Thunderstorm Wind, Pope
- When
- May 17, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pope County, Dover
- Coordinates
- 35.448, -93.034 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 17, 1995
5 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 5
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sebastian
- When
- May 17, 8:48 PM CST
- Where
- Sebastian County, Hackett
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.199, -94.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- May 17, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Alma
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 35.589, -94.243 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 17, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Mulberry
- Coordinates
- 35.512, -93.891 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew down a couple of trees.
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 17, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, St. Paul
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 36.011, -93.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Isolated severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the evening of May 17th. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour four miles east of Hackett, in Alma, and in St. Paul.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 17, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 17, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 17, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 17, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1995
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 17, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 17, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 17, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 17, 1995
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, May 1995
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: 10317527, 10316767, 10316212, 10315917, 10315184.