Arkansas storm reports for March 31, 2023

Name: NOAA storm reports, Arkansas, March 31, 2023
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 8 hail reports, 5 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Arkansas on March 31, 2023.

in Arkansas; 18
Storm reports: Near 33.92, -93.64, AR; 2.0 in
Largest hail: About 26 miles from Memphis, TN; 100 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, about 7 miles from Little Rock, AR; 5
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on March 31, 2023 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail8, most at 3 PM

Wind5, most at 5 PM

Tornado5, most at 4 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:18 PM	EF3	About 7 miles from Little Rock, AR	34.23 mi long, 800 yd wide
3:45 PM	EF1	About 42 miles from Little Rock, AR	1.1 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:30 PM	EF3	About 56 miles from Memphis, TN	72.55 mi long, 1600 yd wide
4:49 PM	EF2	Near 35.89, -92.37, AR	6.8 mi long, 125 yd wide
7:03 PM	Not rated	About 58 miles from Memphis, TN	2.76 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
12:10 PM	1.5 in	Near 36.49, -92.34, AR
3:40 PM	1.5 in	Near 33.85, -93.75, AR
3:42 PM	1.75 in	Near 33.78, -93.82, AR
3:51 PM	2.0 in	Near 33.92, -93.64, AR
3:55 PM	1.5 in	Near 33.87, -93.58, AR
5:16 PM	1.75 in	About 29 miles from Little Rock, AR
5:26 PM	1.0 in	Near 33.38, -93.91, AR
6:22 PM	1.75 in	About 58 miles from Little Rock, AR

Time	Gust	Where
5:01 PM	64 mph	About 40 miles from Memphis, TN
5:30 PM	100 mph	About 26 miles from Memphis, TN
5:34 PM	58 mph	About 41 miles from Memphis, TN
7:05 PM	81 mph	About 55 miles from Memphis, TN
8:57 PM	90 mph	About 53 miles from Memphis, TN

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Little Rock, AR	None	None	1

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.