LOWER TO MID 90S FROM MID WEEK AND INTO THE NEXT WEEKEND.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ070-
     OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.

AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.

&&

SHORT TERM...30
LONG TERM....23

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 12:11 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
111 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-021000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
110 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...LATE AFTERNOON.

DANGEROUS HEAT.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY NEAR INTERSTATE 44...WILL CONTINUE
SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH OF
THE COLD FRONT.  ANY STORMS WHICH FORM NEAR THE BOUNDARY WILL
HAVE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS...WITH A FEW
STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE.  ADDITIONALLY...HOT AND HUMID
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF THE COLD
FRONT...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES EXPECTED.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
LOCAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH MID EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ONGOING EARLY MONDAY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS...HOWEVER CHANCES
WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO
PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA.  DRY AND COOLER WEATHER WILL PREVAIL
THROUGH MID WEEK...WITH A SLOW WARM UP LIKELY BY LATE WEEK.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 2:55 PM CST, 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
355 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013

OKZ049-012130-
PUSHMATAHA OK-
355 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN PUSHMATAHA

AT 355 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MOYERS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MOYERS AND KOSOMA.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3450 9579 3451 9578 3451 9568 3454 9568
      3454 9564 3429 9561 3429 9579
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 000DEG 7KT 3445 9575

LACY

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 3:04 PM CST, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
404 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013

OKZ049-073-075-012130-
LATIMER OK-PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
404 PM CDT SUN SEP 1 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     SOUTHEASTERN PITTSBURG...NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHWESTERN
     LATIMER

AT 405 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
SARDIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLAYTON...STANLEY...SARDIS AND
CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

LAT...LON 3458 9525 3441 9544 3466 9572 3479 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 312DEG 17KT 3466 9557

LACY

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:20 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford

When: September 1, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Crawford County, Mountainburg
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.630, -94.170

Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.

Hail, Crawford

When: September 1, 3:35 PM CST
Where: Crawford County, 2 mi SW of Mountainburg
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.609, -94.195

Hail, Crawford

When: September 1, 3:37 PM CST
Where: Crawford County, 2 mi SW of Mountainburg
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 35.609, -94.195

Hail, Crawford

When: September 1, 4:11 PM CST
Where: Crawford County, Kibler
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 35.430, -94.230

What these are

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.
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

Every storm in Arkansas in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Arkansas, September 2013

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: 473942, 473943, 473944, 473945.