Hail, Greene
- When
- June 18, 4:44 PM CST to 4:49 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County, Beech Grove
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.170, -90.620
Hail in Arkansas, June 18, 2023
After morning convection pushed east of the region the airmass gradually destabilized across the Mid-South due to surface heating. Meanwhile, an upper low moved slowly eastward across the Southern Plains toward the Mid-South during the afternoon.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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.
After morning convection pushed east of the region the airmass gradually destabilized across the Mid-South due to surface heating. Meanwhile, an upper low moved slowly eastward across the Southern Plains toward the Mid-South during the afternoon. The encroaching upper low combined with increasing instability produced numerous showers and thunderstorms across the Mid-South by late afternoon. Storms continued to move across the area through the mid-evening hours. There were a few severe weather reports of large hail and damaging wind.
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, 2:53 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:53 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Memphis TN 353 PM CDT Sun Jun 18 2023 ...New SYNOPSIS, DISCUSSION, AVIATION... .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 312 PM CDT Sun Jun 18 2023 Strong to severe storms are expected to develop this evening. Damaging winds, large hail, heavy rain, and a few tornadoes are possible. The window for severe weather looks to be from 5PM through midnight for our forecast area. An upper low will stall over the Tennessee Valley through mid to late week. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will affect areas along and east of the Mississippi River. Slightly cooler than normal high temperatures will prevail over the Midsouth through Friday. && .DISCUSSION... (This evening through next Saturday) Issued at 312 PM CDT Sun Jun 18 2023 A tough forecast for the next several hours across the Mid South. We are still anticipating strong to severe storms to develop across the area this evening. This is a shaky confidence but high ceiling type forecast for the region. All short range guidance still points to storms developing after 5 PM this evening lasting through midnight across the area. This particular round looks to be more cellular than linear and that could increase the hail threat and the tornado threat. SPC still maintains mostly a slight risk for the area with a small portion of the southern areas of the CWA in an enhanced risk. The good news is this should be the last of the severe weather for the next several days as this active pattern comes to an end. Next week an upper low will cut off and deepen over the Midwest and drift south through mid week. This would be a trigger for a few showers and storms, but nothing severe. Slightly cooler temperatures expected next week. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 312 PM CDT Sun Jun 18 2023 Ceilings are generally VFR this afternoon in between waves of convection. Latest CAM guidance slows tonight's system down by about an hour, now looking right around the 00Z time frame for brief periods of TSRA and temporarily reductions in visibility to 2SM or less. After the system moves through, both MOS and HRRR guidance is pinging on low ceilings overnight. MKL is the only site that had a strong signal for IFR ceilings; capped all other sites at MVFR ceilings for now. By mid morning tomorrow, the low cloud deck should scatter out back to VFR. A few models showed some scattered showers on the back side of the system late tomorrow morning, but coverage and confidence were too low to include precip in the TAFs tomorrow. Winds this afternoon are generally from the south around 10-12 kts, gusting intermittently to 18-20 kts. As the strong to severe convection moves through tonight, sfc winds could gust up to 30 kts during stronger downdrafts. Wind speeds overnight should remain elevated enough to preclude any fog development despite the excess moisture in place. Expect a gradual shift to the west and eventually northwest behind the system tomorrow. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. MO...None. MS...None. TN...None. && PUBLIC FORECAST...MJH AVIATION...CAD
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:44 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Greene
- When
- June 18, 5:07 PM CST to 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County, 2.34 mi WNW of Center Hill
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.090, -90.570
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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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: 1116405, 1116407.