A weak front stalled across the northern portion of the area earlier in the day and provided a focus for thunderstorms to develop by evening. Conditions by afternoon became warm and quite unstable near the front. Several large supercell thunderstorms developed across southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana and tracked east toward the Mississippi River and then across central sections of Mississippi. These storms were prolific hail producers and produced large swaths of quarter to golf ball sized hail. The largest hail was around baseball size which occurred across northeast Louisiana. All the severe weather occurred between 9 pm and 1 am.

Thunderstorm Wind in ASHLEY, ARKANSAS
From 14-MAR-08 21:00:00 to 14-MAR-08 21:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: WHITE
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A couple trees were blown down near the state line off Highway 133.

Hail in CHICOT, ARKANSAS
From 14-MAR-08 22:23:00 to 14-MAR-08 22:51:00 (CST-6)
Location: EUDORA
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 130.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

A swath of quarter to golf ball sized hail fell across the southern portion of Chicot County. Areas just to the west of Eudora and around Eudora received the large hail as the storm moved in a general east direction. The storm continued to produce hail as it crossed the Mississippi River, but did dissipate shortly after crossing the river.

Hail in ASHLEY, ARKANSAS
From 14-MAR-08 19:43:00 to 14-MAR-08 20:41:00 (CST-6)
Location: SULPHUR SPGS
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 300.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

A large supercell thunderstorm produced a swath of quarter to golf ball sized hail across a large portion of Ashley County. The storm moved into the county at Lake Jack Lee and tracked northeast for an hour. Quarter to golf ball sized hail fell across West Crossett, Crossett and North Crossett. The storm continued to the northeast across Hamburg, where more golf ball sized hail occurred, and then toward the Drew County line were it dissipated.

Funnel Cloud in ASHLEY, ARKANSAS
From 14-MAR-08 20:53:00 to 14-MAR-08 20:53:00 (CST-6)
Location: PORTLAND
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Funnel cloud was observed near Portland.

Hail in CHICOT, ARKANSAS
From 14-MAR-08 20:58:00 to 14-MAR-08 21:18:00 (CST-6)
Location: LAKE VLG
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A swath of penny to golf ball sized hail fell across central sections of Chicot County. The largest hail fell near the Mississippi River as the storm headed into Washington County.

Hail in ASHLEY, ARKANSAS
From 14-MAR-08 20:49:00 to 14-MAR-08 21:37:00 (CST-6)
Location: SULPHUR SPGS
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Another large supercell thunderstorm moved into southwest Ashley County at Lake Jack Lee. However, this supercell was moving to the southeast and tracked for nearly 45 minutes across the southern portion of Ashley County. A swath of quarter to golf ball sized hail fell with this supercell as well. The storm weakened as it approached Wilmot.

Hail in ASHLEY, ARKANSAS
From 14-MAR-08 22:20:00 to 14-MAR-08 22:41:00 (CST-6)
Location: SULPHUR SPGS
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 30.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

The third and final large supercell thunderstorm moved across southwest Ashley County. The supercell entered the county at Lake Jack Lee and tracked southeast producing a swath of quarter to golf ball sized hail. The storm continued to produce large hail as it crossed into Louisiana at the Highway 133 and 142 intersection.